April 12, 2018 Informatics & Software Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

Ginkgo Bioworks and Transcriptic selected by DARPA to leverage robotic cloud lab and foundry automation to accelerate biological design with $9.5 M award

Synergistic Discovery and Design Program to facilitate creation of a cloud-based experimental design platform and open data exchange BOSTON and MENLO PARK, Calif., April 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Ginkgo Bioworks, the organism company, and Transcriptic, the first robotic cloud laboratory platform, have been awarded a joint $9.5 M contract as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Synergistic Discovery and Design Program (SD2).... Read more

April 10, 2018 Chromatography Informatics & Software Lab Equipment Lab Furniture Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics PR/Corporate Product Launch

Thermo Fisher Scientific Highlights Digital Science Innovations at Analytica 2018

Thermo Fisher Scientific Highlights Digital Science Innovations at Analytica 2018 MUNICH, April 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Analytica 2018 — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today unveiled an expanded portfolio of new instruments and software designed to accelerate discovery and enhance productivity for customers working in pharma and biotech, environmental analysis,... Read more

April 10, 2018 Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships PR/Corporate

Gilson and Synthace Announce Collaboration Aiming to Make Biological Research More Efficient

Synthace’s Antha Software Makes Gilson’s PIPETMAX More Flexible and Easier to Use MIDDLETON, Wis., LONDON and MUNICH (April 10, 2018) – Analytica 2018 attendees will get a sneak peak of Antha software integrated with PIPETMAX®, a collaboration between Gilson and Synthace launching this summer. The software connects Gilson’s automated liquid handling platform, PIPETMAX, to the cloud... Read more

April 10, 2018 Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Gilson Demonstrates First Cloud-Connected Liquid Handling Tools at Analytica 2018

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

April 4, 2018 Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Introduction of the epMotion® 5075 NGS solution for automated library preparation

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

April 3, 2018 Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

New development in the field of Liquid Handling: Highly viscous substances such as collagen are now pipettable

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

April 3, 2018 Liq. Handling & Robotics

Rapid Mycoplasma Testing Method Now Accepted by Regulators for QA/QC and Lot Release

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

April 3, 2018 Lab Top-10 Licensing, IP, and Legal Liq. Handling & Robotics

Rapid Mycoplasma Testing Method Now Accepted by Regulators for QA/QC and Lot Release

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

March 28, 2018 Industrial Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

Brooks Automation Announces the Acquisition of Tec-Sem Group AG

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

March 27, 2018 Cell Analysis Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics

For Immediate Release: Magnetic 3D Cell Culture Products from Greiner Bio-One Validated for Use as an Ex Vivo Pancreatic Tumor Model for High Throughput Cancer Drug Screening

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