Agilent Announces the 8697 Headspace Sampler with Integrated Intelligence

Integrated technology provides a true system approach to gas chromatography  SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 15, 2021  Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the Agilent 8697 Headspace Sampler, the first headspace sampler with integrated gas chromatography communication. It marks the expansion of intelligence capability that was first launched with the Agilent Intuvo 9000 GC System in... Read more

PCR Biosystems launches advanced Bst Polymerase reagents for accelerated DNA and RNA amplification

Mar 10, 2021 PCR Biosystems, the UK-based specialists in DNA and RNA analysis, have launched a range of IsoFast™ Bst Polymerase reagents for rapid, robust and sensitive DNA and RNA amplification. Through its nucleic acid strand displacement capabilities, Bst polymerase eliminates the need for the high temperature denaturation step associated with traditional Taq enzymes. This enables faster... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Customizable TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel

Panel designed to provide surveillance of ongoing mutations of virus that causes COVID-19 CARLSBAD, Calif., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of its Applied Biosystems TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel, a customizable menu of 22 verified real-time PCR assays for identification of SARS-CoV-2 mutations.... Read more

PerkinElmer Launches Comprehensive Solutions for Detecting SARS-CoV-2 Mutations

Company expands SARS-CoV-2 assay portfolio with RT-PCR and next generation sequencing solutions to identify mutations associated with SARS-CoV-2 variants WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 9, 2021– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE:PKI) today announced the launch of two Research Use Only (RUO) solutions, PKamp™ VariantDetect™ SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay and Next Generation Sequencing-based NEXTFLEX® Variant-Seq™ SARS-CoV-2 Kit. Using nucleic acid extracted... Read more

Bruker Announces New Results in Deep, Unbiased Plasma Proteomics, PaSER 1.1 Software and New Cross-linking Consumables at US HUPO 2021

Roman Fischer of Oxford University demonstrates high-throughput 4D proteomicson non-depleted, untreated plasma identifying >350 protein groups with short 10-20 minute methods, enabling high throughput, robust biomarker discovery OmicEra Diagnostics reports running 720 undepleted serum samples from 31 COVID-19 patients over just 12 days on a single timsTOF Pro system at a rate of 60 samples/day,... Read more

QIAGEN launches QIAsphere cloud-based connectivity solution to enhance QIAstat-Dx capabilities in digital diagnostics

Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland, March 3, 2021 – QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) has launched its QIAsphere cloud-based platform that will allow labs and QIAstat-Dx users to monitor tests and instrument status remotely 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. QIAsphere sets new standards for syndromic testing digital health, providing users with... Read more

Pacific Biosciences Grants Equity Incentive Award to New Employee

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) (“Pacific Biosciences” or the “Company”), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options covering an aggregate of 80,000 shares of Pacific Biosciences common stock... Read more

Pacific Biosciences Grants Equity Incentive Award to New Employee

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) (“Pacific Biosciences” or the “Company”), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options covering an aggregate of 80,000 shares of Pacific Biosciences common stock... Read more

Pacific Biosciences Grants Equity Incentive Award to New Employee

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) (“Pacific Biosciences” or the “Company”), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options covering an aggregate of 80,000 shares of Pacific Biosciences common stock... Read more