Day: April 27, 2022

IRVINE, Calif., April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Zymo Research and Star Array today announced Zymo Research’s strategic investment to acquire an interest in Star Array, a privately owned, biomedical technology company based in Singapore. The investment allows Zymo Research and Star Array to combine Zymo Research’s nucleic acid purification and assay technologies with Star Array’s engineering and automation expertise to expand into emerging For Research Use Only (FRUO) and diagnostic markets including Point-of-Care testing (POCT).

Star Array’s focus has been on the development of an automated (cassette-based) nucleic acid purification system coupled with its superfast nucleic acid amplification technology. It manufactures and markets various genetic analyzers including its premier product, XDive^™, a superfast qPCR platform, with related kits and software. During the COVID-19 outbreak, Star Array developed a test for SARS-CoV-2 detection utilizing its XDive^™ system. The entire process from sample-to-answer takes less than 45 minutes and the system can be used in any clinical environment. Star Array is currently working through the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) process with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx^®) program.

Zymo Research, since its inception in 1994, is well known for its DNA/RNA extraction and assay technologies. Its goal has been to develop more efficient sample collection kits and devices that simplify and reduce the time needed to isolate nucleic acids in the laboratory. Zymo Research will be partnering with Star Array to develop ready-made cassettes containing the necessary reagents for Star Array’s COVID-19 test kit as well as future POCT.

“Star Array’s powerful PCR instrumentation places them at the forefront of PCR technology with their XDive^™ PCR system that can complete a typical 40-cycle multiplex qPCR run in 5-7 minutes. When coupled with Star Array’s system, Zymo Research’s DNA/RNA purification reagents and nucleic acid-based assays will facilitate a straightforward Sample-In/Answer-Out workflow. Through our investment in Star Array we will develop products targeting POCT in the global marketplace,” said Marc Van Eden, Vice President of Business Development at Zymo Research.

“Zymo Research and Star Array have both built businesses at the intersection of science and technology and we share a vision of ultrafast PCR technology that will enable POC PCR tests to be analyzed in just minutes in doctor’s offices, laboratories, and hospitals. Together we strive to build even more POCT products in the future,” said Dr. Yanhui Liu, Vice President of Star Array Pte. Ltd.

To learn more about Zymo Research’s DNA/RNA extraction and assay technologies visit their website. For more information about Star Array’s technology, click here: https://www.star-array.com/research-tools.

About Zymo Research Corp.
Zymo Research is a privately owned company that has been serving the scientific and diagnostics community with state-of-the-art molecular biology tools since 1994. The company’s vision “The Beauty of Science is to Make Things Simple” is reflected in all of its products, from epigenetics to DNA/RNA purification technologies. Historically recognized as the leader in epigenetics, Zymo Research is breaking boundaries with novel solutions for sample collection, microbiomic measurements, diagnostic devices, and Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies that are high quality and simple to use. Follow Zymo Research on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.

About Star Array Pte Ltd
Star Array is a leading developer of super-fast on-site genetic testing based on novel integrated sample preparation and qPCR processes. The company focuses on superfast nucleic acid amplification and extraction technologies. The demand for rapid response time has led Star Array to introduce superfast genetic testing for on-site precision treatment in doctor’s offices and routine laboratory testing in hospitals. Star Array is headquartered in Singapore. Contact Star Array at https://www.star-array.com.

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• Purchase commitment by the Government of Saudi Arabia by the Ministry of Finance to include award-winning Lucid Air and future Lucid models
• Among one of the largest-ever purchase commitments of its kind for sustainable electric vehicles
• Ten-year deal is part of Saudi Vision 2030 and Saudi Green Initiative to transform the Kingdom via sustainable transportation and technologies

NEWARK, Calif., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), setting new standards with the longest-range, fastest-charging electric car on the market, today announced an agreement with the Government of Saudi Arabia, under which the Government will purchase up to 100,000 vehicles over a ten-year period, with an initial commitment to purchase 50,000 vehicles and an option to purchase up to an additional 50,000 vehicles over the same period.

