The liquid nitrogen vapor-based CryoPod Carrier from Azenta Life Sciences provides a safe, portable, and trackable solution for hand carrying temperature-sensitive materials between labs, providing protection below -150°C for over 3 hours. Adherence to cold-chain requirements for research and development can be challenging, particularly with temperature-sensitive biological products...
Achieving reliable PCR and qPCR results is not just about the reagents—consumables play a crucial role too. 4titude® PCR plates from Azenta Life Sciences are optimized to meet the varied and often overlooked needs of modern PCR workflows. Manufactured from virgin polypropylene in a Class 7 ISO-certified cleanroom, these 96- and 384-well plates are available in both low- and high-profile formats, with options for non-skirted, semi-skirted, and fully skirted designs...
The Automated Plate Seal Remover from Azenta Life Sciences is a compact system for removing seals from a wide range of microplates at the single touch of a button, without damaging the plate or seal. Hands-on removal of a seal from a microplate is a routine, seemingly undemanding laboratory task. However, removing and/or replacing tens or hundreds of seals at a time on a repetitive basis can be challenging, particularly in high-throughput and high-content screening laboratories...
Engineered to handle a wide range of large-format tubes including centrifuge, cell culture, and glass sample tubes (11-40mm) - the new IntelliXcap™ S1 decapper / recapper from Azenta Life Sciences eliminates the inconvenience of manual adjustments by accommodating multiple tube types without requiring a cap gripper change. This seamless adaptability saves time and simplifies tube handling for low to high-throughput labs...
Azenta Life Sciences offers a wide range of sample management solutions to assist biobanks in the protection of sample integrity and security while maintaining easy access to samples and facilitating quick sample retrieval. Biopharmaceutical research relies on high-quality biological samples to produce robust data, and so preserving sample quality and integrity is the key concern of every biobank...
Azenta Life Sciences announce, as part of their commitment to sustainable science, that they are increasing the use of recycled polypropylene in their FluidX sample storage consumables range. To support this initiative, from January 2025, all SBS tube rack bases will be manufactured with up to 90% recycled polypropylene, sourced from repurposed material generated during the production of FluidX sample storage tubes...
Azenta, Inc. has announced that it has been selected as the technology provider by UK Biocentre as they expand their large-scale sample storage in support of the preservation of internationally significant sample collections. This new system is in addition to the seven Azenta BioArc™ Flex™ automated sample store systems already in place at the facility. UK Biocentre will utilize the new BioArc Ultra™ to deliver on critical research projects including the United Kingdom’s largest health research program
Azenta Life Sciences has launched Cap2™ - a new 0.2ml PCR microcentrifuge tube featuring a novel dual-cap design with both hinged lid and screw cap to preserve the integrity of samples used in genetic testing workflows. Acting as both a collection and processing tube, sample transfer can be minimized making for greater efficiency and less wastage. Designed to ensure sample traceability in wide ranging genetic testing workflows, including pre-implantation genetic testing...
Azenta, Inc. has announced the launch of a long-read Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) test for clinical applications. Azenta becomes the first commercial provider to obtain regulatory approval to offer this test in the United States. Traditional short-read sequencing methods often struggle with identifying genetic variants in repetitive regions of the genome that underpin many rare diseases, hindering accurate diagnoses and targeted treatments...
Azenta, I nc. has announced its participation in the FinnGen project, a large-scale research initiative at the forefront of personalized medicine in Finland. The FinnGen project is a pioneering endeavor that has collected and is currently analyzing genomic and health data from a cohort of 500,000 Finnish biobank participants In collaboration with the University of Helsinki, the organization leading the FinnGen study, Azenta will provide comprehensive proteomics profiling on up to 20,000 individuals...
The FluidX™ Tri-Coded Sample Tubes from Azenta Life Sciences are designed to safeguard the integrity of your samples and provide a lifelong secure chain of custody for samples in compound libraries, biobanks, and other cryogenic storage facilities. The external thread design of this tube range is not only highly secure, and cannot be overtightened, but also offers significant benefits over internal thread caps including a higher working volume...
