Eppendorf – A New Spin on Centrifugation

03/13 2018 Eppendorf started off the year by introducing not one, but two new centrifuges: A generation change at the small 24-place benchtop centrifuges. In the segment of the large refrigerated benchtop centrifuges Eppendorf is expanding the product range with a particularly versatile, high-capacity variant. The new Centrifuge 5425 holds up to 24 vessels with... Read more

KAUST – Leica Microsystems Center of Excellence (CoE) Inaugurated

State-of-the-art facility features the first imaging system of its kind in Saudi Arabia Wetzlar, Germany/Thuwal, Saudi Arabia: The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Leica Microsystems inaugurated a new Center of Excellence (CoE) for Optical Microscopy on the University’s campus today. With the new center, KAUST and Leica Microsystems embark on a... Read more

QIAGEN and Natera partner to develop cutting-edge genetic testing assays for use on QIAGEN’s GeneReader NGS System

MAR 12 2018 Hilden, Germany, and San Carlos, CA, March 12, 2018 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA), a world leader in providing Sample to Insight molecular solutions, and Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a leading developer of next-generation sequencing (NGS) assays that include non-invasive prenatal genetic testing and the analysis of circulating tumor... Read more

A woman in the boardroom

Dr. Clara Caminada is the new Vice President Process Analytics at Hamilton (Bonaduz, 08/03/2018) – Dr. Clara Caminada, 38 years old, has been recently appointed as Vice President of the Business Unit Process Analytics at Hamilton Bonaduz AG. For the last five years, Dr. Caminada was leading the Marketing department of that same Business Unit.... Read more

WuXi NextCODE Unveils Genomics Partnership with Google Cloud

– WuXi NextCODE’s massively scalable genomics database management system and clinical and research applications will be available to Google Cloud Platform users – Google Cloud BigQuery, the open source DeepVariant and other tools will be integrated for use with the WuXi NextCODE platform – The companies plan to work on additional tools, capabilities and APIs... Read more

Andor Dragonfly Scoops R&D 100 Award

06 March 2018 Chosen as one of the most technologically significant products of 2017 From the moment the high speed confocal platform, Dragonfly, burst onto the scene, it was clear that Andor Technology, an Oxford Instruments company, had developed a game changing product within the global confocal microscopy space. Since the first commercial laser scanning... Read more

MilliporeSigma and Schneider Electric Sign MoU to Advance China’s Biopharmaceutical Industry

MilliporeSigma and Schneider Electric combine capabilities to automate biopharmaceutical process Customers would save time, get greater flexibility with automated solution Shanghai, China, March 5, 2018 — MilliporeSigma, a leading science and technology company, and Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that aims to automate... Read more

QIAGEN launches CE-IVD assay to detect Trichomonas vaginalis in both female and male patients on the QIAsymphony RGQ platform

MAR 05 2018 New artus® assay enables detection of T. vaginalis from a broad range of sample types and expands sexually transmitted infection (STI) menu Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, March 5th, 2018 – QIAGEN today announced the European launch of the artus T. vaginalis QS-RGQ Kit, a CE-marked molecular diagnostic test for the qualitative detection of the... Read more

Biotage AB –Nomination Committee proposal for the election of Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board

MON, MAR 05, 2018 08:30 CETStockholm, Biotage AB (Biotage), (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: BIOT.ST) – the Nomination Committee of Biotage AB announces its proposal for the election of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board for the forthcoming Annual General Meeting (“AGM”). The Nomination Committee proposes: that the Board of Directors shall consist of... Read more