September 22, 2021 Chemicals, Reagents & Kits Licensing, IP, and Legal

Zymo Research Receives CE IVD Mark for Its EZ DNA Methylation-Lightning Kit

PROVEN BISULFITE TECHNOLOGY IDEAL FOR CLINICAL APPLICATIONS IRVINE, Calif., (September 22, 2021) — Today Zymo Research announced its EZ DNA Methylation-Lightning Kit has received the CE IVD Mark allowing the technology to be distributed within the European Union (EU) common market. Chemical treatment of DNA with bisulfite is the prerequisite for many methylation-based diagnostic assays. Clinical diagnostic and... Read more

September 20, 2021 Lab Equipment PR/Corporate

Cellbox Solutions Establishes Subsidiary in the USA

HAMBURG, Germany, September 20, 2021 / B3C newswire / — Cellbox Solutions GmbH, developer of the patented Cellbox technology, has founded their U.S. company and is now selling products directly to the U.S./North American market. Following the successful development and production of the Cellbox transportable CO2 incubator in 2019, as well as suitable UN3373 packaging materials for cell transport, the young... Read more

September 20, 2021 Cell Analysis Tools Product Launch

Biotium Debuts Novel Fluorescent Dyes that Push Emission Further into the Infrared Spectrum

Fremont, CA, September 20, 2021 — Life Science Newswire — Biotium, a leading supplier and inventor of fluorescent probes for life science research, announces the release of infrared CF®850 and CF®870 dyes. These novel long wavelength dyes are the first commercially available fluorescent dyes with emission maxima greater than 850 nm, allowing researchers to further investigate the “final... Read more

September 15, 2021 Lab Equipment PR/Corporate

BioLife Solutions Announces CFO Retirement

Roderick de Greef Concludes 20 Year Association with BioLife BOTHELL, Wash., Sept. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BioLife Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLFS) (“BioLife” or the “Company”), a leading developer and supplier of class-defining bioproduction products and services for cell and gene therapies and the broader biopharma market, today announced that Roderick de Greef, Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire on December 31,... Read more

September 15, 2021 Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

Illumina Accelerator Invests in Seven Genomics Startups for Third Global Cycle

Sep 15, 2021 Diverse investments from Israel, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom and United States SAN DIEGO, Sept. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) has selected seven new genomics companies to join the third global funding cycle of Illumina Accelerator. The global company creation engine, focused on partnering with entrepreneurs to build breakthrough genomics startups,... Read more

September 15, 2021 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

NEW!!!! Glyphosate ELISA AOAC Test Kit for Durum Wheat, Whole Oats, Groats, Yellow Peas & Red Lentils

9/15/2021 Eurofins Abraxis is pleased to announce the launch of our Glyphosate AOAC ELISA Test Kit, (AOAC Cert. No. 072104) for the detection of Glyphosate in whole grain durum wheat, whole grain oats, oat groats, dried yellow peas, and dried red lentils. Eurofins Abraxis, a developer, manufacturer and supplier of test kits and systems for... Read more

September 14, 2021 Clinical Research/Diagn. Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Mesa Labs Announces Agreement to Acquire Agena Bioscience, Inc.

09/14/2021 LAKEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:MLAB) (“we”, “us”, “our”, “Mesa” or the “Company”), a global leader in the design and manufacturing of critical quality control solutions for the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical device industries, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Agena Bioscience,... Read more

September 14, 2021 Mass Spectrometry Product Launch

Waters BioAccord System with ACQUITY Premier Brings Greater Simplicity, Accuracy and Reproducibility to Multi-Attribute Monitoring of Biopharmaceuticals

News Summary: New LC-MS system delivers accurate and reproducible results for multi-attribute monitoring of biologics. Eliminates analyte-to-metal surface interactions greatly enhancing recovery of hard-to-detect sample analytes.  Gives more scientists greater access to MS data to improve quality, reduce costs, and ultimately help get medicines to patients faster. MILFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today introduced the... Read more

September 13, 2021 Bio/Pharma/CRO Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

IBM Research and Arctoris accelerate closed loop drug discovery with AI and Cloud

Oxford and Zurich – 13 September 2021 – Life Science Newswire – Today, IBM Research and Arctoris announced they are investigating the application of AI and automation to accelerate closed loop molecule discovery. IBM Research has developed RXN for Chemistry, an online platform leveraging state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) architectures to automate synthetic chemistry. Representing chemical reactions via SMILES (Simplified Molecular... Read more

September 13, 2021 Clinical Research/Diagn. Licensing, IP, and Legal Liq. Handling & Robotics

Quanterix Receives Label Expansion On Emergency Use Authorization For COVID Antigen Test

Simoa SARS-CoV-2 N Protein Antigen Test is first antigen test validated to detect all Variants of Concern currently designated by CDC, including Delta variant, and first authorized for use in saliva samples EUA label expansion demonstrates additional evidence showing potential for Simoa technology across range of clinical tests, including less-invasive testing BILLERICA, Mass., September 13,... Read more