Azenta Life Sciences reports how the two-component design of its FrameStar® microplate range reduces thermal expansion and sample evaporation leading to improved consistency of PCR results. Many commercially available PCR and qPCR plates are based on polypropylene designs because of its chemical inertness and that ultra-thin tube walls can be moulded enabling fast temperature transfer...
The DP5 Mirage Rack Reader from Azenta Life Sciences delivers a cost-effective solution for reading SBS format tube racks in a compact low-height design. Benefiting from unique patent pending technology, the DP5 Mirage sets new standards for 2D code readers. With easy, out-of-the-box set up delivered pre-calibrated and ready to read, the DP5 Mirage is the perfect workhorse rack reader for busy life science laboratories...
The new Semi-Automated Septum Cap Capper from Azenta Life Sciences is a storage tube sealing device designed to preserve sample integrity and audit trails in biobanks, compound libraries and other high-throughput storage applications. Providing an optimized solution for TPE septum cap sealing of SBS format 96 sample tube racks – the Semi-Automated Septum Cap Capper is fast and easy to use...
Azenta Life Sciences has prepared an informative new video demonstrating the walkaway productivity achievable using its Automated Individual Access Roll Heat Sealer in molecular diagnostics, drug discovery and kit manufacturing applications. The new video illustrates key benefits of the Automated Individual Access Roll Heat Sealer that include operational flexibility, reproducible sealing, intuitive operation and plug-and-play robotic integration...
Azenta Life Sciences announce the RITrack "CTag Pack" - a handy way of buying RFID tags to fit and track existing labware used in cryogenic storage facilities. The patent pending RITrack technology allows the identity and location of up to 96 individual coded tubes in a rack to be stored using RFID / NFC technology. The tag, or chip, stores this information securely even when in vapour phase liquid nitrogen and has been shown to eliminate data loss even after 10,000 freeze / thaw cycles...
The IntelliXcap™ Automated Septum Cap Decapper/Recapper from Azenta Life Sciences is a precision tube decapping / recapping instrument for use within high-throughput environments such as in biobanking, compound libraries, and other storage applications. Offering advanced automation to increase your throughput the IntelliXcap™ provides secure sealing – eliminating the need for manual intervention, while preserving vital sample integrity...
The 48-position Ziath Mohawk tube picker from Azenta Life Sciences selects and picks wide, heavy, or tall tubes making this system perfect for retrieving individual whole tissue samples from storage. Proven in installations worldwide – Mohawk tube selection and picking technology avoids the need for slow and costly robotic systems. Importing a pick list, selecting, and picking larger whole tissue sample tubes takes just seconds...
The Automated Plate Seal Remover from Azenta Life Sciences is the ideal product for labs faced with repetitively removing microplate seals while preserving sample integrity. Designed as an automated system, the Automated Plate Seal Remover holds the plate down whilst the seal is peeled away, eliminating cross-contamination issues that are common when using manual seal removal techniques...
The Handheld 2 tube reader from Azenta Life Sciences sets the benchmark for rapid and accurate reading of individual 2D barcoded sample tubes. The Handheld 2 is a powerful, portable tube reader that can be held and operated in one hand, leaving the other free for tube handling. The intuitive device software comes pre-loaded and boots up immediately allowing you to read tube codes, review or edit the tube contents, and use preloaded “pick lists” to check off individual tubes as they are retrieved from the freezer...
Azenta Life Sciences will officially open its new GENEWIZ Multiomics and Synthesis Solutions laboratory in Oxford, UK in March 2024. As a global provider of R&D genomics services, Azenta leads the way in providing superior data quality with unparalleled technical support to enable researchers around the world to advance their scientific discoveries faster than ever before...
Azenta, Inc. has announced the launch of the BioArc™ Ultra (the “Ultra”), a breakthrough, automated solution for high-density, eco-friendly ultracold sample management, designed to provide a new level of performance for large-scale sample management with the potential to forever change the landscape of biorepositories. The Ultra delivers significant operational efficiency benefits, including footprint, labor and electricity cost savings as compared to other commercially available systems...
Ultra Optically Clear assay plates from Azenta Life Sciences provide high optical transmission in the UV waveband, making them ideal for labs tasked with DNA purity measurements performed at 260 / 280nm. The high UV waveband transmission of these plates is derived from an ultra-clear cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) base, which gives superior results by delivering very low background absorbance and low autofluorescence...
