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Waters Corporation and Genovis AB are formally collaborating to develop and market complete routine biopharmaceutical characterization workflows based on the Waters™ BioAccord™ LC-MS System, Andrew+ pipetting robot and Genovis SmartEnzymes™. The goal of the collaboration is to develop automated workflows for the rapid and consistent characterization of critical quality attributes (CQAs) of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and other protein-based drugs in bioprocess development...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announces that Octagon Therapeutics has been awarded an Agilent Golden Ticket at LabCentral. The Golden Ticket was presented to Octagon during a virtual online event on March 24 and provides funding for one scientist’s lab bench space for a year, including the benefit of LabCentral's shared infrastructure and services. The three semi-finalists, Octagon Therapeutics, Rizana Therapeutics, and Nuakea Therapeutics presented compelling and innovative research propositions...

Horizon Discovery, a PerkinElmer, Inc. company, announce that its gene editing and modulation portfolio is expanding to include a new family of CRISPR modulation (CRISPRmod) reagents for CRISPR interference (CRISPRi). CRISPRi enables scientists to better understand the biological pathways, processes and pathologies of disease by repressing genes at the transcriptional level, ultimately leading to new therapeutic approaches....

Science communications company Cactus Communications has released its report on the largest and most diverse global mental health survey in the scientific research community. The survey gathered responses from over 13,000 participants in seven languages, with strong representation from the top-ten research-producing countries. Notably, 43 per cent of respondents to CACTUS’ survey said their organisation does not have effective policies for supporting a good-work life balance and this negatively effects their mental health...

Avacta Group plc, the developer of innovative cancer therapies and diagnostics based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a global distribution agreement with ABCAM plc (AIM: ABC; NASDAQ: ABCM) to sell the Group’s recently developed SARS-CoV-2 research ELISA Affimer® reagents...

Mologic, a leading developer of lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies, has announced its rapid antigen self-test for COVID-19 has been selected by the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADxSM) initiative launched by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). The initiative aims to speed innovation in the development, commercialisation, and implementation of technologies for COVID-19 testing....

Following the BBC Panorama’s undercover investigation into a COVID-19 lighthouse laboratory, the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) reiterates the need for more HCPC registered staff and UKAS accreditation in these laboratories. From the outset of the pandemic, the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) has emphasised the fact that “high quality staff deliver high quality services...

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Artificial, developers of flexible automation software, have announced a strategic technology collaboration to develop an integrated and comprehensive software automation platform for Thermo Fisher’s standardized COVID-19 Testing Platform. The integration will result in increased testing throughput and support global healthcare initiatives...

GranuTools now offering its expertise and extended range of instruments to characterize powders and granular materials in various conditions/geometries. It is well known that flow properties of powders are governed by the intrinsic grain properties and forces acting on and between the grains. However, what one often forgets is the dramatic influence of the conditions under which powders are processed (stress state, flow field, relative humidity, and temperature)....

Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the launch of a real-time reverse transcription (qRT) PCR-based diagnostic kit for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. The CE-IVD mark is in accordance with the European Union In Vitro Diagnostic Directive 98/79/EC and is available for immediate distribution....

Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), are pleased to announce a further consolidation of their Merck relationship after being appointed as an official distributor for the Merck – Supelco^® Range of Analytical Products. Comprising of over 500,000 products, the comprehensive range from SLS provides a solution to most applications...

For the second time since its initial presentation in 2019, Analytik Jena is honoring extraordinary scientific accomplishments in the areas of chemical analysis and molecular biology with the Analytik Jena Science Award. Winners in 2020 are Dr. Daniel Bäcker for his analysis of oncologically relevant substances with anti-tumor active metal complexes and Dr. Geoffrey A. Behrens of DKMS Life Science Lab GmbH...

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Protein Metrics, a developer of world-class software tools for protein characterization, have entered into a non-exclusive co-marketing agreement to provide advanced mass spectrometry data processing and analysis capabilities to drive innovation across the full spectrum of biopharmaceutical and proteomics applications...

Insightful Science, a leading software provider serving the global life sciences community, announced today that it has entered into a transaction to acquire Dotmatics, an industry leading cloud-based scientific R&D data management platform. By integrating Insightful Science’s software applications into Dotmatics cloud-first enterprise data management solution, the company will provide an end-to-end scientific research platform....

INTEGRA Biosciences’ ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot and VOYAGER adjustable tip spacing pipettes are proving invaluable to scientists at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, helping the development of novel antibiotics against resistant strains of Gram-negative bacteria. Senior research scientist Adrianna Olejniczak explained: “Our laboratory performs minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) testing of potential antibiotics...

La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), one of the leading research organizations dedicated to studying the immune system announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Leinco Technologies, Inc., a premier developer and manufacturer of leading-edge recombinant proteins, antibodies, and conjugates...

Jubilant Biosys and Yale University have announced a research collaboration for multiple small molecule research programs. Under the scope of this partnership, Jubilant Biosys will provide research services to investigators at Yale University working on novel therapeutic targets. Areas of collaboration include medicinal chemistry, structural biology, in-vitro and in-vivo pharmacology among others....

The partnership will work towards CE marking of Aptamer Group’s AptaDx SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow rapid antigen test for professional use, to detect the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein antigen in anterior nasal swabs. Initial test analysis with laboratory samples has demonstrated excellent sensitivity being able to detect as little as 1000 virus particles per mL...

LifeArc and the Medical Research Council (MRC), with support from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), today announce three major investments totalling £18m to create a national network of cutting-edge “Gene Therapy Innovation Hubs”. The £18m funding will support the creation of three dedicated facilities to advance the clinical development of new genetic treatments...