Live Trials to Show How Internet-enabled Pipettes Can Improve Productivity and Verifiable Research MIDDLETON, Wis. and MUNICH (April 10, 2018)— Gilson will exhibit for the first time Gilson Connect, its recently launched cloud-connected platform that powers smart liquid handling devices, at the Analytica 2018 conference held in Munich, Germany (April 10-13, 2018). Gilson Connect includes the company’s... Read more
Hamburg, March 2018 The Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) library preparation process is labor-intensive, requiring experience and attention to detail over hours. Eppendorf is introducing a complete package of epMotion 5075 automated liquid handling workstation with all required accessories, a broad range of vendor specific pre-developed & qualified methods, advantageous consumables and related service products that... Read more
Hamburg, March 2018 Handling of volumes in the mL range of highly viscous liquids such as 99 % glycerol, detergents or collagen in the laboratory and for analytical purposes has proven difficult, requiring the use of suboptimal tools such as spoons. These requirements cause tremendous delays to analysis and mixing procedures. As such, the precise... Read more
BEDFORD, Mass., April 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Manufacturers of cell-culture-based therapeutics can now rely on a faster method for detecting mycoplasma contamination. The Applied Biosystems MycoSEQ Mycoplasma Detection Kit is a fully integrated solution for real-time PCR-based mycoplasma detection. Used throughout the bioproduction workflow, the MycoSEQ method is an alternative to costly, time-consuming culture-based tests... Read more
Rapid Mycoplasma Testing Method Now Accepted by Regulators for QA/QC and Lot Release MycoSEQ Mycoplasma Detection Method can accelerate production timelines for manufacturers of cell and gene therapies, biotherapeutics, vaccines and other cell-culture-based modalities BEDFORD, Mass., April 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Manufacturers of cell-culture-based therapeutics can now rely on a faster method for detecting mycoplasma contamination.... Read more
CHELMSFORD, Mass., March 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS) announced today that it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Tec-Sem Group AG, a provider of semiconductor fab automation equipment with a focus on reticle management. Tec-Sem is headquartered in Tӓgerwilen, Switzerland with a sales and service team supporting customers worldwide. The total cash purchase price... Read more
Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc. is announcing the publication in SLAS Discovery of an article titled “Advanced Development of Primary Pancreatic Organoid Tumor Models for High Throughput Phenotypic Drug Screening”. Authored by The Scripps Research Institute in Florida, in collaboration with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Greiner Bio-One, Nano3D Biosciences, Inc., University of Texas Health Science... Read more
The seventh annual International Conference and Exhibition of the Society for Lab Automation and Screening (SLAS) was held February 3–7 in San Diego, CA. More than 300 companies turned up to the exhibition to display their latest wares. Among the dazzling array of new products presented at the conference the were 50 that had been... Read more
MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) today announced its Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing technology will be demonstrated in several presentations and posters at the annual Advances in Genome Biology & Technology (AGBT) conference taking place February 12-15 in Orlando. PacBio is also an official sponsor of this... Read more
Tablet with microplate app and electronic pipette are first Internet of Things devices in the Gilson Connect Family Limited release program to involve scientific community in product enhancements Middleton, Wis. (February 8, 2018)—Gilson launches Gilson Connect, a cloud-connected platform that powers a product line of Bluetooth®-enabled, smart liquid handling devices designed to help scientists achieve... Read more