Azenta Life Sciences popular FrameStar® 96-well Skirted PCR plate is now available in a wide range of colours (purple, blue, clear, green, red, black, and white) to enable easy visual identification in multi-user labs. Whether you work in a busy pathology, molecular diagnostics, or academic lab, assigning different coloured PCR plates can be a real gain. Being able to assign a colour for each user, or for each different assay type or source, the wide choice of coloured FrameStar® plates helps improve your PCR sample scheduling...
Azenta Life Sciences has selected Oxford, UK, a key European life sciences hub, as the location for its next GENEWIZ Multiomics and Synthesis Solutions site. The site will feature a new state-of-the-art genomics lab scheduled to open in early 2024. Drawing upon the experienced team from the former Oxford Genomics Centre (OGC), a trusted partner serving top-tier academic institutions, pharmaceutical and biotech companies for over 20 years, the new Oxford Genomics Lab will provide fast and reliable genomics services from GENEWIZ...
Featuring a novel design, the new tri-coded 1.6ml Maximum Recovery tube from Azenta Life Sciences is ideally suited for automated workflows using liquid handling, where more sample can be retrieved due to the unique shaped bottom. Large dead volumes in storage tubes are particularly concerning for users handling precious samples, such as stem cells, enzymes, antibody solutions and difficult-to-make compounds...
Using high-speed, web-based communications protocols - DP5 Network rack decoding software from Ziath can be run from a laptop, desktop, phone, or any other network connected device. Using DP5 Network you can plug all your tube rack readers and scanners into your LAN directly and run them from a PC in your office or somewhere else in the building. This flexibility enables you to have your reader / scanner conveniently near the freezers or compound stores and the results on your desktop or phone...
Azenta has selected the greater Boston area, a key pharma and biotech hub, as the next location to expand its global biorepository footprint. Azenta, Inc has announced it is opening a new location in the greater Boston area to expand its global sample storage business into the Boston market. The 40,000 square foot facility, located in Billerica, MA, will be Azenta's second largest biorepository in terms of sample capacity after its flagship Indianapolis location...
Azenta Life Sciences latest exciting products for biospecimen sample management will be on show at ISBER 2023 in Granada, Spain (24th-25th October). On display will be products that enable seamless end to end biospecimen sample collection, organisation, processing, and storage leading to better quality epidemiological data, clearer insights into the genetic landscape and easier analysis of complex data sets...
Azenta Life Sciences has launched Cap2™ - a new 0.2ml PCR microcentrifuge tube featuring a novel dual-cap design with both hinged lid and screw cap to preserve the integrity of samples used in genetic testing workflows. Acting as both a collection and processing tube, sample transfer can be minimized making for greater efficiency and less wastage. Designed to ensure sample traceability in wide ranging genetic testing workflows, including pre-implantation genetic testing...
Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the UK's leading provider of laboratory equipment, chemicals, and consumables, is delighted to unveil its partnership with global tech giant, Azenta. This innovative alliance will facilitate scientific research, delivering enhanced solutions and resources to researchers, laboratories, and academic entities across the UK. Through this collaboration, SLS is set to be the sole distributor of Azenta products for both the UK and Ireland...
The Mirage 2D barcode reader from Ziath has been optimized for reading Individual Access 2D coded PCR plates from 4titude, both part of Azenta Life Sciences, Burlington, MA. The Individual Access PCR plate is part of the acclaimed Framestar range from 4titude which combines the rigidity of a polycarbonate frame with the excellent thermal transfer properties of polypropylene in each thermal cycler well...
Ziath, a Azenta Life Sciences company, announce a revolution in cryogenic sample management – the Ri-Track Mirage 2D barcoded tube whole rack reader. Traditionally identifying the identity of frost covered racks of 2D barcoded tubes taken from low temperature storage has been a time-consuming and error prone process. Drawing upon proprietary Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging technology – the Ri-Track Mirage can reliably read 2D barcoded racks covered in ice and with racks taken directly from vapour-phase liquid nitrogen storage...
