May 26, 2017 Lab Equipment Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Featuring High Sensitivity, High Speeds, Multi-Functionality, and Compatibility with Integrated Data Managementwith Other InstrumentsRelease of Three Semi-Micro Analytical Balances

Shimadzu announces the addition of three high-sensitivity semi-micro analytical balances to its AP-W series lineup. The new models, AP135W, AP125WD, and AP225WD, feature a minimum reading of 0.01 mg (1/100000th of a gram). These new models take approximately two seconds to obtain a final measurement reading, enabling high-speed measurement. They are also equipped with a... Read more

May 24, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools PR/Corporate Product Launch

New On-Demand Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Panels for Inherited Disease Research Deliver User Customization Without High Upfront Cost

Clinical researchers studying germline disorders now have access to an extension of the highly referenced, Ion AmpliSeq next-generation sequencing (NGS) line of assays. The new Ion AmpliSeq On-Demand targeted sequencing panels for inherited disease research provide easy and practical design customization capabilities to lower upfront costs regardless of project size. Thermo Fisher Scientific will introduce... Read more

May 23, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 M&A, Partnerships

Seegene enters the U.S. diagnostic market in collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific

PR Newswire 2017.05.22 Seoul, Korea, 2017/05/22 – Seegene Inc. (096530.KQ), the world’s leading developer of multiplex molecular diagnostics technologies and assays, today announced that it has entered into a new strategic collaboration relationship with Thermo Fisher Scientific in which Seegene will file for U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of its AllplexTM diagnostic assay... Read more

May 22, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Latest in Capillary Electrophoresis Technology with new Applied BiosystemsTM SeqStudioTM Genetic Analyzer

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, launched today a new capillary electrophoresis (CE) system designed to offer a low-throughput, cartridge-based system for Sanger sequencing and fragment analysis. For use with oncology research, genome editing, species identification, and human cell line authentication among other common applications, the Applied Biosystems™ SeqStudio™ Genetic Analyzer supports... Read more

May 22, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

Illumina Names Mark Van Oene Chief Commercial Officer, Sales Leader Brings Genomics Expertise and Strong Commercial Leadership Experience to the Role

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that Mark Van Oene has been named Chief Commercial Officer. Van Oene was previously Illumina’s Senior Vice President of the Americas region and subsequently named interim Chief Commercial Officer in late 2016. “Mark is a great leader for our commercial organization, possessing deep genomics expertise and over a... Read more

May 22, 2017 Lab Top-10 Licensing, IP, and Legal Life Science Tools

Recent Publications Demonstrate Rapid Adoption of SMRT Sequencing for Plant and Animal Transcriptome Analysis

MENLO PARK, Calif., May 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A series of recent peer-reviewed scientific publications highlights the growing use of Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing to annotate plant and animal genomes. These reports from the genomics community show that PacBio sequencing consistently detects more genes, alternative splicing events, and other important elements compared with... Read more

May 22, 2017 Acad, Gov/Utilities Atomic Spectroscopy Bio/Pharma/CRO Lab Top-10 Microscopy Product Launch

Bruker Launches the S8 TIGER™ Series 2 WDXRF System for Elemental Analysis in Industrial and Academic Research and Materials Quality Control

KARLSRUHE, Germany, May 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today Bruker announces the launch of its new S8 TIGER™ Series 2, the next-generation Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometer. The S8 TIGER Series 2 is the most versatile WDXRF tool available for advanced quantitative elemental analysis in industrial and academic materials research, as well as in industrial quality... Read more