February 27, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Informatics & Software Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

Congenica raises £8M ($10M) in Series B financing round to drive international expansion of its genome analysis business

CAMBRIDGE, UK – 27 February, 2017 – Congenica, a leading provider of clinical genome analysis technology, announced today that it has raised £8m ($10m) in its Series B financing round. Existing investors, Cambridge Innovation Capital plc (CIC) and Amadeus Capital Partners (Amadeus) participated alongside new investor, Parkwalk Advisors (Parkwalk). Congenica will use the Series B... Read more

February 27, 2017 Lab Top-10 PR/Corporate

Agilent Technologies CTO Darlene Solomon Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Solomon honored for her leadership in developing nucleic-acid and microfluidic products SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 23, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Dr. Darlene Solomon, Agilent senior vice president and chief technology officer, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering — considered among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an... Read more

February 24, 2017 Microscopy

Webinar: Study Cellular Dynamics with 1 ms precision

By combining optical and electrical simulation with high-pressure freezing it is now possible to capture fast cellular dynamics with millisecond precision. In a webinar on March 29 Dr. Shigeki Watanabe and Dr. Frédéric Leroux will present results of recent studies that demonstrate how this new method can help to resolve controversial questions in neurobiology. The... Read more