October 5, 2017 M&A, Partnerships

Brooks Automation Acquires Life Sciences Consumables Provider 4titude, Ltd. and Secures $200 Million Term Loan

CHELMSFORD, Mass., Oct. 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) announced today that it has acquired 4titude, Ltd., a manufacturer of scientific consumables for biological sample materials used in a variety of genomic and DNA analytical applications.  Based in Surrey, England, 4titude sells its products into more than 50 countries worldwide.  The total... Read more

October 5, 2017 M&A, Partnerships

Joint Consortia Framework Awards Contract to Bio-Techne as Supplier of Research Antibodies

OCTOBER 05, 2017 LONDON, Oct. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne has been selected as a  supplier of research antibodies under Lot 1: Antibodies of the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC), Antibodies and Sera Framework Agreement for the United Kingdom (UK) Higher Education Sector. The Framework serves 6 major UK-based academic consortia across England, Scotland and Wales... Read more

October 5, 2017 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships Mass Spectrometry

Agena Bioscience Bolsters MassARRAY Insights™ Reporting Network By Adding N-of-One

The collaboration will focus on results interpretation for cancer genomics. SAN DIEGO, Oct. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Agena Bioscience, a global provider of molecular genetic solutions and N-of-One Inc., a leader in molecular decision support for oncology, have teamed together to provide interpretation of cancer genomic data generated by the MassARRAY® System. This strategic partnership supports the expansion... Read more

October 3, 2017 M&A, Partnerships

Twist Bioscience to Provide One Billion Base Pairs of Synthetic DNA to Ginkgo Bioworks to Support Expansion into New Industries

Download PDF Ginkgo Bioworks and Twist Bioscience Continue to Drive Industry Growth SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and BOSTON, Mass. – October 3, 2017 – Ginkgo Bioworks, the organism company, and Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of rapid, high-quality synthetic DNA, today announced the expansion of a supply agreement for one billion base pairs... Read more

October 3, 2017 M&A, Partnerships

Sale of Microscan Completed

3 October 2017 – Further to the Company’s announcement on 30 August, Spectris plc (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has completed the sale of its Microscan Systems, Inc. business to Omron Corporation. – ENDS – Contacts: Spectris plc John O’Higgins, Chief Executive Clive Watson, Group Finance Director Siobhán... Read more

September 29, 2017 M&A, Partnerships

Twist Bioscience and Collaborators Microsoft, University of Washington Preserve Archive-Quality Audio Recordings for Memory of the World

Download PDF — Iconic Performances of Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water”and Miles Davis’ “Tutu” Performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival Stored on DNA for the First Time —  San Francisco, CA – September 29, 2017 – Twist Bioscience, a company accelerating science and innovation through rapid, high-quality DNA synthesis, today announced that, working with Microsoft... Read more

September 28, 2017 M&A, Partnerships

MTS APPOINTS JOHN MORRIS GROUP AS NEW BUSINESS PARTNER IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2017 For more information contact: Brian Ross Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 952.937.4000 MTS APPOINTS JOHN MORRIS GROUP AS NEW BUSINESS PARTNER IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Eden Prairie, Minn. – September 28, 2017 – MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, today... Read more

September 27, 2017 Atomic Spectroscopy Licensing, IP, and Legal M&A, Partnerships Microscopy

CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center opens cutting-edge microscopy platform in partnership with Leica Microsystems

Left to right: Elke Küster-Schöck, Lianne Dale, Gilles Hickson, Graziella Di Cristo, Jacques L. Michaud, and Wayne England. This platform is the latest of Leica Microsystems’ partnerships with research facilities across the world dedicated to helping top academic institutions provide tools that accelerate scientific discovery. The platform houses 11 state-of-the-art imaging systems from simple epi-fluorescence... Read more

September 26, 2017 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Bruker Announces Acquisition of MERLIN to Add Selected Antibiotic Resistance and Susceptibility Testing to its MALDI Biotyper® Microbial Identification Platform

BREMEN, Germany, Sept. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bruker today announced the closing of its acquisition of MERLIN Diagnostika GmbH, located near Bonn, Germany.  MERLIN has in-depth expertise in products, services and consulting in the fields of antibiotic resistance testing (ART) and antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST).  MERLIN’s technology and product portfolio for human and veterinary antibiotic... Read more

September 26, 2017 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

Seegene inks MOU with global automated instrumentation leader Hamilton Company

Seoul, Korea, 2017/09/26 – Seegene, a world’s leading developer of multiplex molecular technologies and assays, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hamilton Company, a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision measurement devices, automated liquid handling workstations, and sample management systems. Through this strategic agreement, Seegene and Hamilton... Read more