Azenta, Inc. has announced that it has acquired Ziath, Ltd. and its subsidiaries ("Ziath"). Based in Cambridge, UK, Ziath is a leading provider of 2D barcode readers for life sciences applications. Founded in 2005, Ziath's innovative 2D barcode readers are a key component of the laboratory automation workflow serving pharmaceutical, biotech and academic customers worldwide...
Azenta Life Sciences has expanded its current multiomics services to include Olink technology, which ensures robust, multiplex protein biomarker analysis of samples in a CAP/CLIA laboratory environment. Azenta has a global footprint offering an end-to-end solution, from sample procurement and storage to sample analysis, enabling biopharma companies to accelerate scientific research...
PacBio has announced an expansion of its extensive suite of HiFi applications with Azenta Life Sciences, formerly GENEWIZ. The deal will increase PacBio’s HiFi sequencing platforms across Azenta’s newly combined company and support Azenta’s mission to enable life science companies to deliver impactful breakthroughs and therapies to market faster...
Brooks Automation, Inc. has announced that its newly branded Azenta Life Sciences business has been contracted by QTC Management, Inc., a Leidos company, to provide the storage and distribution of vaccines to the U.S. Department of Defense. Earlier this year, QTC was awarded the prestigious Reserve Health Readiness Program III contract, under which they will provide commercial health services to all U.S. military reserve forces. Azenta will work with QTC and the Defense Health Agency to ensure the safe, reliable supply of vaccines...
Brooks Automation, Inc. and Cleveland Clinic have opened a new 22,000-square-foot biospecimen sample management and repository facility on Cleveland Clinic’s main campus. The two-story biorepository is managed by Azenta Life Sciences, Brooks' recently re-branded life sciences division, and includes ultra-cold and cryogenic storage for researchers at Cleveland Clinic and other institutions....
Brooks Automation, Inc. announces Brooks Life Sciences Services and Products businesses will be rebranded under the creation of a new identity – Azenta Life Sciences ("Azenta"). Azenta will bring together our existing portfolio of life sciences products and services to deliver integrated enterprise-wide sample exploration and management solutions.
The liquid nitrogen vapor-based CryoPod Carrier from Azenta Life Sciences provides a safe, portable, and trackable solution for hand carrying temperature-sensitive materials between labs, providing protection below -150°C for over 3 hours. Adherence to cold-chain requirements for research and development can be challenging, particularly with temperature-sensitive biological products...
Achieving reliable PCR and qPCR results is not just about the reagents—consumables play a crucial role too. 4titude® PCR plates from Azenta Life Sciences are optimized to meet the varied and often overlooked needs of modern PCR workflows. Manufactured from virgin polypropylene in a Class 7 ISO-certified cleanroom, these 96- and 384-well plates are available in both low- and high-profile formats, with options for non-skirted, semi-skirted, and fully skirted designs...
The Automated Plate Seal Remover from Azenta Life Sciences is a compact system for removing seals from a wide range of microplates at the single touch of a button, without damaging the plate or seal. Hands-on removal of a seal from a microplate is a routine, seemingly undemanding laboratory task. However, removing and/or replacing tens or hundreds of seals at a time on a repetitive basis can be challenging, particularly in high-throughput and high-content screening laboratories...
Engineered to handle a wide range of large-format tubes including centrifuge, cell culture, and glass sample tubes (11-40mm) - the new IntelliXcap™ S1 decapper / recapper from Azenta Life Sciences eliminates the inconvenience of manual adjustments by accommodating multiple tube types without requiring a cap gripper change. This seamless adaptability saves time and simplifies tube handling for low to high-throughput labs...
Azenta Life Sciences offers a wide range of sample management solutions to assist biobanks in the protection of sample integrity and security while maintaining easy access to samples and facilitating quick sample retrieval. Biopharmaceutical research relies on high-quality biological samples to produce robust data, and so preserving sample quality and integrity is the key concern of every biobank...
Azenta Life Sciences announce, as part of their commitment to sustainable science, that they are increasing the use of recycled polypropylene in their FluidX sample storage consumables range. To support this initiative, from January 2025, all SBS tube rack bases will be manufactured with up to 90% recycled polypropylene, sourced from repurposed material generated during the production of FluidX sample storage tubes...
