February 3, 2017 Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Brooks Life Science Systems Optimizes Workflow and Improves Sample Throughput with New FluidX™ IntelliXcap™ Decapper

New 96-format whole rack capper/decapper features industry’s first interchangeable cartridge system for use with a wide range of tubes CHELMSFORD, MA  Brooks Life Science Systems, a global leader in automated solutions for temperature-controlled storage and management of compounds and biological samples, continues its commitment to innovation with the launch of the FluidX™ IntelliXcap™ capper... Read more

January 9, 2017 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics Microscopy Product Launch

UPDATE — Pacific Biosciences Improves Key Applications on the Sequel System with New Chemistry and Software Release

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) today announced a new version of chemistry (V2) and software (V4) for the Sequel™ System. The new release improves the system’s ability to support important applications such as structural variant detection and targeted sequencing—including metagenomics, minor variant detection and isoform... Read more

November 29, 2016 Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

Brooks Automation Announces the Acquisition of Cool Lab, LLC

CHELMSFORD, Mass., Nov. 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) announced today that it has acquired Cool Lab, LLC, a subsidiary of BioCision, LLC.  Cool Lab provides a range of innovative, patented, and/or patent-pending applications for sample cooling and freezing, controlled rate freezing, portable cryogenic transport and archival storage solutions for customers’ temperature... Read more

October 7, 2016 Lab Top-10 Licensing, IP, and Legal Liq. Handling & Robotics

Molecular Devices Wins Patent Case In Europe

–Patent No. 1802752 “Parellel Patch Clamp System” Upheld in European Patent Office- Sunnyvale, California – October 7, 2016.   Molecular Devices, LLC, a company committed to providing innovative analytical solutions for protein and cell biology, announced today that its European Patent No. 1802752 titled “Parallel Patch Clamp System” was upheld by the European Patent Office in... Read more

July 19, 2016 Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Molecular Devices’ SpectraMax M5e Multi-Mode Microplate Reader Launched to International Space Station via NanoRacks, LLC

NanoRacks, LLC is installing a new, reconfigured Molecular Devices’ SpectraMax M5e multi-mode microplate reader on the International Space Station to perform experiments in microgravity. SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — JULY 19, 2016 Molecular Devices, LLC, a leader in protein and cell biology technologies, today announced the launch of the SpectraMax M5e Multi-Mode Microplate Reader to the International Space... Read more

June 13, 2016 Bio/Pharma/CRO Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

GE Healthcare launches next generation Biacore(TM) molecular interaction analysis platform

CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK – 13 June 2016 – GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business today launched the first of a next generation of BiacoreTM systems harnessing Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) technology. Biacore 8K marks the start of a new generation of Biacore systems maintaining the high data quality expected from Biacore at high throughput. New... Read more

May 24, 2016 Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Molecular Devices Launches New Hybridoma Media Products

XP Media and CloneMedia enable researchers to get to high-value clones faster with a complete hybridoma media solution for cell line development Sunnyvale, Calif. – May 24, 2016 – Molecular Devices, LLC, a leader in protein and cell biology technologies, today announced the launch of XP Media and CloneMedia for mouse hybridoma generation, a complete solution that... Read more

July 15, 2015 Cell Analysis Tools Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Molecular Devices Introduces EarlyTox Cell Viability Assay Kits

Sunnyvale, California, July 15, 2015. Molecular Devices today announced the launch of six EarlyTox™ cell viability assay kits, a new family of fluorescence-based reagents optimized for microplate readers to assess cell viability, cell proliferation, and apoptosis events in mammalian cells. Cell viability assays are critical to a broad spectrum of research areas ranging from understanding... Read more

April 27, 2015 Licensing, IP, and Legal Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

Pacific Biosciences Introduces New Solutions for Comprehensive and Efficient Targeted Sequencing and Multiplexing of Samples

MENLO PARK, Calif., April 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS II Sequencing System, today announced the introduction of several new solutions for targeted sequencing applications.The company has introduced a new workflow that combines Roche NimbleGen’s SeqCap EZ enrichment technology with large DNA fragments (up to... Read more