February 8, 2021 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches CE-IVD-Marked High Throughput COVID-19 Diagnostic Assay for Use On Its Automated Amplitude Platform

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches CE-IVD-Marked High Throughput COVID-19 Diagnostic Assay for Use On Its Automated Amplitude Platform Applied Biosystems TaqPath COVID-19 High Throughput Combo Kit also receives Interim Order Authorization from Health Canada CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today launched its CE-IVD-Marked, Applied Biosystems TaqPath... Read more

February 2, 2021 Liq. Handling & Robotics

Studying the Immunology of Type 1 Diabetes

Researchers use slide scanning microscopy to investigate CD8 T cells in pancreatic tissue Dr. Matthias von Herrath is a professor of autoimmunity and inflammation at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (USA). His lab is committed to the understanding of type 1 diabetes pathology, which affects millions of people worldwide. This chronic autoimmune disorder is... Read more

February 2, 2021 Liq. Handling & Robotics PAI Top-10 PR/Corporate

Brooks Automation Reports Results of First Quarter of Fiscal 2021, Ended December 31, 2020, and Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

Brooks Automation Reports Results of First Quarter of Fiscal 2021, Ended December 31, 2020, and Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend Strong Revenue Growth and Margin Expansion Year Over Year In Both Life Sciences and Semiconductor Solutions CHELMSFORD, Mass., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS) today reported financial results for the first fiscal quarter... Read more

January 28, 2021 Acad, Gov/Utilities Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics

QIAGEN adds dPCR platform QIAcuity to growing portfolio of COVID-19 testing solutions for wastewater and mutation testing

Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, January 28, 2021 – QIAGEN today announced the addition of kits for wastewater testing to its growing portfolio of COVID-19 products. The use of dPCR in the worldwide surveillance of COVID-19 is an additional step towards making digital PCR (dPCR) an affordable and standard instrument for a host of applications... Read more

January 28, 2021 Licensing, IP, and Legal Liq. Handling & Robotics

BioTek Receives Patent for Automated Media Exchange (AMX) Module for the MultiFlo FX Multi-Mode Dispenser

January 28, 2021 BioTek Instruments, an Agilent Technologies, Inc., company, announces that it was granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the Automated Media Exchange (AMX) module for  the MultiFlo FX Multi-Mode Dispenser. In cell biology workflows, the automated MultiFlo FX with AMX module enables hands-free, gentle, and highly consistent media exchanges and washing... Read more

January 27, 2021 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Clear Labs Launches Groundbreaking Solution for Enhanced Screening and Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and its Mutations

Leader in Next-Generation Sequencing Automation Workflow Solutions Delivers First Turn-key Solution for Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) of COVID-19 SAN CARLOS, CALIF. (PRWEB) JANUARY 27, 2021 As the COVID-19 virus mutates, so does this growing list of variants, including B.1.1.7., B.1.351 and L452R. These variants, as well as future mutations, can now be identified in real-time by... Read more

January 26, 2021 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

SPT Labtech Announces a Co-Marketing Initiative with Thermo Fisher Scientific to Help Reduce the Cost of NGS Library Prep

Initiative to promote the benefit of using Thermo Fisher Scientific’s library prep kits with SPT Labtech’s instruments to help reduce reagent and material requirements for high-throughput genome sequencing  To download this image, please click here.  Cambridge, UK – January 26 2021 – The cost of library preparation is one of the biggest obstacles to large next-generation sequencing (NGS) studies,... Read more

January 25, 2021 Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

Excellence in Automated Liquid Handlers Made Possible through Hamilton Company and Artel Collaboration

January 25, 2021 Excellence in Automated Liquid Handlers Made Possible through Hamilton Company and Artel Collaboration Scripting Services Streamline Automated Liquid Handler Performance and User Convenience Reno, Nevada, USA (January 25, 2021) – Hamilton Company announces that it is joining its high-throughput automated workflow ingenuity with Artel’s performance testing expertise so that users may be... Read more

January 25, 2021 Liq. Handling & Robotics Mass Spectrometry Product Launch

Agilent Announces Enhanced Mass Spectrometry and Automation Software Solutions to Support Regulatory Compliance Guidelines

SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 25, 2021  Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the release of MassHunter Workstation Plus 11.0, MassHunter Networked Workstation 11.0, and MassHunter BioConfirm. The latest revision of these software enables data integrity consistent with the regulatory requirements from the US FDA and EU EMEA guidance, providing user management, checksums, tamper detection,... Read more

January 20, 2021 Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

SPT Labtech announces acquisition of Apricot Designs

20 January, 2021 Apricot Designs’ product breadth further expands SPT Labtech’s liquid handling portfolio and advances leadership in the automated instrumentation market SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, announces the acquisition of Apricot Designs Inc., headquartered in Covina, California. Apricot Designs has... Read more