Azenta, Inc. has announced that it has been selected as the technology provider by UK Biocentre as they expand their large-scale sample storage in support of the preservation of internationally significant sample collections. This new system is in addition to the seven Azenta BioArc™ Flex™ automated sample store systems already in place at the facility. UK Biocentre will utilize the new BioArc Ultra™ to deliver on critical research projects including the United Kingdom’s largest health research program
Azenta Life Sciences has launched Cap2™ - a new 0.2ml PCR microcentrifuge tube featuring a novel dual-cap design with both hinged lid and screw cap to preserve the integrity of samples used in genetic testing workflows. Acting as both a collection and processing tube, sample transfer can be minimized making for greater efficiency and less wastage. Designed to ensure sample traceability in wide ranging genetic testing workflows, including pre-implantation genetic testing...
Azenta, Inc. has announced the launch of a long-read Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) test for clinical applications. Azenta becomes the first commercial provider to obtain regulatory approval to offer this test in the United States. Traditional short-read sequencing methods often struggle with identifying genetic variants in repetitive regions of the genome that underpin many rare diseases, hindering accurate diagnoses and targeted treatments...
Azenta, I nc. has announced its participation in the FinnGen project, a large-scale research initiative at the forefront of personalized medicine in Finland. The FinnGen project is a pioneering endeavor that has collected and is currently analyzing genomic and health data from a cohort of 500,000 Finnish biobank participants In collaboration with the University of Helsinki, the organization leading the FinnGen study, Azenta will provide comprehensive proteomics profiling on up to 20,000 individuals...
The FluidX™ Tri-Coded Sample Tubes from Azenta Life Sciences are designed to safeguard the integrity of your samples and provide a lifelong secure chain of custody for samples in compound libraries, biobanks, and other cryogenic storage facilities. The external thread design of this tube range is not only highly secure, and cannot be overtightened, but also offers significant benefits over internal thread caps including a higher working volume...
Azenta Life Sciences reports how the two-component design of its FrameStar® microplate range reduces thermal expansion and sample evaporation leading to improved consistency of PCR results. Many commercially available PCR and qPCR plates are based on polypropylene designs because of its chemical inertness and that ultra-thin tube walls can be moulded enabling fast temperature transfer...
The DP5 Mirage Rack Reader from Azenta Life Sciences delivers a cost-effective solution for reading SBS format tube racks in a compact low-height design. Benefiting from unique patent pending technology, the DP5 Mirage sets new standards for 2D code readers. With easy, out-of-the-box set up delivered pre-calibrated and ready to read, the DP5 Mirage is the perfect workhorse rack reader for busy life science laboratories...
The new Semi-Automated Septum Cap Capper from Azenta Life Sciences is a storage tube sealing device designed to preserve sample integrity and audit trails in biobanks, compound libraries and other high-throughput storage applications. Providing an optimized solution for TPE septum cap sealing of SBS format 96 sample tube racks – the Semi-Automated Septum Cap Capper is fast and easy to use...
Azenta Life Sciences has prepared an informative new video demonstrating the walkaway productivity achievable using its Automated Individual Access Roll Heat Sealer in molecular diagnostics, drug discovery and kit manufacturing applications. The new video illustrates key benefits of the Automated Individual Access Roll Heat Sealer that include operational flexibility, reproducible sealing, intuitive operation and plug-and-play robotic integration...
Azenta Life Sciences announce the RITrack "CTag Pack" - a handy way of buying RFID tags to fit and track existing labware used in cryogenic storage facilities. The patent pending RITrack technology allows the identity and location of up to 96 individual coded tubes in a rack to be stored using RFID / NFC technology. The tag, or chip, stores this information securely even when in vapour phase liquid nitrogen and has been shown to eliminate data loss even after 10,000 freeze / thaw cycles...
The IntelliXcap™ Automated Septum Cap Decapper/Recapper from Azenta Life Sciences is a precision tube decapping / recapping instrument for use within high-throughput environments such as in biobanking, compound libraries, and other storage applications. Offering advanced automation to increase your throughput the IntelliXcap™ provides secure sealing – eliminating the need for manual intervention, while preserving vital sample integrity...
