Deal strategically expands SPT Labtech’s offering in sample management for life sciences To download this image, please click here. Cambridge, UK – 16 February 2021 – SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, announces the acquisition of BioMicroLab, a robotics automation provider for life science laboratories. Headquartered... Read more
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today launched the first cell painting kit as part of its new portfolio of PhenoVue™ cellular imaging reagents. This new range of reagents leverages PerkinElmer’s expertise in cellular imaging and high-content screening and works alongside the Company’s microplates, automation, software and industry-leading... Read more
One multiplex real-time PCR diagnostic kit can simultaneously detect and differentiate SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and influenza B CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Applied Biosystems TaqPath COVID-19, Flu A, Flu B Combo Kit from Thermo Fisher Scientific, the company announced... Read more
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
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
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
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 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
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
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