Agena Announces MassARRAY® Technology Selected for Participation in CANCER-ID Consortium

San Diego, CA, July 24, 2018 – Agena Bioscience, a global provider of molecular testing solutions, announced today that it has been selected for participation in the CANCER-ID Consortium.  Agena’s MassARRAY® System will support mutation detection from liquid biopsy samples as part of the consortium’s key work packages in lung cancer and breast cancer. “We are... Read more

IsoPlexis Places IsoLight Single-Cell Proteomic Detection Instrument at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

The IsoLight is a first-of-its-kind system for high-throughput, single-cell functional proteomic detection BRANFORD, Conn., July 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — IsoPlexis Corporation (IsoPlexis), a privately held life sciences company at the forefront of single-cell analytics technology, has installed its ground-breaking IsoLight benchtop system at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, as part of the company’s Early Adopter Program. The sample-to-answer... Read more

Bio-Techne Introduces New Member of the Simple Western™ Family, with IR/NIR Detection Capabilities

JULY 24, 2018 MINNEAPOLIS, July 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne again disrupts protein analysis technology with the introduction of the newest member of their ProteinSimple-branded Simple Western family, Jess. This evolutionary technology simplifies protein expression analysis, while speeding up time to result. Jess automates both the protein separation and immunodetection elements characteristic of traditional protein analysis... Read more

Pall Corporation and BioSciencesCorp Launch Strategic Partnership to Support Industry Drive Towards Integrated End-to-End Bioprocessing

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., July 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, is partnering with BioSciencesCorp, a consulting company providing novel biologics and biosimilars process know-how and regulatory experience from molecule selection to full commercialization. Together they will deliver cost-effective manufacturing strategies, and efficient upstream and downstream process equipment and facility design... Read more

Directorate Change

23 Jul It is with great sadness that the Board of Oxford Instruments plc announces the death of its Chairman, Alan Thomson.  Alan has been Chairman since September 2016 and brought a wealth of experience and wisdom to the role. Ian Barkshire (Chief Executive) commented: “Alan’s commitment and passion in driving improvement have been inspirational... Read more

New Luna Omega HILIC Column Delivers Increased LC Separation of Sugars

Torrance, Calif. (July 19, 2018) – Phenomenex Inc., global leader in the research, design and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces a new Luna Omega phase for sugar analysis by hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC). Luna Omega SUGAR is specifically engineered for carbohydrate separation and analysis from food, beverage and pharmaceutical matrices, such as milk, animal... Read more

Labcyte to Support GP-write Project Under New Agreement with Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology

Researchers Will Receive Preferred Pricing and Early Access to New Technologies for Understanding the Blueprint for Life Provided by the Human Genome Project (HGP-read) July 17, 2018 SAN JOSE, California Labcyte Inc. today announced an agreement with the Center for Excellence in Engineering Biology (CEEB), an independent nonprofit that is managing initial planning and coordination... Read more

Swift Biosciences Launches Swift 2S Turbo Library Kit, Accelerating Whole Genome, Exome and Large Gene Studies with One Universal Approach

(ANN ARBOR, Mich. – July 18, 2018) Swift Biosciences, a leading provider of innovative library prep solutions for next-generation sequencing (NGS), today announced early access to its Swift 2S Turbo Library Kit. These new kits offer a fast, robust enzymatic fragmentation prep and flexible adapter options to produce high-quality libraries for production-scale sequencing. With an automation... Read more

AMETEK Grabner Instruments and Agilent Technologies Provide an Innovative Mobile Testing Solution for the Petroleum Industry

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Vienna, Austria – AMETEK Grabner Instruments and Agilent Technologies Inc. announce an OEM agreement for an innovative mobile testing solution for in-the-field analysis of lubricating oils and greases. Grabner Instruments, based in Austria, is well known for developing and manufacturing automatic petroleum testing equipment. In this partnership, Grabner will focus on lube... Read more

Pall Corporation and KANEKA Corporation Expand Exclusive Distribution Agreement to Feature New KANEKA KanCapA™ 3G Protein A Chromatography Sorbents

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., July 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, is pleased to announce the extension of a consumables distribution agreement with KANEKA Corporation. In addition to flagship KANEKA KanCapA Protein A chromatography sorbents, the Pall Biotech business unit now features the company’s next generation KANEKA KanCapA 3G sorbent for the primary capture... Read more