September 14, 2017 Liq. Handling & Robotics

Hamilton BiOS® Automated Sample Storage System to be Installed at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Will store 3.5 million biospecimens, including over 150,000 aliquots from 25,000 participants, as part of the Biobank for Microbiome Research in Massachusetts joint collaboration Franklin, Mass. (September 14, 2017) – Hamilton Storage announces that their Hamilton BiOS® automated storage system was selected for use in the Biobank for Microbiome Research in Massachusetts (BIOM-Mass) project; a collaborative effort... Read more

September 13, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships

Fabric Genomics and Genome Medical Partner to Help Patients and Clinicians Better Understand Genetic Results

September 13, 2017 06:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time OAKLAND, Calif. & SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fabric Genomics and Genome Medical announced today that they have entered into a partnership with the goal of bringing expert medical interpretation and counseling around genomic data directly to physicians and patients. Genome Medical will use Fabric Genomics’ clinical interpretation platform, Fabric Enterprise™, for ongoing... Read more

September 12, 2017 Life Science Tools

The Genome 10K (G10K) Consortium Selects 10x Genomics for Next Phase of their Vertebrate Genome Project (VGP)

– 10x Genomics’ Chromium™ de novo Assembly Solution Adopted to Generate High Quality Reference Genome Assemblies using Linked-Reads Data – PLEASANTON, Calif.—September 12, 2017—10x Genomics, a company focused on enabling the mastery of biology by accelerating genomic discovery, announced today that the pioneering Chromium™ de novoAssembly Solution will be used for the generation of high-quality genome assemblies to... Read more

September 12, 2017 Lab Equipment

Sartorius Campus expands: Official opening of the new manufacturing facility for laboratory instruments

New building covering approx. 25,000 square meters The largest single investment of Sartorius Campus totaling around 42 million euros Building protected by special construction against vibration Goettingen, Germany, September 13, 2017 – With its new facility for the manufacture of laboratory instruments, Sartorius provides high-quality production conditions and an advanced, efficient work environment. The biopharmaceutical... Read more

September 12, 2017 Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

Paragon Genomics Raises $8m in Oversubscribed Series A Financing Round

HAYWARD, Calif., Sept. 12, 2017 — Paragon Genomics, a life science company dedicated to improving critical upfront target enrichment and library preparation workflows for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), closed its oversubscribed Series A funding round which was led by Cowin Venture Capital and Fosun Industrial Co., Limited. Additional investors were Cloudstone Venture, HEDA Ventures, and Wisemont Capital. “With this funding, we will develop additional NGS... Read more

September 12, 2017 Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

DNA Script Raises €11 Million ($13 Million) in Series A Financing Led by Illumina Ventures to Advance Development of Its DNA Synthesis Technology

September 12, 2017 06:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synthetic DNA manufacturer DNA Script has today announced a Series A fundraising of 11 million euros ($13 million) led by Illumina Ventures with additional investments from M Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, plus existing investors Sofinnova Partners, Kurma Partners, and Idinvest... Read more

September 11, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. PR/Corporate

Wageningen University and Research iGEM 2017

Wageningen University (Netherlands) and Research 2017 iGEM Team participate in the iGEM competition, which is a global competition to tackle real-world problems using synthetic biology. The iGEM competition builds up to the Giant Jamboree at MIT in Boston, where all teams come together to present their project. This year Hamilton Bonaduz AG  sponsor our project!... Read more

September 8, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Mass Spectrometry Product Launch

SCIEX launches the Topaz™ LC-MS/MS System for Clinical Diagnostics in Europe

A fully-integrated CE-marked and FDA Class I medical device demonstrating both open design and capability for locked methods, will be showcased at MSACL EU 2017 September 08, 2017 WARRINGTON UK — SCIEX Diagnostics, the in vitro diagnostics division of SCIEX, a global leader in life science industry, will be showcasing the SCIEX Topaz™ System for Clinical Diagnostics at the... Read more