Thermo Fisher to expand clinical research labs Thermo Fisher Scientific will invest $97 million to expand its clinical research operations in Richmond, VA. The facilities will support increasing demand across biopharma for consistent, high quality laboratory services to accelerate drug development, the company said.Read More
Applied DNA and Spindle Biotech execute LOI Applied DNA Sciences and Spindle Biotech have executed a nonbinding letter of intent (LOI) that outlines the terms of a collaborative research agreement to bring together Applied DNA's LinearDNA platform and Spindle Biotech's proprietary, high yield RNA manufacturing system, the companies said in a press release.Read More
Catamaran Bio expands collaboration for CAR-NK cell engineering Catamaran Bio has expanded its research collaboration with the University of Minnesota to advance transposon engineering for CAR-NK cell therapies. The company also said it secured an exclusive, worldwide license to University of Minnesota's patent rights covering next-generation cell expansion technologies.Read More
Exscientia, University of Oxford launch Xcellomics program Exscientia and the University of Oxford Target Discovery Institute announced the formation of the Xcellomics program. The program is designed to source cellular functional assays, develop novel screens, and identify therapeutic candidates for unmet medical needs.Read More
Sengenics launches i-Ome Protein Array Kit Precision medicine company Sengenics has launched the i-Ome Protein Array Kit, an autoantibody discovery tool. The i-Ome Protein Array Kit contains slide-based, high density protein microarrays, comprising more than 1,600 immobilized, full-length, correctly folded human proteins, the company said.Read More
Strateos expands leadership team Strateos has announced that Jason Pontin, PhD, has been appointed chair of its board of directors. In addition, the company also appointed David Lynch, PhD, as chief business officer and Allison Herd as vice president of people.Read More
Opentrons Robotics debuts new workstations Opentrons Robotics has launched the largest expansion of its automation portfolio by introducing four new OT-2 workstation products supporting widespread applications, including next-generation sequencing, polymerase chain reaction and protein purification. The newly introduced workstations build on the success of the recent OT-2 COVID-19 workstations, Opentrons said.Read More
Twist, Kriya partner to discover novel antibodies Twist Bioscience and Kriya Therapeutics have entered into an antibody discovery agreement for antibodies delivered using adeno-associated viral gene therapy in therapeutic oncology applications.Read More