June 20, 2018 Clinical Research/Diagn. Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Announces Collaborations and Investment in all Three Business Sectors in China

20 JUN 2018 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY Partnership with Alibaba Health Investment in OLED Technology Center China Cooperation with Tongji University Anniversary celebration in Shanghai with key stakeholders Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, today announced today announced moves designed to pave the way for an even more successful future in China. During the... Read more

June 20, 2018 Acad, Gov/Utilities Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Tongji University Joins MilliporeSigma’s CRISPR Core Partnership Program

With membership, Tongji University to get exclusive access to MilliporeSigma’s genome-editing technology, comprehensive technical support University joins a network of 70 CRISPR core labs around the world MilliporeSigma, a leading science and technology company and leader in genome editing, today announced a new CRISPR core partnership with Tongji University in Shanghai. Tongji University is the... Read more

June 18, 2018 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Twist Bioscience Expands Human Core Exome and Custom Next-Generation Sequencing Solutions with High Throughput Offering

Download PDF SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – June 18, 2018 — Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA, today announced the expansion of its next-generation sequencing (NGS) solutions product line to include the high throughput Twist Human Core Exome Kit, a library preparation and target enrichment kit, with... Read more

June 18, 2018 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Ion AmpliSeq HD Technology

New library preparation solution for targeted next-generation sequencing is first to combine gene panel design customization with ultra-high sensitivity CARLSBAD, Calif., June 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced the launch of its Ion AmpliSeq HD technology, the latest next-generation library preparation innovation that, for the first time, provides clinical researchers with the... Read more

June 12, 2018 Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Lexogen and Bluebee collaborate to streamline QuantSeq-UMI sequencing data analysis pipeline

Vienna, Austria, and Rijswijk, The Netherlands, June 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – Lexogen, a transcriptomics and next-generation sequencing company and Bluebee, a global bioinformatics platform, have announced today the implementation of QuantSeq Unique Molecular Identifiers (UMI) data analysis pipeline on the Bluebee genomics analysis platform. This collaboration offers QuantSeq users utilizing UMIs the opportunity to analyze samples in a... Read more

June 12, 2018 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Drives Thought Leadership in Ethical Gene Editing

Co-authored paper, “Ethical Considerations in the Manufacture, Sale and Distribution of Genome-Editing Technologies,” accepted in leading bioethics journal Highlights importance of science-based bioethics in genome editing and novel processes to ensure products meet the highest standards  Darmstadt, Germany, June 12, 2018 – Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company and leader in... Read more

June 12, 2018 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools

Agilent Enables CISH on Dako Omnis

Agilent Enables CISH on Dako Omnis System can now employ three analytical techniques simultaneously SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 12, 2018 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the release of a new accessory kit that enables the company’s Dako Omnis system to analyze tissue samples using three different techniques simultaneously. With the new kit, the... Read more

June 7, 2018 Clinical Research/Diagn. Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Fluidigm and Genomenon to Offer Evidence-Based Genomic Panel Design Service

Joint offering enables acceleration of genomic panel design for translational and clinical disease research SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluidigm Corporation announced today that it has entered into a co-marketing agreement with Genomenon to offer evidence-based genomic panel design services for translational and clinical disease research. The rapidly expanding knowledge base of genes and... Read more

June 7, 2018 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Zymo Research and CosmosID to Deliver Integrated Solution for Accurate Microbiome Analysis

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Zymo Research and CosmosID announce their partnership to provide microbiome researchers with an integrated end to end solution for accurate microbiome analysis. The partnership combines Zymo Research’s complete microbiomics product portfolio from sample collection/preservation, mock microbial community standards, nucleic acid isolation, and library preparation with the largest curated microbiome database maintained and powered by CosmosID. The... Read more