Phenomenex Extends Kinetex and Luna Omega Performance Advantages to 1mm ID Format

Torrance, Calif. (March 2, 2017) – Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research, design and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces the expansion of its leading Kinetex core-shell and Luna Omega fully porous media offerings to a new 1mm ID microbore format. These new stainless steel columns are compatible with micro... Read more

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Introduces Its New SurfRider “HQ-Series” of High Quality, Budget-Priced AFM Probes

02 March 2017 Oxford Instruments Asylum Research introduces its new SurfRider “HQ-Series” Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probes, offering best-in-class performance at budget pricing. HQ probes are high quality silicon probes exclusively manufactured by Asylum and can be used in all commercially-available AFMs. They offer greater ease-of-use, higher quality and improved consistency for repeatable measurements compared... Read more

Zymo Research Launches Discovery Series™ Nucleic Acid Kits for Greater Flexibility and Convenience

Kits are now available in 5- and 10-prep/reaction format NEWS PROVIDED BY Zymo Research Corp. 28 Feb, 2017, 11:05 ET IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Zymo Research announces the launch of its Discovery Series™ DNA and RNA purification kits. The new product line includes eight of Zymo Research’s most popular kits in a... Read more

Congenica raises £8M ($10M) in Series B financing round to drive international expansion of its genome analysis business

CAMBRIDGE, UK – 27 February, 2017 – Congenica, a leading provider of clinical genome analysis technology, announced today that it has raised £8m ($10m) in its Series B financing round. Existing investors, Cambridge Innovation Capital plc (CIC) and Amadeus Capital Partners (Amadeus) participated alongside new investor, Parkwalk Advisors (Parkwalk). Congenica will use the Series B... Read more

Neogen launches high sensitivity Veratox® HS for Total Aflatoxin featuring aqueous extraction

CONTACT: Mary Gadola, Neogen Corporation, 517/372-9200 LANSING, Mich., Feb. 23, 2017 — Neogen has developed a highly sensitive version of its quantitative microwell test for total aflatoxin that uses a water-based solution for extraction. The new test complements Neogen’s existing aflatoxin test, and will help grain producers and processors meet the requirements for lower levels... Read more

908 Devices Optimizes High-Quality Mass Spec Analysis Through Partnership Agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific

02.16.17 Life Sciences 908 Devices, a pioneer of ridiculously small and elegantly simple analytical devices for chemical and biomolecule analysis, today announced the signing of a Value Added Reseller (VAR) Agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science. This co-exclusive two-year partnership agreement empowers Thermo Fisher to sell ZipChip™ as a complementary front-end... Read more

Promega Corporation brings high-performance DNA analysis to the benchtop with new Spectrum Compact CE instrument

Madison, WI USA. (February 14, 2017) (February 14, 2017) Soon scientists will be able to perform efficient DNA analysis right at their bench. Promega Corporation has announced the development of a benchtop capillary electrophoresis (CE) instrument in collaboration with Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation. The Spectrum Compact CE System meets small batch and single sample needs in... Read more

Seegene Develops New Normalization Software Technology for Molecular Diagnosis

14 Feb, 2017, 09:00 ET SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Seegene Inc. (096530.KQ), a leading developer of multiplex PCR technologies today announced that it has developed a new software technology that can normalize test results of real-time PCR molecular diagnosis systems. This new innovative technology calibrates test results by correcting signal variations... Read more

Swift Biosciences Launches Novel Long-Insert Library Kit to Improve Data Quality on Pacific Biosciences® Sequencing Platforms

Results from Mount Sinai, Washington University, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories to be presented at AGBT 2017 General Meeting (ANN ARBOR, Mich. – February 14, 2017) Swift Biosciences today announced the commercial release of its Accel-NGS® XL Library Prep Kit, the fastest sequencing solution for whole genome sequencing on Pacific Biosciences (PacBio®) platforms. This library preparation kit, specially... Read more