Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced the grand opening of its Advanced Therapies Collaboration Center (ATxCC) in Carlsbad, Calif. This advanced facility is designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of cell therapies, specifically by supporting biotech, biopharma and translational customers developing cell-based immunotherapies...
Illumina Inc. and Tempus AI, Inc., a technology company leading the adoption of AI to advance precision medicine and patient care, has announced a collaboration to accelerate clinical adoption of next-generation sequencing tests through novel evidence generation. The collaboration will combine leading Illumina AI technologies with Tempus's comprehensive multimodal data platform to train genomic algorithms and ultimately accelerate clinical adoption of molecular testing for patients...
New AI-powered, robotic labs that will accelerate development of new treatments for deadly diseases are to be built in Liverpool after £10m Innovation Zone funding was agreed. The High Containment Level 3 labs, located at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and supported by the Infection Innovation Consortium (iiCON), will be capable of handling a range of pathogens during development and validation of new treatments that could save lives worldwide...
Biosearch Technologies, a part of LGC’s Diagnostics and Genomics division, and a global leader in high-throughput genotyping; and Dynamic Devices, a leader in automated liquid handling solutions announce their strategic partnership to provide workflow solutions for the global genomics market. By combining the innovative Lynx Robotic Liquid Handler with the SNPline™, sbeadex™ Lightning and Amp-Seq workflows, this partnership aims to deliver instruments, reagents, and consumables to service laboratories, breeders, and researchers worldwide...
analytica Vietnam 2025, the leading international trade fair for laboratory technology, biotechnology, analysis, and diagnostics, successfully concluded its 9th edition, held from 2–4 April 2025 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC). Organised by MMI Asia Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary and regional headquarters of Messe München GmbH (MMG), in collaboration with Vietnam Exhibition and Event Services Co., Ltd
PulpFixin, a US-based leader in sustainable lab products, has agreed a new partnership with Wildcat Laboratory Solutions, an established UK supplier of lab equipment and consumables for automation to make PulpFixin’s fully compostable, biodegradable, and recyclable alternatives to single-use plastics available directly to pharmaceutical and biotech labs across the UK and Europe...
Lab Innovations, the UK’s meeting place for laboratory professionals across the scientific spectrum, won the Award for Best Trade Show under 5,000 square metres at the Exhibition News award ceremony on March 31, 2025. The award organisers recognised Lab Innovations’ sensitivity to industry trends in introducing Biotech and Quality Infrastructure (QI) fora and the learning and knowledge sharing for its visitors — around 70 per cent said this was a top reason for attending...
Laboratory managers and bioscience professionals from across the UK discussed and promoted sustainability in scientific research. The inaugural UK Lab Management Biosciences Conference took place on Thursday 20 March 2025, at the Mandolay Hotel in Guildford, Surrey. Organised by The Pirbright Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, this event brought together laboratory managers and bioscience professionals from across the UK to discuss and promote sustainability in scientific research...
Miele Professional, a leader in high performance commercial appliances, is pleased to announce that it has received My Green Lab’s ACT ecolabel accreditation for the PG 8583 Undercounter and the PLW 8617 Large Chamber laboratory glasswashers. The glasswashers, which are suitable for laboratories of any size, are built with sustainability in mind. Both are designed to be highly efficient, offering resource-saving performance...
The life science group Sartorius has agreed to acquire MatTek Corp, including Visikol Inc, from BICO Group AB. MatTek is a leading developer and manufacturer of 3D microtissue models. Founded in 1985, the company employs more than 80 people at its headquarter in Ashland, Massachusetts, U.S., and its production site in Bratislava, Slovakia. The business, which will become part of Sartorius’ Lab Products & Services division...
Tecan Group has announced an agreement to acquire certain assets relating to key ELISA immunoassay products from Cisbio Bioassays SAS, a subsidiary of the global life sciences and diagnostics company, Revvity Inc. The asset purchase includes the manufacturing process of four ELISA kits – two in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products for specialty diagnostics and disease monitoring, and two research-use-only (RUO) kits...
Illumina Inc. and Nashville Biosciences, LLC (NashBio), a leading clinical and genomic data company and wholly owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), have announced that 250,000 whole genomes have been sequenced for the Alliance for Genomic Discovery (AGD) initiative. Insights from the AGD database are being leveraged to accelerate drug target discovery, therapeutic research and clinical development...
Global genomics solutions leader Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) and Elegen, the leader in next-generation DNA manufacturing, are teaming up to offer IDT customers early access to Elegen’s ENFINIA™ Plasmid DNA, a long and high-complexity clonal gene synthesis service. Through this partnership, IDT early access customers will, for the first time, have access to a cost-effective solution for NGS-verified 5 kb to 15 kb clonal genes, shipped from Elegen’s U.S. facility, in as fast as 10 business days...
New alliance for advanced biological imaging aimed at enhancing some of the world's most innovative structural cell biology capabilities to help scientists answer pressing research questions. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced a Technology Alliance Agreement with the Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging (CZ Imaging Institute). This agreement aims to develop new technologies to enable researchers to better visualize human cells, significantly advancing scientific research and discovery...
