Torrance, Calif. (August 28, 2017) – Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces the publication of a new clinical application guide. This 136-page digital notebook is the second edition of the guide and presents 36 updated or entirely new applications developed by PhenoLogix™, Phenomenex’s... Read more
Boosts MilliporeSigma’s single-use chromatography portfolio Accelerates MilliporeSigma’s mAb and vaccine manufacturing offering Billerica, Massachusetts, August 28, 2017 — MilliporeSigma today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Natrix Separations, an Ontario, Canada-based provider of hydrogel membrane products for single-use chromatography. The transaction is expected to close in Q3 of 2017. Financial details were not disclosed.... Read more
Leading innovator in drug development brings more than three decades of biotechnology and pharmaceutical experience to the company’s Board of Directors August 23, 2017 05:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time PLEASANTON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–10x Genomics, a company focused on enabling the mastery of biology by accelerating genomic discovery, today announced that Mathai Mammen, M.D., Ph.D. has been... Read more
SGI-DNA’s benchtop automated DNA printer to accelerate genomic research as part of VIB’s Technology Watch Initiative FLANDERS, BELGIUM AND SAN DIEGO— August 22, 2017 — SGI-DNA Inc., a Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI) company, and VIB, a Belgian life science research institute, today announced that VIB will become the first institute in Europe to integrate the BioXp™... Read more
Files civil lawsuit against Shanghai Echrom Electronic Technology Co., including former Agilent employees August 22, 2017 08:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time BEIJING–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) has filed a civil lawsuit against Shanghai Echrom Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., and several former employees of Agilent, alleging infringement of trade secrets and petitioning the court to stop... Read more
August 21, 2017 – Pleasanton, CA – Unchained Labs, the life sciences company that’s all about getting biologics researchers the right tool for the job, launched Lunatic today at the Bioprocessing Summit conference in Boston. Lunatic, a.k.a. The Concentration Liberator, makes batch quantification of protein, DNA and RNA a reality for biologics and genomics researchers.... Read more
August 20, 2017 – Ithaca, NY/Washington, D.C. – Advion, Inc., a leading systems and consumables developer for the life sciences industry, announced today the release of high-performance, dependable and easy to use UHPLC and HPLC systems. Coupled with expression CMS, Advion’s standout compact mass spectrometer, these provide best-in-class performance UHPLC/CMS and HPLC/CMS for the chemist.... Read more
August 20, 2017 – Ithaca, NY/Washington, D.C. – Advion, Inc., a leading systems and consumables developer for the life sciences industry, announced it has released Peak Express software, available with the expression compact mass spectrometer (CMS). The software introduces a patent-pending breakthrough in novel mass spectrum display, available exclusively in the Advion Peak Express software... Read more
Calling innovative startups building consumer applications to deliver DNA insights powered by Helix’s Exome+ and next generation sequencing August 17, 2017 05:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Helix, a personal genomics company, today announced a collaboration with Illumina Accelerator, the world’s first business accelerator focused solely on creating an innovation ecosystem for the... Read more
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) and Baylor Genetics today announced that they have entered into a licensing agreement to offer a next-generation sequencing (NGS) library prep assay that enables efficient sequencing of the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) gene. Under the agreement, Fluidigm obtains the rights to commercialize the CFTR library prep... Read more