 EMERYVILLE, Calif., July 21, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Berkeley Lights, Inc. Nasdaq: BLI today announced a strategic collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific aimed at addressing challenges in commercial-scale viral vector manufacturing. The partnership, which began in December of 2020, brings together Berkeley Lights leadership in functional biology characterization with Thermo Fishers expertise in viral vector manufacturing and analytics. Together, the companies are collaborating on a next-generation workflow using the Berkeley Lights Platform to accelerate and improve the development of stable AAV Adeno-Associated Viral and LV Lentiviral vector producer cell lines. 