The Verder Group is pleased to announce the establishment of Verder Scientific Iberia, our 13th local sales organization in the world, reinforcing our commitment to market expansion and closer customer engagement in Spain and Portugal. This strategic move enables us to increase our market presence, strengthens our ability to provide localized support, and realize synergies across our product lines...
analytica Vietnam 2025, Vietnam’s premier international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology, and diagnostics, will officially open tomorrow at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC). Running from 2-4 April 2025, this highly anticipated exhibition promises to showcase groundbreaking innovations, cutting-edge technologies, and a dynamic conference program, bringing together over 300 exhibitors from 18 countries...
LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG, the world market leader in precise temperature control, is underlining its quality promise with an attractive warranty package: from now on, the company will grant a five-year warranty on registered constant temperature equipment. By doing so, LAUDA is emphasizing its high standards and its confidence in its own products...
Revvity, Inc. has announced an agreement with Genomics England to further collaborate on the Generation Study. Under the new contract, Revvity will now also provide DNA sequencing services to help screen newborns for rare genetic conditions. This expanded relationship builds upon the previously disclosed agreement to perform DNA extraction services...
Sphere Fluidics announced its rebranding to Sphere Bio. The name change marks a significant milestone in the Company’s development, reflecting its transition from a leading droplet-based microfluidics innovator to an established commercial provider of integrated life sciences tools and solutions. Founded in 2010, the Company has been focused on the development of novel single-cell analysis products and R&D services for a growing portfolio of markets, including biologics discovery, cell therapy and synthetic biology.
New Partnership Expands Oncology Research Possibilities. Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, in partnership with Rarity Bioscience AB offers a new approach to oncology research by extending the capabilities of flow cytometry to clinical molecular research. Under a co-exclusive distribution agreement between the two companies, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences will market and distribute the Rarity Bioscience AB superRCA® technology assays...
Agilent Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that the Agilent NovoCyte Opteon Spectral Flow Cytometer has been awarded the prestigious title of 'Best New Drug Discovery & Development Product of 2024' by SelectScience in the Scientist’s Choice Awards. The NovoCyte Opteon Spectral Flow Cytometer was launched at the 37th annual Congress of the International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry (CYTO) in May 2024...
Illumina, Inc., a global leader in next-generation sequencing and array-based technologies, have announced a collaboration with Broad Clinical Labs to rapidly streamline and scale single-cell projects with cutting-edge tools and workflows. Together, the longstanding partners will set the standard for scalable single-cell research and accelerate the development of a 5 billion cell atlas within the next three years...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced the grand opening of its Advanced Therapies Collaboration Center (ATxCC) in Carlsbad, Calif. This advanced facility is designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of cell therapies, specifically by supporting biotech, biopharma and translational customers developing cell-based immunotherapies...
Illumina Inc. and Tempus AI, Inc., a technology company leading the adoption of AI to advance precision medicine and patient care, has announced a collaboration to accelerate clinical adoption of next-generation sequencing tests through novel evidence generation. The collaboration will combine leading Illumina AI technologies with Tempus's comprehensive multimodal data platform to train genomic algorithms and ultimately accelerate clinical adoption of molecular testing for patients...
New AI-powered, robotic labs that will accelerate development of new treatments for deadly diseases are to be built in Liverpool after £10m Innovation Zone funding was agreed. The High Containment Level 3 labs, located at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and supported by the Infection Innovation Consortium (iiCON), will be capable of handling a range of pathogens during development and validation of new treatments that could save lives worldwide...
Biosearch Technologies, a part of LGC’s Diagnostics and Genomics division, and a global leader in high-throughput genotyping; and Dynamic Devices, a leader in automated liquid handling solutions announce their strategic partnership to provide workflow solutions for the global genomics market. By combining the innovative Lynx Robotic Liquid Handler with the SNPline™, sbeadex™ Lightning and Amp-Seq workflows, this partnership aims to deliver instruments, reagents, and consumables to service laboratories, breeders, and researchers worldwide...
analytica Vietnam 2025, the leading international trade fair for laboratory technology, biotechnology, analysis, and diagnostics, successfully concluded its 9th edition, held from 2–4 April 2025 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC). Organised by MMI Asia Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary and regional headquarters of Messe München GmbH (MMG), in collaboration with Vietnam Exhibition and Event Services Co., Ltd
PulpFixin, a US-based leader in sustainable lab products, has agreed a new partnership with Wildcat Laboratory Solutions, an established UK supplier of lab equipment and consumables for automation to make PulpFixin’s fully compostable, biodegradable, and recyclable alternatives to single-use plastics available directly to pharmaceutical and biotech labs across the UK and Europe...
Lab Innovations, the UK’s meeting place for laboratory professionals across the scientific spectrum, won the Award for Best Trade Show under 5,000 square metres at the Exhibition News award ceremony on March 31, 2025. The award organisers recognised Lab Innovations’ sensitivity to industry trends in introducing Biotech and Quality Infrastructure (QI) fora and the learning and knowledge sharing for its visitors — around 70 per cent said this was a top reason for attending...
