GE Healthcare Partnership Takes Aim at Brain Aneurysms with AI

SYDNEY- August 9, 2019 –GE Healthcare, Fujitsu Australia, Macquarie University and Macquarie Medical Imaging today announced announced a new research collaboration to diagnose and monitor brain aneurysms on scans faster and more efficiently using artificial intelligence (AI) . The project has already received a Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) grant of AU$2.1M from the Department... Read more

BASF and Ontera Collaborate on Precision Diagnostics to Support Farmers With In-Field Disease Monitoring

Portable detection device to be further developed for crop analysis Real-time results will support farmers to address threats faster and more accurately August 07, 2019 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time SANTA CRUZ, Calif. & LIMBURGERHOF, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ontera Inc. and BASF have announced a research collaboration to detect diseases and resistances in plants leveraging Ontera’s molecular... Read more

Development of multiplexed quantitation assay in circulation for therapeutic antibody monitoring of inflammatory immune diseases using nSMOL Antibody BA Kit

nSMOL™ Antibody BA Pretreatment Kit Shimadzu Corporation and Kyoto University developed the novel assay method of multiplexed analysis of therapeutic antibodies for the treatment of inflammatory immune diseases.1) The antibodies were measured using an LCMS-8050/8060 high-performance liquid chromatograph triple quadrupole mass spectrometer and nSMOLTM Antibody BA Kit2). The results of the joint research were published on... Read more

MilliporeSigma Acquires BSSN Software to Accelerate Customers’ Digital Transformation in the Lab

06 AUG 2019 | BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Gives scientists better, more efficient access to their lab data Boosts MilliporeSigma’s digital laboratory productivity business, commercial growth MilliporeSigma has acquired BSSN Software, a Darmstadt, Germany-based laboratory informatics company that makes data more readily accessible for ease of integration, collaboration, analysis and long-term archiving. Financial details were not disclosed. “BSSN... Read more

Cytena GmbH announces that it has been entered into an agreement to be acquired by CELLINK

05.08.2019 15:00 Freiburg, Germany – August 5, 2019 – The owners of Cytena GmbH (“Cytena”) have agreed to sell all Cytena shares to CELLINK AB (“CELLINK”) for a purchase price of 30.25M euros (“acquisition”). Through CELLINK’s complimentary technology offering cytena sees great synergies that will support and accelerate future growth of Cytena. An extended product offering and a stronger global... Read more

IDT and Clear Labs ink multi-year supplier agreement to improve food safety through NGS-based testing technology

Jul 25, 2019 Clear Labs chooses IDT’s NGS oligo products for use in groundbreaking NGS-based food safety platform CORALVILLE, IA (July 25, 2019) – As part of its ongoing mission to break down the barriers in genomics research, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is extending its network of collaborations into food quality and safety. Through a new multi-year supplier agreement,... Read more

NanoString Technologies and Mayo Clinic Laboratories Enter Joint Development Agreement to Develop Novel Assays

SEATTLE and ROCHESTER, Minn., July 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NanoString Technologies and Mayo Clinic Laboratories have announced a collaboration to develop clinical tests using NanoString’snew GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler. GeoMx combines spatial and molecular profiling technologies by generating a whole tissue image at single cell resolution while also providing digital profiling data for tens to thousands of RNA or protein analytes for up... Read more

Canadian Government-Sponsored Collaboration Targets Standardized Cancer Testing

Genome Canada, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and Thermo Fisher Scientific to focus on pancreatic, prostate and breast cancer CARLSBAD, Calif., July 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Genome Canada, the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and Thermo Fisher Scientific are collaborating to develop a complete solution of targeted next generation sequencing (NGS) assays and analysis... Read more

M24you and axiVEND Announce an Exclusive Distribution Agreement for The Americas

axiVEND, a newly established value-added solution provider for the biochip and biosensor industries, announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with M24You GmbH, to distribute the M2-Automation product line in North and South America markets. The products provide the capability to deposit very small amounts of biologicals and chemicals onto sensor surfaces. This... Read more