The 48-position Ziath Mohawk tube picker from Azenta Life Sciences selects and picks wide, heavy, or tall tubes making this system perfect for retrieving individual whole tissue samples from storage. Proven in installations worldwide – Mohawk tube selection and picking technology avoids the need for slow and costly robotic systems. Importing a pick list, selecting, and picking larger whole tissue sample tubes takes just seconds...
The Automated Plate Seal Remover from Azenta Life Sciences is the ideal product for labs faced with repetitively removing microplate seals while preserving sample integrity. Designed as an automated system, the Automated Plate Seal Remover holds the plate down whilst the seal is peeled away, eliminating cross-contamination issues that are common when using manual seal removal techniques...
The Handheld 2 tube reader from Azenta Life Sciences sets the benchmark for rapid and accurate reading of individual 2D barcoded sample tubes. The Handheld 2 is a powerful, portable tube reader that can be held and operated in one hand, leaving the other free for tube handling. The intuitive device software comes pre-loaded and boots up immediately allowing you to read tube codes, review or edit the tube contents, and use preloaded “pick lists” to check off individual tubes as they are retrieved from the freezer...
Azenta Life Sciences will officially open its new GENEWIZ Multiomics and Synthesis Solutions laboratory in Oxford, UK in March 2024. As a global provider of R&D genomics services, Azenta leads the way in providing superior data quality with unparalleled technical support to enable researchers around the world to advance their scientific discoveries faster than ever before...
Azenta, Inc. has announced the launch of the BioArc™ Ultra (the “Ultra”), a breakthrough, automated solution for high-density, eco-friendly ultracold sample management, designed to provide a new level of performance for large-scale sample management with the potential to forever change the landscape of biorepositories. The Ultra delivers significant operational efficiency benefits, including footprint, labor and electricity cost savings as compared to other commercially available systems...
Ultra Optically Clear assay plates from Azenta Life Sciences provide high optical transmission in the UV waveband, making them ideal for labs tasked with DNA purity measurements performed at 260 / 280nm. The high UV waveband transmission of these plates is derived from an ultra-clear cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) base, which gives superior results by delivering very low background absorbance and low autofluorescence...
Azenta Life Sciences popular FrameStar® 96-well Skirted PCR plate is now available in a wide range of colours (purple, blue, clear, green, red, black, and white) to enable easy visual identification in multi-user labs. Whether you work in a busy pathology, molecular diagnostics, or academic lab, assigning different coloured PCR plates can be a real gain. Being able to assign a colour for each user, or for each different assay type or source, the wide choice of coloured FrameStar® plates helps improve your PCR sample scheduling...
Azenta Life Sciences has selected Oxford, UK, a key European life sciences hub, as the location for its next GENEWIZ Multiomics and Synthesis Solutions site. The site will feature a new state-of-the-art genomics lab scheduled to open in early 2024. Drawing upon the experienced team from the former Oxford Genomics Centre (OGC), a trusted partner serving top-tier academic institutions, pharmaceutical and biotech companies for over 20 years, the new Oxford Genomics Lab will provide fast and reliable genomics services from GENEWIZ...
Featuring a novel design, the new tri-coded 1.6ml Maximum Recovery tube from Azenta Life Sciences is ideally suited for automated workflows using liquid handling, where more sample can be retrieved due to the unique shaped bottom. Large dead volumes in storage tubes are particularly concerning for users handling precious samples, such as stem cells, enzymes, antibody solutions and difficult-to-make compounds...
Using high-speed, web-based communications protocols - DP5 Network rack decoding software from Ziath can be run from a laptop, desktop, phone, or any other network connected device. Using DP5 Network you can plug all your tube rack readers and scanners into your LAN directly and run them from a PC in your office or somewhere else in the building. This flexibility enables you to have your reader / scanner conveniently near the freezers or compound stores and the results on your desktop or phone...
Azenta has selected the greater Boston area, a key pharma and biotech hub, as the next location to expand its global biorepository footprint. Azenta, Inc has announced it is opening a new location in the greater Boston area to expand its global sample storage business into the Boston market. The 40,000 square foot facility, located in Billerica, MA, will be Azenta's second largest biorepository in terms of sample capacity after its flagship Indianapolis location...