Laboratory managers and bioscience professionals from across the UK discussed and promoted sustainability in scientific research. The inaugural UK Lab Management Biosciences Conference took place on Thursday 20 March 2025, at the Mandolay Hotel in Guildford, Surrey. Organised by The Pirbright Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, this event brought together laboratory managers and bioscience professionals from across the UK to discuss and promote sustainability in scientific research...
Miele Professional, a leader in high performance commercial appliances, is pleased to announce that it has received My Green Lab’s ACT ecolabel accreditation for the PG 8583 Undercounter and the PLW 8617 Large Chamber laboratory glasswashers. The glasswashers, which are suitable for laboratories of any size, are built with sustainability in mind. Both are designed to be highly efficient, offering resource-saving performance...
The life science group Sartorius has agreed to acquire MatTek Corp, including Visikol Inc, from BICO Group AB. MatTek is a leading developer and manufacturer of 3D microtissue models. Founded in 1985, the company employs more than 80 people at its headquarter in Ashland, Massachusetts, U.S., and its production site in Bratislava, Slovakia. The business, which will become part of Sartorius’ Lab Products & Services division...
Tecan Group has announced an agreement to acquire certain assets relating to key ELISA immunoassay products from Cisbio Bioassays SAS, a subsidiary of the global life sciences and diagnostics company, Revvity Inc. The asset purchase includes the manufacturing process of four ELISA kits – two in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products for specialty diagnostics and disease monitoring, and two research-use-only (RUO) kits...
Illumina Inc. and Nashville Biosciences, LLC (NashBio), a leading clinical and genomic data company and wholly owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), have announced that 250,000 whole genomes have been sequenced for the Alliance for Genomic Discovery (AGD) initiative. Insights from the AGD database are being leveraged to accelerate drug target discovery, therapeutic research and clinical development...
Global genomics solutions leader Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) and Elegen, the leader in next-generation DNA manufacturing, are teaming up to offer IDT customers early access to Elegen’s ENFINIA™ Plasmid DNA, a long and high-complexity clonal gene synthesis service. Through this partnership, IDT early access customers will, for the first time, have access to a cost-effective solution for NGS-verified 5 kb to 15 kb clonal genes, shipped from Elegen’s U.S. facility, in as fast as 10 business days...
New alliance for advanced biological imaging aimed at enhancing some of the world's most innovative structural cell biology capabilities to help scientists answer pressing research questions. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced a Technology Alliance Agreement with the Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging (CZ Imaging Institute). This agreement aims to develop new technologies to enable researchers to better visualize human cells, significantly advancing scientific research and discovery...
The Verder Group is pleased to announce the establishment of Verder Scientific Iberia, our 13th local sales organization in the world, reinforcing our commitment to market expansion and closer customer engagement in Spain and Portugal. This strategic move enables us to increase our market presence, strengthens our ability to provide localized support, and realize synergies across our product lines...
analytica Vietnam 2025, Vietnam’s premier international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology, and diagnostics, will officially open tomorrow at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC). Running from 2-4 April 2025, this highly anticipated exhibition promises to showcase groundbreaking innovations, cutting-edge technologies, and a dynamic conference program, bringing together over 300 exhibitors from 18 countries...
LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG, the world market leader in precise temperature control, is underlining its quality promise with an attractive warranty package: from now on, the company will grant a five-year warranty on registered constant temperature equipment. By doing so, LAUDA is emphasizing its high standards and its confidence in its own products...
Revvity, Inc. has announced an agreement with Genomics England to further collaborate on the Generation Study. Under the new contract, Revvity will now also provide DNA sequencing services to help screen newborns for rare genetic conditions. This expanded relationship builds upon the previously disclosed agreement to perform DNA extraction services...
Sphere Fluidics announced its rebranding to Sphere Bio. The name change marks a significant milestone in the Company’s development, reflecting its transition from a leading droplet-based microfluidics innovator to an established commercial provider of integrated life sciences tools and solutions. Founded in 2010, the Company has been focused on the development of novel single-cell analysis products and R&D services for a growing portfolio of markets, including biologics discovery, cell therapy and synthetic biology.
New Partnership Expands Oncology Research Possibilities. Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, in partnership with Rarity Bioscience AB offers a new approach to oncology research by extending the capabilities of flow cytometry to clinical molecular research. Under a co-exclusive distribution agreement between the two companies, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences will market and distribute the Rarity Bioscience AB superRCA® technology assays...
Agilent Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that the Agilent NovoCyte Opteon Spectral Flow Cytometer has been awarded the prestigious title of 'Best New Drug Discovery & Development Product of 2024' by SelectScience in the Scientist’s Choice Awards. The NovoCyte Opteon Spectral Flow Cytometer was launched at the 37th annual Congress of the International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry (CYTO) in May 2024...
Illumina, Inc., a global leader in next-generation sequencing and array-based technologies, have announced a collaboration with Broad Clinical Labs to rapidly streamline and scale single-cell projects with cutting-edge tools and workflows. Together, the longstanding partners will set the standard for scalable single-cell research and accelerate the development of a 5 billion cell atlas within the next three years...