“Delivering up to 100,000 Lucid electric vehicles in Saudi Arabia represents another pivotal moment in our acceleration of sustainable transportation worldwide,” said Peter Rawlinson, Lucid’s CEO and CTO. “We are delighted to be supporting Saudi Arabia in achieving its sustainability goals and net zero ambitions, as outlined by Saudi Vision 2030 and the Saudi Green Initiative, by bringing our advanced luxury EVs to Saudi Arabia.”

As part of the agreement, the Government of Saudi Arabia has pledged to purchase vehicles, including Lucid Air and other future models, built and assembled at Lucid’s existing Arizona factory and its future international manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia. The order quantity is expected to range from 1,000 to 2,000 vehicles annually and increase to between 4,000 and 7,000 vehicles annually starting in 2025, with the delivery of the vehicles required to commence no later than the second quarter of 2023.

This will support the government’s drive to diversify the economy, provide thousands of highly skilled job opportunities and provide economic benefit to the Kingdom in line with Vision 2030.

The purchase price of the vehicles will be determined based on the lower of the standard retail price for the applicable vehicle in Saudi Arabia and the standard retail price for the applicable vehicle in the United States, plus the logistics and importation costs and other costs of delivering and homologating vehicles to regulations of Saudi Arabia.

About Lucid Group
Lucid’s mission is to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy by creating advanced technologies and the most captivating luxury electric vehicles centered around the human experience. The company’s first car, Lucid Air, is a state-of-the-art luxury sedan with a California-inspired design that features luxurious full-size interior space in a mid-size exterior footprint. Underpinned by race-proven battery technology and proprietary powertrains developed entirely in-house, Lucid Air was named the 2022 MotorTrend Car of the Year®. The Lucid Air Grand Touring features an official EPA estimated 516 miles of range or 1,050 horsepower. Customer deliveries of Lucid Air, which is produced at Lucid’s factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, are underway.

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The group goes under the mystical name «The Pyramid» and even issued their own manifesto

TORONTO, April, 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — What if a potential buyer had an opportunity to buy art for art, sans the artist’s market value and hype around the name? A group of artists whose works are exhibited at The Louvre, Venice Biennale, Guggenheim, and other high-profile institutions decided to challenge their self-perpetuating pursuit of recognition and completely drop names, genders, status, and other social assets—to create a collection of anonymous 58 pieces of digital art, each coming with an NFT certificate of ownership and authenticity.

The group has hidden their identities behind the name «The Pyramid» and accompanied the drop with a declaration explaining the concept. Discovered by the artists in some kind of ancient opus called «The Book of Pyramid», a starting point for the collection is a pyramid of human needs. Every level of the pyramid correlates with specific ones—physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem and self-actualization. Every artist from the group chose «level» for exploring within this project and as a theme for creating their own digital work. Simultaneously trying to answer burning questions like how does those needs change in an alternate digital reality? Could art help us to understand ourselves and our demands in a digital world as well? Do we need art in the meta universe at all? And moreover, does an NFT hysteria mirror the human need for community, for ownership and its power, for social validation? To let the audience join this dialogue free from preconceptions and biases and talk directly with art through unconventional lenses, artists also decided to hide behind the anonymity veil.

For this project, talents work exclusively and are backed up by an international company NFTMASTERS that is well-known for helping world’s largest museums and artists launch their NFT-collections. Furthermore, 10% of the proceeds from the drop will be directed to GiveCrypto, a nonprofit that distributes cryptocurrency to people living in poverty.

«The Pyramid» NFT-collection will be available from April 28, 2022.

Purchase inquiries could be applied via the largest NFT marketplace, OpenSea.

Prices will range from 0.33 to 15 ETH.

Learn more about the collection and explore the manifesto at pyramid.nftmasters.pro

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NFTMASTERS is an international group of experts in the worlds of art, technology, and law. The company has already launched NFT-collections based on the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Giorgione, Vincent van Goh, Claude Monet and other great artists for the world’s largest museums.

Since 2018, GiveCrypto has been working to reduce poverty via direct community-based donations of cryptocurrency. In 2019, UNICEF announced that it had become the first U.N. Organization to hold and make transactions in cryptocurrency.

For information enquiries please contact Victor Michaelson at +1 (437) 286-7270 or vmichaelson5@gmail.com