October 6, 2017 Atomic Spectroscopy Product Launch

Rigaku Oxford Diffraction (ROD) Introduces New High-flux Dual Wavelength X-ray Diffractometer

Rigaku Oxford Diffraction debuts new XtaLAB Synergy-DW dual wavelength chemical crystallography X-ray diffractometer October 6, 2017 – The Woodlands, TX. Rigaku Oxford Diffraction announced the release of a new dual wavelength single crystal diffractometer, the XtaLAB Synergy-DW, at the 24th Congress & General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). The XtaLAB Synergy-DW system is... Read more

October 6, 2017 PR/Corporate

Tecan initiates succession process for the Board of Directors

Männedorf, Switzerland, October 6, 2017 – The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) announced today that a succession process for the Board of Directors has been initiated. Rolf Classon, born in 1945 and member of the Board and Chairman since 2009, and Gérard Vaillant, born in 1942 and member of the Board since 2004, will not... Read more

October 6, 2017 PR/Corporate

Honeywell Names Anne T. Madden General Counsel

October 06, 2017 MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., Oct. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it has named Anne T. Madden as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, reporting to President and CEO Darius Adamczyk and serving as a company officer. Madden has served as Vice President of Corporate Development and Global Head of M&A since 2002. During her tenure,... Read more

October 5, 2017 M&A, Partnerships

Joint Consortia Framework Awards Contract to Bio-Techne as Supplier of Research Antibodies

OCTOBER 05, 2017 LONDON, Oct. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne has been selected as a  supplier of research antibodies under Lot 1: Antibodies of the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC), Antibodies and Sera Framework Agreement for the United Kingdom (UK) Higher Education Sector. The Framework serves 6 major UK-based academic consortia across England, Scotland and Wales... Read more

October 5, 2017 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships Mass Spectrometry

Agena Bioscience Bolsters MassARRAY Insights™ Reporting Network By Adding N-of-One

The collaboration will focus on results interpretation for cancer genomics. SAN DIEGO, Oct. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Agena Bioscience, a global provider of molecular genetic solutions and N-of-One Inc., a leader in molecular decision support for oncology, have teamed together to provide interpretation of cancer genomic data generated by the MassARRAY® System. This strategic partnership supports the expansion... Read more

October 5, 2017 Informatics & Software Life Science Tools Product Launch

DNAnexus Launches Powerful Data Analysis and Management Solution for the NovaSeq™ Series of Sequencing Systems

DNAnexus CloudSeq provides a turn-key solution for rapidly scaling cloud-enabled bioinformatics infrastructure for research and clinical sequencing applications October 05, 2017 04:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DNAnexus, the global leader in genome informatics and data management, announced today the availability of the DNAnexus CloudSeq solution, a suite of cloud-based tools and... Read more

October 5, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Product Launch

QIAGEN launches fourth-generation QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus in the U.S.

NovelCD4/CD8 design delivers most comprehensive evaluation of patients’ immune response to tuberculosis infection Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, October 5, 2017 – QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the U.S. launch of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus (QFT®-Plus), the fourth generation of its leading blood test for tuberculosis (TB) infection. QFT-Plus kits will be available... Read more

October 5, 2017 Life Science Tools

Swift Biosciences Growth Sparks Expansion into New Headquarters & First West Coast Office

Michigan company doubles size of Ann Arbor-based operations and expands to San Francisco with new commercial office space (ANN ARBOR, Mich. and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO – October 5, 2017) Swift Biosciences, a leading provider of innovative library-prep solutions for genomic sequencing, today announced the move and expansion of their headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the opening of an... Read more

October 4, 2017 Mass Spectrometry PR/Corporate

908 Devices and Quantum Analytics to Host Live Webinar on Achieving Rapid 3-in-1 Analysis in the Cannabis Industry with Transportable GC-HPMS

10.04.17 908 Devices, a pioneer of analytical devices for chemical and biomolecule analysis, today announced it will be presenting a live webinar, “Potency, Terpenes and Residual Solvents: Achieve Rapid 3-in-1 Analysis with Transportable GC-HPMS,” on Wednesday, October 25, 2017. Co-hosted with Quantum Analytics, the webinar will demonstrate how cannabis lab technicians, along with growers and... Read more

October 3, 2017 M&A, Partnerships

Twist Bioscience to Provide One Billion Base Pairs of Synthetic DNA to Ginkgo Bioworks to Support Expansion into New Industries

Download PDF Ginkgo Bioworks and Twist Bioscience Continue to Drive Industry Growth SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and BOSTON, Mass. – October 3, 2017 – Ginkgo Bioworks, the organism company, and Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of rapid, high-quality synthetic DNA, today announced the expansion of a supply agreement for one billion base pairs... Read more