Beckman Coulter Expands Portfolio of Standardized ClearLLab IVD Reagents for the Clinical Flow Cytometry Lab

New 10-Color System with Kaluza C Software Streamlines Workflow and QC Reporting for Flow Cytometric Leukemia & Lymphoma* Analysis  Miami, USA (April 24, 2019) ─ Beckman Coulter is launching the ClearLLab 10C System for the clinical flow cytometry lab.  The new system is the first 10-color IVD panel of immunophenotyping reagents cleared by the Food and... Read more

1CellBio Announces Custom Targeted Bead Program to Accelerate Next Phase in Single-Cell Analysis

April 17, 2019N WATERTOWN, Mass., April 17, 2019 – 1CellBio, Inc., today announced a new program to supply select customers with its proprietary inDrop™ hydrogel beads synthesized with custom primers that target user-specified transcripts. “This new program enables researchers to focus their sequencing depth on their genes of interest rather than the full transcriptome,” said Colin J.H.... Read more

Synergy™ Neo2 Now Available with TRF Laser

April 16, 2019 BioTek’s Synergy Neo2 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader offers even more powerful performance and assay flexibility for screening and core laboratories with an optional TRF laser. Along with dual photomultiplier tube (PMT) detection, the 337 nm laser provides the exceptional processing speed and maximum sensitivity necessary for high-quality time-resolved fluorescence (TRF) and time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy... Read more

Lonza Establishes Custom Cell Biology Services to Offer Unique Manufacturing and Testing Capabilities

Walkersville, MD (USA) / Basel (CH), 27 March 2019 – Lonza has introduced CellBio Services, a comprehensive portfolio of unique, custom solutions designed to meet specific, individual research application needs. Researchers across pharmaceutical and contract manufacturing organizations can now choose from an extensive range of services, including cell-line expansion and banking, media production, cell isolation,... Read more

BD Launches New Automated Flow Cytometry Sample Preparation Instrument with CE-IVD Certification

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the CE-IVD certification for the BD FACSDuet™ automated flow cytometry system. The new fully automated sample preparation instrument enables clinical laboratories to improve their efficiency by reducing errors and limiting the manual user interactions... Read more

Lonza’s New Spheroid-Forming Human Hepatocytes Facilitate Improved In Vitro Liver Model Systems

Walkersville, MD (USA) / Basel (CH), 4 March 2019 – Lonza has further expanded its hepatocytes portfolio characterization with the addition of Verified for Spheroids™ Human Hepatocytes, which are pre-screened for their ability to promote rapid spheroid formation in cell culture. Researchers working in toxicology, disease modeling and DMPK studies can now feel more confident... Read more

Releasable antibodies for label-free cells

Multicolor flow cytometry-based cell sorting is the method of choice for isolating specific cell subsets. However, downstream applications using isolated cells are often limited since fluorescence channels and epitopes are blocked by the antibody-fluorochrome conjugates utilized for the flow sorting process. Miltenyi Biotec’s REAlease® Releasable Antibodies with the REAlease Fluorochrome Technology can be removed from... Read more

LGC Maine Standards announces addition of Cerebrospinal Fluid Total Protein to VALIDATE® Body Fluids kit

LGC Maine Standards announces addition of Cerebrospinal Fluid Total Protein to VALIDATE® Body Fluids kit (SKUs: 205bf, 205ro), enhancing the only comprehensive body fluids kit on the market, for easier Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) validation, documentation of linearity, calibration verification and verification of the reportable range.  The addition of Cerebrospinal Fluid Total Protein (CSF-TP) will enhance an already... Read more

Lonza’s New Pooled Donor Suspension Hepatocytes Enable the Next Level of Reliability, Robustness and Customizability

Walkersville, MD (USA) / Basel, Switzerland, 11 February 2019 – Lonza announces the launch of DonorPlex™ Hepatocytes, a new line of high-quality cryopreserved pooled donor suspension hepatocytes, which are the first of their kind to be produced using Lonza’s novel patented manufacturing process. Researchers within DMPK and ADME laboratories can now benefit from this reliable... Read more

Lonza and AllCells Join Forces for Global Commercialization of Hematopoietic Primary Cells

Walkersville, MD (USA) / Basel (CH), 7 February 2019 – Lonza and AllCells have entered into a private label partnership for the manufacture and global commercialization of an extensive range of hematopoietic primary cells. This partnership expands Lonza’s broad offering of hematopoietic cell lines and enables cell biologists to easily access a wide selection of... Read more