Azenta Life Sciences latest exciting products for biospecimen sample management will be on show at ISBER 2023 in Granada, Spain (24th-25th October). On display will be products that enable seamless end to end biospecimen sample collection, organisation, processing, and storage leading to better quality epidemiological data, clearer insights into the genetic landscape and easier analysis of complex data sets...
Azenta Life Sciences has launched Cap2™ - a new 0.2ml PCR microcentrifuge tube featuring a novel dual-cap design with both hinged lid and screw cap to preserve the integrity of samples used in genetic testing workflows. Acting as both a collection and processing tube, sample transfer can be minimized making for greater efficiency and less wastage. Designed to ensure sample traceability in wide ranging genetic testing workflows, including pre-implantation genetic testing...
Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the UK's leading provider of laboratory equipment, chemicals, and consumables, is delighted to unveil its partnership with global tech giant, Azenta. This innovative alliance will facilitate scientific research, delivering enhanced solutions and resources to researchers, laboratories, and academic entities across the UK. Through this collaboration, SLS is set to be the sole distributor of Azenta products for both the UK and Ireland...
The Mirage 2D barcode reader from Ziath has been optimized for reading Individual Access 2D coded PCR plates from 4titude, both part of Azenta Life Sciences, Burlington, MA. The Individual Access PCR plate is part of the acclaimed Framestar range from 4titude which combines the rigidity of a polycarbonate frame with the excellent thermal transfer properties of polypropylene in each thermal cycler well...
Ziath, a Azenta Life Sciences company, announce a revolution in cryogenic sample management – the Ri-Track Mirage 2D barcoded tube whole rack reader. Traditionally identifying the identity of frost covered racks of 2D barcoded tubes taken from low temperature storage has been a time-consuming and error prone process. Drawing upon proprietary Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging technology – the Ri-Track Mirage can reliably read 2D barcoded racks covered in ice and with racks taken directly from vapour-phase liquid nitrogen storage...
Azenta, Inc. has announced that it has acquired Ziath, Ltd. and its subsidiaries ("Ziath"). Based in Cambridge, UK, Ziath is a leading provider of 2D barcode readers for life sciences applications. Founded in 2005, Ziath's innovative 2D barcode readers are a key component of the laboratory automation workflow serving pharmaceutical, biotech and academic customers worldwide...
Azenta Life Sciences has expanded its current multiomics services to include Olink technology, which ensures robust, multiplex protein biomarker analysis of samples in a CAP/CLIA laboratory environment. Azenta has a global footprint offering an end-to-end solution, from sample procurement and storage to sample analysis, enabling biopharma companies to accelerate scientific research...
PacBio has announced an expansion of its extensive suite of HiFi applications with Azenta Life Sciences, formerly GENEWIZ. The deal will increase PacBio’s HiFi sequencing platforms across Azenta’s newly combined company and support Azenta’s mission to enable life science companies to deliver impactful breakthroughs and therapies to market faster...
Brooks Automation, Inc. has announced that its newly branded Azenta Life Sciences business has been contracted by QTC Management, Inc., a Leidos company, to provide the storage and distribution of vaccines to the U.S. Department of Defense. Earlier this year, QTC was awarded the prestigious Reserve Health Readiness Program III contract, under which they will provide commercial health services to all U.S. military reserve forces. Azenta will work with QTC and the Defense Health Agency to ensure the safe, reliable supply of vaccines...
Brooks Automation, Inc. and Cleveland Clinic have opened a new 22,000-square-foot biospecimen sample management and repository facility on Cleveland Clinic’s main campus. The two-story biorepository is managed by Azenta Life Sciences, Brooks' recently re-branded life sciences division, and includes ultra-cold and cryogenic storage for researchers at Cleveland Clinic and other institutions....
Brooks Automation, Inc. announces Brooks Life Sciences Services and Products businesses will be rebranded under the creation of a new identity – Azenta Life Sciences ("Azenta"). Azenta will bring together our existing portfolio of life sciences products and services to deliver integrated enterprise-wide sample exploration and management solutions.