April 16, 2019 M&A, Partnerships

IDT and iGEM partnership helps young researchers break free and innovate in synthetic biology

Apr 16, 2019 iGEM teams benefit from accessible synthesis with free IDT products and support CORALVILLE, IA and BOSTON, MA (April 16, 2019) – As an advocate for researchers in synthetic biology, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is once again proudly partnering with the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation to support young researchers and promote scientific progress. IDT... Read more

April 16, 2019 Acad, Gov/Utilities Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships Mass Spectrometry

Bruker and the Translational Metabolic Laboratory at Radboud University Medical Center Announce the Establishment of a Joint Center of Excellence for Translational Omics

Nijmegen, Netherlands, April 16, 2019 – At the opening event of the Netherlands X-omics Initiative, Bruker and the Translation Metabolic Laboratory (TML) at Radboud University Medical Center (UMC) today jointly announce the establishment of a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Translational Omics. Under the leadership of Professor Alain van Gool, the joint CoE will focus on... Read more

April 16, 2019 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Collaboration to Advance Noninvasive Risk Assessments of Pregnancy Outcomes

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Collaboration to Advance Noninvasive Risk Assessments of Pregnancy Outcomes Thermo Fisher and NX Prenatal to develop clinical mass spectrometry-based workflows for monitoring maternal and fetal health during pregnancy and evaluating risk of complications SAN JOSE, Calif., April 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and... Read more

April 16, 2019 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships Mass Spectrometry

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Collaboration to Advance Noninvasive Risk Assessments of Pregnancy Outcomes

San Jose, Calif. – (April 16, 2019) – Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and NX Prenatal Inc., a recognized leader in the detection, monitoring and management of pregnancy-related complications using novel exosome-based methods, have entered into a collaboration to develop clinical mass spectrometry-based proteomics assays to monitor fetal health in utero and assess the risk... Read more

April 15, 2019 Clinical Research/Diagn. M&A, Partnerships

Sutter Health, UPMC, and DNAnexus Initiate Collaboration to Improve Personalized Treatments for People with Multiple Sclerosis

First large-scale clinico-genomic MS study by leading healthcare system to advance research by building multi-dimensional datasets from a diverse population of more than 3,000 patients April 15, 2019 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DNAnexus, Inc., and the not-for-profit Sutter Health network today announced the first large-scale clinico-genomic multiple sclerosis (MS) research... Read more

April 12, 2019 Informatics & Software M&A, Partnerships

Scilligence and Elsevier collaborate to enhance lab efficiency

The first-ever integration between an electronic lab notebook (ELN) and a chemistry research database will rely on FAIR principles to improve experiments and reduce manual curation New York, April 12, 2019 Scilligence, a provider of cheminformatics and bioinformatics solutions for the life sciences industry, has selected Elsevier’s Reaxys to help chemists improve efficiency and productivity. Chemists often... Read more

April 12, 2019 Industrial Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Versum Materials for $53 per Share

12 APR 2019 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY Business combination creates a leading electronic materials player able to capitalize on attractive long-term secular growth drivers Versum is a “Best in Class” asset with industry-leading financial metrics Expected to be immediately accretive to earnings per share pre (EPS pre) €75 million in expected run-rate synergies by the third full year... Read more

April 11, 2019 Clinical Research/Diagn. Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships Product Launch

QIAGEN and NeuMoDx expand assay menu for their next generation of fully integrated PCR systems for clinical laboratories in Europe and also announce availability of NeuMoDx 96 version

Hilden, Germany, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 11, 2019 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and NeuMoDx Molecular, Inc. today announced an expansion of the content menu for the NeuMoDx™ 96 and 288 Molecular Systems, as well as the commercial availability of the NeuMoDx 96 mid-throughput version of this family of fully... Read more

April 9, 2019 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev M&A, Partnerships Process Analytical Instr.

Emerson and Colorado State University Collaborate on New Brewing Innovation Center

DENVER, Colo (April 9, 2019) – Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today announced a collaboration with Colorado State University (CSU) to build the Emerson Brewing Innovation Center, where students will get hands-on experience using the latest automation technologies. Funded by a joint investment, the center will serve as the main educational hub for the Fermentation Sciences and Technology... Read more