April 26, 2021 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Pacific Biosciences Launches New HiFi Sequencing Workflow to Further Improve HiFi’s Industry Leading Accuracy

HiFi Sequencing and Software v10.1 Release on the Sequel II and IIe Systems Increases Scalability, Improves Usability, and Unlocks Additional Sample Types to Extend the Value of HiFi Reads MENLO PARK, Calif., April 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB), a global leader offering a comprehensive view of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes,... Read more

April 26, 2021 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Pacific Biosciences Launches New HiFi Sequencing Workflow to Further Improve HiFi’s Industry Leading Accuracy

HiFi Sequencing and Software v10.1 Release on the Sequel II and IIe Systems Increases Scalability, Improves Usability, and Unlocks Additional Sample Types to Extend the Value of HiFi Reads MENLO PARK, Calif., April 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB), a global leader offering a comprehensive view of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes,... Read more

April 26, 2021 Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

Brooks Announces Agreement to Acquire Precise Automation

CHELMSFORD, Mass., April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ —  Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS) today announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Precise Automation, Inc., a leading developer of collaborative robots and automation subsytems headquartered in Fremont, CA.  The total cash purchase price for the acquisiton will be approximately $70 million, subject to working... Read more

April 22, 2021 Clinical Research/Diagn. Liq. Handling & Robotics

Roche purchases shares in tender offer for GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.

Basel, 22 April 2021 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. today announced that Roche’s wholly owned subsidiary Geronimo Acquisition Corp. has accepted for payment all shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to its tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNMK)... Read more

April 19, 2021 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics PR/Corporate

Brooks Automation Announces Fiscal 2021 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

Brooks Automation Announces Fiscal 2021 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast CHELMSFORD, Mass., April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS) will announce fiscal 2021 second quarter which ended on March 31, 2021 on Monday, May 10, 2021 after the market closes. The Company will host a conference call and live webcast to... Read more

April 14, 2021 Atomic Spectroscopy Chromatography Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics Mass Spectrometry Molecular Spectroscopy PR/Corporate

Agilent Named One of Singapore’s Best Employers

Company rises in rank from last year SINGAPORE, April 14, 2021  Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Agilent Singapore has been recognized as one of Singapore’s Best Employers in 2021 for the second year-in-a-row by The Straits Times, a leading Singapore-based newspaper. Specifically, Agilent is ranked among the top 100 companies and fifth out... Read more

April 12, 2021 Bio/Pharma/CRO Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Expansion of Lonza’s Automated Robotic Solution for Endotoxin Testing Automates Sustainable Recombinant Factor C Assay

12 Apr 2021 Downloads News Release PDF The PyroTec® PRO Automated Solution combined with the PyroWave® Reader option expands the range of endotoxin testing types available on the platform to now include the PyroGene® Recombinant Factor C assay The addition of the PyroWave® XM Fluorescent Reader complements the existing absorbance readers used in traditional LAL-based assays Full integration with... Read more

April 12, 2021 Acad, Gov/Utilities Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics Microscopy Product Launch

FDA Authorizes New High-Throughput, Automated System for Leading COVID-19 Test

The Amplitude Solution with the TaqPath COVID-19 High-Throughput Combo Kit enables laboratories to rapidly scale high-sensitivity PCR testing capacity as schools and employers seek increased testing to support reopening strategies WALTHAM, Mass., April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug... Read more

April 11, 2021 Clinical Research/Diagn. Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

Diasorin To Acquire Luminex Corporation for USD 37.00 per Share or Approximately USD 1.8 Billion

– Provides Access To Proven Luminex Multiplexing Technology And Molecular Testing Solutions To Be Used In Unique Testing Panels, Generating Critical Mass In The Molecular Diagnostics Space – Sets The Ground For New Partnerships And Business Development Opportunities Through Life Science Offerings – Broadens DiaSorin’s Presence In The U.S. – Accelerates Luminex Technology And Solutions’... Read more

April 6, 2021 Liq. Handling & Robotics PAI Top-10

Development of the Organ of Corti

Researchers use live tissue confocal microscopy to understand the development of inner ear hair cells Almost every cell in our body contains the same genetic information; yet we develop into complex organisms with each cell having a unique identity and working successfully within its community to create functional organs and complex systems. Dr. David Sprinzak... Read more