March 26, 2019 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Illumina and the Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre Collaborate to Generate One of the Largest Ancient Genome Datasets to Decode the Genetic Origins and Evolution of Mental Health Issues

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) and the Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark partner to explore the relationship between the evolutionary history of select mental and neurological disorders and infectious pathogens. One of the first projects of its kind worldwide, the endeavor aims to acquire new knowledge in terms of the medical... Read more

March 25, 2019 M&A, Partnerships Molecular Spectroscopy

New Center for Spectroscopic Excellence

By John Burchell / March 25, 2019 JASCO Corporation (Tokyo Japan) is proud to announce a joint collaboration with the Department of Chemistry at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). The New Center for Spectroscopic Excellence was inaugurated at the end of March 2019. We are pleased to be working with the researchers at UPenn, and look forward... Read more

March 25, 2019 M&A, Partnerships

Abcam collaborates with Visikol to develop new tools for improved tissue clearing and 3D imaging

New Jersey, USA and Cambridge, UK, – 25 March 2019: : Abcam, a global innovator in life science reagents and tools, and Visikol, a contract research organisation focused on advancing drug discovery, have announced a collaboration to develop new reagents and kits for improved tissue clearing and 3D imaging. Tissue clearing methods, which are essential to... Read more

March 24, 2019 Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Acquire Brammer Bio, a Leader in Viral Vector Manufacturing

Significantly expands capabilities to support high-growth gene and cell therapy market WALTHAM, Mass. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, and Brammer Bio, a leader in viral vector manufacturing for gene and cell therapies, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement... Read more

March 24, 2019 M&A, Partnerships PR/Corporate

WITec alpha300 Ri wins SelectScience Scientists’ Choice Award

The inverted confocal Raman microscope took home the prize in the Spectroscopy category. March 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA The WITec alpha300 Ri inverted Raman microscope has been honored directly by the worldwide readership of SelectScience.net with the Scientists’ Choice Award for Best New Product in the category of Spectroscopy. This greatly coveted award in a... Read more

March 22, 2019 Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

Tecan to vertically integrate supplier of key parts

Männedorf, Switzerland, March 22, 2019 – The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) announced today that it has signed agreements to acquire a long-term supplier to vertically integrate the manufacturing of critical precision-machined parts for its liquid handling pump portfolio. With two manufacturing sites, one in California, USA, and a second site in Vietnam, Tecan will... Read more

March 22, 2019 M&A, Partnerships

Oxford Instruments and Chinese Academy of Sciences Strengthen Ties

22 March 2019 Advanced cryogenic systems to be supplied to new laboratory facilities at the Chinese Academy’s Institute of Physics Oxford Instruments, a leading provider of high technology products and systems for industry and research, today announces winning the global tender to supply its market leading cryogenic equipment to the Institute of Physics-Chinese Academy of... Read more

March 19, 2019 M&A, Partnerships

JEOL Establishes OEM Agreement with SpectralWorks, Ltd.

March 19, 2019 – Pittcon 2019 – Philadelphia, PA JEOL USA has established an OEM agreement with SpectralWorks, Ltd. (UK) to distribute AnalyzerPro® software for use with JEOL’s mass spectrometer systems.  AnalyzerPro®’s functions for chromatographic deconvolution, target compound identification, sample-to-sample comparison and chemometric analysis provide powerful tools for examining the data from JEOL’s mass spectrometers,... Read more

March 14, 2019 M&A, Partnerships

BioLife Solutions Expands Cell and Gene Therapy Tools Portfolio with Acquisition of Astero Bio

BOTHELL, Wash., March 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — BioLife Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLFS) (“BioLife”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astero Bio Corporation (“Astero”), a privately-held innovator in the design, development and commercialization of novel automated thawing devices, for an upfront cash payment of $8.0 million.  This transaction is expected to further strengthen BioLife’s position as a leading... Read more