July 12, 2017 Mass Spectrometry Molecular Spectroscopy

Smiths Detection Inc. Launches New E-Commerce Site for all U.S. Markets

11 Jul 2017 Edgewood, MD – Smiths Detection Inc. (SDI) has launched www.MySmithsDetection.com, a new e-commerce management platform aimed at providing leading customer-care services and support to our customers. The platform ensures customers have 24/7/365 capabilities to manage their business and operations including the purchasing, tracking and analysis of their product consumables and accessories. Similar to an earlier... Read more

July 11, 2017 Acad, Gov/Utilities Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships PR/Corporate

Kailos Genetics Announces Strategic Investment and Partnership with In-Q-Tel

Partnership will further develop Kailos’ leading-edge next-generation sequencing solutions for the intelligence community July 11, 2017 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kailos Genetics, a personalized medicine company offering a leading-edge suite of tools for next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based assays, today announced a strategic partnership with and investment from In-Q-Tel, Inc. (IQT). IQT is the... Read more

July 11, 2017 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Quintara Biosciences Partners with Twist Bioscience to Launch New Gene Fragment and Cloning Services, qBlocks and qGenes

San Francisco, CA – July 11, 2017 – Quintara Biosciences, a leader in DNA sequencing and molecular biology, today announced a new partnership with Twist Bioscience, a company accelerating science and innovation through rapid, high-quality DNA synthesis, to launch two new services: qBlock Gene Fragments and qGene DNA cloning.  This partnership leverages the high throughput and... Read more

July 11, 2017 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Twist Bioscience Collaborates with Synbio Technologies to Supply Long DNA to Customers

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – July 11, 2017 – Twist Bioscience, a company accelerating science and innovation through rapid, high-quality DNA synthesis, today announced that it signed a non-exclusive agreement with Synbio Technologies. The companies will partner their respective capabilities to provide customers with access to long-length genes up to 70 kilobases. “We are thrilled to... Read more

July 11, 2017 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships Mass Spectrometry

Thermo Fisher Scientific and SRI International Collaborate to Enhance Small Molecule Research

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and SRI International, a research center that creates world-changing solutions, today announced the results of a collaboration agreement to enable researchers to combine the results of high-resolution Orbitrap LC/MS experiments with highly curated and organism-specific metabolic pathway and genome data for quick and effective mass... Read more

July 11, 2017 Lab Equipment Lab Top-10 Product Launch

New Universal RNase-, DNase- and Human DNA-free Containers Designed for Enhanced Sample Safety and Viability

WALTHAM, Mass., July 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — For the rigorous requirements of molecular biology, genomic and forensic research facilities, new universal containers are specifically lot tested and certified to be free from RNase, DNase, human DNA and pyrogens. Thermo Scientific Sterilin quality-assured containers are aseptically manufactured under controlled, automated cleanroom conditions. The containers are designed for the safe handling... Read more

July 11, 2017 Forensics & Security

Promega First to Achieve Third-Party Certification of Published ISO 18385 Manufacturing Standard to Minimize Risk of Human DNA Contamination in Forensic Products

MADISON, WI USA (July 11, 2017) Promega Corporation has become the first major forensic manufacturer to achieve third-party certification of the published ISO 18385 standard to minimize the risk of human DNA contamination in products used to collect, store and analyze biological material for forensic purposes. This Forensic DNA Grade certification comes following a recent onsite... Read more

July 11, 2017 Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

SeqLL Awarded SBIR to Advance the Development of Direct RNA Sequencing (DRS™) Technology

July 11, 2017 08:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time WOBURN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SeqLL, LLC announced today that it has been awarded a Phase I SBIR grant in the amount of $223,465 by the NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute to advance the development of Direct RNA Sequencing (DRS™) technology on SeqLL’s True Single Molecule Sequencing (tSMS™) platform. The... Read more

July 11, 2017 Bio/Pharma/CRO M&A, Partnerships

Sanofi to acquire Protein Sciences

– Acquisition adds recombinant-based influenza vaccine to Sanofi Pasteur’s portfolio – Jul 11, 2017 Paris, France – July 11, 2017 – Sanofi announced today it will acquire Protein Sciences, a privately held vaccines biotechnology company based in Meriden, Connecticut in the United States. Under the terms of the agreement, Sanofi will make an upfront payment of $650 million... Read more

July 10, 2017 Industrial Microscopy

ZEISS enters the semiconductor process control market

OBERKOCHEN/Germany, PLEASANTON/California/USA , 2017-07-10. ZEISS is fueling its growth strategy by expanding into a new market in the semiconductor industry. Through its new Process Control Solutions (PCS) business unit, the company will leverage its core technology solutions and partnerships to address a range of special needs for semiconductor customers. The new business unit will be... Read more