September 16, 2020 Chemicals, Reagents & Kits Life Science Tools Product Launch

Targeted sequencing with Oxford Nanopore: Fast, flexible, PCR-free Cas9 Sequencing Kit now available in store

Wed 16th September 2020 New Cas9 Sequencing Kit provides reagents for one-stop targeted sequencing, enabling scientists to cost-effectively sequence previously inaccessible target regions. Cas9 targeted sequencing with nanopore enables fast, simple, flexible target enrichment of long regions of interest – read lengths of over 100 kb have been observed to date. The approach is amplification-free, opening up regions... Read more

September 14, 2020 Clinical Research/Diagn. Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Swift Biosciences and BillionToOne Partner Together for Commercialization and Manufacturing of EUA Approved COVID-19 Test

 Fill Up Your Sanger Sequencers & Test to Capacity ANN ARBOR, Mich, (September 29th, 2020) Swift Biosciences, a leader in Next-Generation Sequencing Manufacturing & Technology and BillionToOne, a precision diagnostics company today announced that Swift Bioscience will be the exclusive distributor of BillionToOne’s RNA extraction-free, Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) COVID-19 Test Kit for high capacity... Read more

September 9, 2020 Life Science Tools Product Launch

PCR Biosystems launches RiboShield™ RNase Inhibitor to ensure reliable RNA protection

Caption: RiboShield™ RNase Inhibitor. Click images to download.  London, UK (09 September 2020) — PCR Biosystems has today launched RiboShield™ RNase Inhibitor. Already an important component of several PCR Biosystems kits, this robust and reliable RNase inhibitor is, for the first time, available as a standalone product. RiboShield™ RNase Inhibitor is a recombinant protein that blocks the activity of a... Read more

September 1, 2020 Microscopy Product Launch

Nikon introduces Clarify.ai for NIS-Elements, an artificial intelligence algorithm for removing blur from widefield microscope images

Sep 1, 2020 Nikon Instruments Inc. is pleased to announce the release of NIS-Elements Clarify.ai, a new addition to Nikon’s growing suite of artificial intelligence (AI) tools for microscopy. Clarify.ai uses artificial intelligence to automatically remove blur from widefield fluorescence microscope images. Clarify.ai utilizes new Nikon technologies executed on graphic processing units (GPUs) to leverage fast... Read more

August 25, 2020 Clinical Research/Diagn. Licensing, IP, and Legal Life Science Tools

Fluidigm Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Saliva-Based Advanta Dx SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay for COVID-19

Easy-to-Administer Saliva Test for COVID-19 Available for Immediate Shipment Extraction-Free, Real-Time PCR Workflow with Capacity of up to 6,000 Tests per Day per System Demonstrated 100 Percent Agreement with Authorized Nasopharyngeal Assays SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluidigm Corporation (Nasdaq:FLDM), an innovative biotechnology tools provider with a vision to improve life through comprehensive health insight,... Read more

August 19, 2020 Clinical Research/Diagn. Licensing, IP, and Legal Life Science Tools

Zymo Research Granted CE IVD Mark for Quick SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR Kit

IRVINE, Calif., (Aug. 19, 2020) — Zymo Research announced that it was recently granted the CE IVD Mark for its Quick SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR Kit. To obtain this certification the product had to comply with the Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices. The Quick SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR Kit is... Read more

August 19, 2020 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Bio-Techne Corporation and Leica Biosystems Are Accelerating Disease Research With RNAscope Covid-19 Probes and the Bond Rx*

AUGUST 19, 2020 Research-use-only RNA-ISH probes now available for COVID-19 on our automated platform MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH), in partnership with Leica Biosystems, today announced the automation of RNAscope™ COVID-19 probes on BOND RX*, Leica’s staining platform, for research use only. Researchers now have the ability to automate their COVID-19 research protocols,... Read more

August 17, 2020 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Swift Biosciences Expands Coronavirus Research With ACE2 Swift Normalase Amplicon Panel

(ANN ARBOR, MICH.  August 17, 2020) Swift Biosciences, Inc., a leader in the commercialization of DNA and RNA Library Preparation Kits recently launched a new ACE2 Swift Normalase® Amplicon Panel (SNAP) to further research on the main functional receptor for viral entry of Coronavirus. With global numbers of COVID-19 cases increasing, Swift remains committed to providing... Read more

August 13, 2020 M&A, Partnerships Materials Analysis

Porotec Becomes Part of VERDER Scientific

The VERDER Group has acquired the German company Porotec GmbH, thus further expanding its particle characterization business. Porotec develops and sells particle and porosity measurement instruments and is located near Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Porotec operates successfully as a dealer for Microtrac MRB, a company under the roof of the Verder Scientific Division also specialized... Read more

August 11, 2020 Clinical Research/Diagn. Life Science Tools Product Launch

Bio-Techne Announces Release of a New SARS-CoV-1/2 Spike RBD Llamabody Recombinant Antibody That Blocks Viral Entry

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) today announced the release of the SARS-CoV-1/2 Spike RBD LlaMABody Recombinant Antibody, which binds to the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain (RBD) and blocks the virus from binding to its host receptor, ACE-2, inhibiting viral infection . The SARS-CoV-1/2 Spike RBD LlaMABody Recombinant Antibody is the... Read more