WITec in Japan and the Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan, cooperate to analyze microplastics (< 20 µm)

WITec GmbH, the German manufacturer of high-performance Raman, AFM, SNOM, and correlative nano-analytical microscopy systems, announces a new cooperation in Japan for particle analysis. Dr. Yutaka Kameda, Associate Professor at the Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT) in Japan, and his team have been working very successfully for several years on the analysis of microplastics in... Read more

Takara Bio Launches a New Facility for the Research and Manufacturing of Regenerative Medicine Products

2020/01/21 Kusatsu/Shiga Japan – January 21, 2020 – Takara Bio Inc. (Takara Bio), announced completion of a new facility, the Center for Gene and Cell Processing II (new facility) for the research and manufacturing of regenerative medicine products in Kusatsu, Shiga and operation start since January 2020.   Takara Bio constructed a Center for Gene... Read more

QIAGEN to deliver genomic insights for Japan’s new molecular oncology clinical research and precision medicine initiative

Hilden, Germany, and Tokyo, Japan, June 18, 2019 – QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that its QIAGEN Clinical Insight (QCI) offering was selected by the National Cancer Center of Japan, as part of the Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s precision medicine program, for the analysis, interpretation and reporting of molecular... Read more

Shimadzu announces a New Research Facility to drive innovation further as part of the Shimadzu Technology Research Laboratory expansion.

Shimadzu Corporation has announced plans to build the SHIMADZU Future Collaboratory at the Technology Research Laboratory in Keihanna Science City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan to expand the program of innovation at Shimadzu Corporation. The new laboratory will further drive research and development by focusing on several core themes including artificial intelligence (AI), innovative biotechnology, brain-science and... Read more

Announcing the handover of EDS systems sales & maintenance and the completion of the OEM contract with HORIBA, Ltd.

1st August 2018 Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis, the global leader in microanalysis systems, today announces the termination of its long standing partnership with HORIBA, Ltd for the distribution of EDS systems sales and maintenance work under the EMAX brand in Japan and Asia, and the handover of all activity from Horiba to Oxford Instruments directly. Oxford... Read more

Twist Bioscience Accelerates Global Expansion with Strategic Asia Pacific Distribution Agreements

Download PDF SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.  – April 18, 2018 — Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA, today announced that the company has expanded its presence in Asia Pacific, adding strategic distribution partners for synthetic DNA (genes, gene fragment, oligo pool product lines) as well as the... Read more

Announcing the winner of the 2017 Sir Martin Wood Prize for Japan

13 November 2017 Oxford Instruments is delighted to announce Dr Michihisa Yamamoto from the Quantum-Phase Electronic Center, The University of Tokyo, and Center of Emergent Matters, RIKEN, Japan as the winner of the 2017 Sir Martin Wood Prize. Dr Yamamoto was awarded the prize for his work on the “Control and detection of quantum phase... Read more

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Launches New Online AFM Probe Store for Japan

15 May 2017 Oxford Instruments Asylum Research launches its new Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) online regional probe store for Japan—https://AFMProbes.AsylumResearch.jp. The Japan probe store offers a complete range of probes including Asylum’s own line of SurfRider™ probes and those manufactured by Olympus®, NanoWorld, Nanosensors™, Rocky Mountain Technology, SmartTip and PrimeNano for virtually all commercial AFMs. ... Read more