The Most Read Life Sciences News Stories in December

Water Purification Application Notes to Improve Your Life Sciences Research
Download these application notes to learn more about the water purification technologies available. Discover tips on how to ensure protection of your DNA, RNA and proteins samples.

Recent Advances in LC Systems
Discover recent advances in liquid chromatography systems, such as an affordable high resolution orbitrap mass spectrometer, a next generation chromatography system, and an LC-MS software for small molecule analysis.

GE Healthcare Life Sciences Licenses CRISPR Gene Engineering Technology Patents from Broad Institute
GE Healthcare Life Sciences and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have announced the signing of a non-exclusive license agreement granting GE Healthcare Life Sciences access to intellectual property held by the Broad Institute, relating to the CRISPR-Cas9 gene engineering system for research purposes. The CRISPR-Cas9 system allows scientists to modify gene expression in order to gain insights vital to the understanding of disease.

The Perfect Tissue Storage Solution: Customer Review
WHEATON listened to the concerns of Diane and other customers in a similar position, and designed the new WHEATON CryoELITE® Tissue Vial.

High Content Screening and Cell Based Assay Technology for Immune Biologics: An Exclusive Interview with Joseph Zock, IntelliCyt
Michelle Maxwell, Drug Discovery and Development Editor, spoke with Joseph Zock, Senior Director of Product Management for IntelliCyt, about the future of screening and cell based assays, and the applications of the iQue Screener platform.

Bio-Rad Introduces Bio-Plex Pro™ Human Inflammation Panels for Superior Profiling of Cancer, Cardiovascular, and Other Disease Biomarkers
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. has announced the launch of its new Bio-Plex Pro™ Human Inflammation Panels, multiplex immunoassays that enable detection and quantification of the most comprehensive set of key inflammation biomarkers in a single assay.

Leica Microsystems Previews Light Sheet Module for Confocal Microscope for Gentle and Fast Live Imaging
Leica Microsystems previewed its latest development: a light sheet module as an optional add-on to the Leica TCS SP8 confocal microscope for the observation of developing organisms in real time and 3D.

Molecular Devices Introduces the Digidata 1550A with HumSilencer for Line Frequency Noise-Free Electrophysiology Research
Molecular Devices announced the launch of the Digidata® 1550A Low-Noise Data Acquisition System plus HumSilencer™ noise canceling technology for the analog-to-digital conversion of biological signals measured in electrophysiology experiments.

GATC Biotech Lifts Next Generation Sequencing Services to the Next Level with NGSelect™
GATC Biotech has announced the launch of NGSelect – a novel modular system for next generation sequencing (NGS) applications for power users. It is a comprehensive solution that can be personalized by researchers, enabling them to either gain access to sequencing capacity alone or to combine additional services according to the modular concept.

ZEISS Presents Two New Stereo Microscopes
ZEISS is introducing two new compact Greenough stereo microscopes for education, lab routine and industrial inspection: ZEISS Stemi 305 and ZEISS Stemi 508. Users are able to observe their samples in true color, 3D, with high contrast, and free of distortion or color fringes.