Torrance, Calif. (May 1, 2018) – Phenomenex, Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announced today that it will begin to directly serve customers in Singapore, effective May 1, 2018. Direct presence in Singapore will allow Phenomenex to provide customers with a variety of services such... Read more
Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult contracts VWR for its laboratory consumable needs RADNOR, Pennsylvania, May 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — VWR, acquired by Avantor in 2017 as a wholly-owned subsidiary and a leading global provider of product and service solutions to laboratory and production customers, has been named the sole supplier of laboratory consumable products for Cell and... Read more
24TH MAY 2018 Microsaic Systems plc (AIM: MSYS), the developer of point of need mass spectrometry (“MS”) instruments, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Stable Arm Sdn. Bhd. (“Stable Arm”) to distribute Microsaic’s 4500 MiD® MS detector via Stable Arm’s extensive distribution network in Malaysia. This distribution agreement complements the recently... Read more
Employing next-generation Inhibitor Removal Technology and improved sample disruption, the kit boosts the well-known performance of PowerSoil kits in isolating microbial DNA from soils Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, May 23, 2018 – QIAGEN today announced the worldwide launch of the new DNeasy PowerSoil Pro Kit, the next generation of sample technology for the extraction of fungal... Read more
Capabilities of the Lexogen RNA-Seq library preparation protocols have been expanded with the launch of 96 i5 x 96 i7 Dual Indexing Barcodes and Unique Molecular Identifiers. We are happy to announce the launch of two new products that complement the Lexogen SENSE and QuantSeq RNA-Seq library preparation protocols. 96 i5 x 96 i7 Dual... Read more
Dr. Milton L. Lee (Axcend Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer) received the 2018 Inventor Best of State Award in the Science & Technology category, while Dr. Lee and Axcend received the 2018 Small Business Innovation Best of State Award The primary logo for Axcend, a provider of innovative, compact nanoflow liquid chromatography (LC) systems... Read more
Two Ann Arbor biotech companies provide translational researchers a faster, more comprehensive way to design Accel-Amplicon panels for variant discovery and screening studies ANN ARBOR, Michigan – May 23, 2018) – Swift Biosciences—the NGS Library Prep company—and Genomenon—the leading genomic literature search engine company— announced today a new partnership to revolutionize the design of targeted gene... Read more
Results-driven, customer-focused leader to drive continued expansion in personalized medicine, disease research markets (ANN ARBOR, Mich. – May 23, 2018) Swift Biosciences, a leading provider of innovative library prep solutions for genomic sequencing, today named industry veteran Nathan Wood as its new CEO. The hire is the latest in a recent series of strategic moves by... Read more
The World Health Organization recommends IGRA tests in the First Edition of Essential In Vitro Diagnostics Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, May 22, 2018 – QIAGEN today welcomed the First Edition of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Essential Diagnostics List, which endorses the use of interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) for the diagnosis of latent TB... Read more
May 22, 2018 Startup to Advance Research Tools Development and Add Jobs ST. LOUIS – Canopy Biosciences has exceeded its Series A financing goal, closing a $2.4 million investment to develop new research tools, commercialize its cutting-edge products, and hire additional employees. BioGenerator, the investment arm of BioSTL, and Kingdom Capital co-led the multi-million-dollar deal. ... Read more