CARLSBAD, Calif.–Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE – News), a provider of innovative life science solutions, announced it will use human embryonic stem cells to develop new models of Lou Gehrig’s Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases with a grant it received this week from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), a state agency tasked with […]

Guava Technologies, Inc. has announced an exclusive partnership with IMV Technologies, world leader in reproductive biotechnology, to provide breeders and scientists with a unique cellular analysis platform that enables better evaluation of fertility parameters by introducing a new level of accuracy, reproducibility, productivity and cost effectiveness for livestock semen analysis. Performing a panel of simple […]

Unique Embryonic-Stem Cell Derived Specific Organ System Will Further Boost the Technology of the xCELLigence System for Life Cell-Analysis PENZBERG, Germany, Dec 09, 2008 — Roche and Axiogenesis AG, Cologne, Germany today announced that they have entered into an agreement for the development and distribution for Axiogenesis’ Cor.At(R) 100% pure cardiomyocytes platform as an integral […]

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, December 3, 2008 — Cellectricon, a leading provider of screening solutions for drug discovery, today announced the signing of a collaborative agreement with The Automation Partnership (TAP) in the UK, manufacturers of advanced automated systems for cell culture, sample management and high throughput screening applications. Under the agreement TAP will co-develop and manufacture […]

PENZBERG, Germany–Following the launch of the xCELLigence RTCA SP Instrument in June, Roche Applied Science has introduced the new xCELLigence RTCA MP Instrument. In comparison with the RTCA SP, the new RTCA MP Instrument has a higher throughput capacity and it is more versatile which enables application on a wider range of experimental set-ups. The […]

Westburg BV to Distribute BioFlux Line of Live Cell Imaging Products San Francisco, Calif. (December 2, 2008) – Fluxion Biosciences announced today an exclusive distribution agreement with The Netherlands-based Westburg BV. Westburg BV will handle sales and service of Fluxion’s BioFlux research tools for live cell image analysis in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Finland, […]

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the appointment of Achim von Leoprechting, Ph.D., as vice president and general manager, cellular imaging and analysis solutions. In this role, Dr.von Leoprechting will be responsible for driving the cellular imaging business for PerkinElmer. Dr. von Leoprechting […]

New hire brings over 20 years of commercial life sciences sales experience to Cyntellect SAN DIEGO, Nov. 21 — Cyntellect, a privately-held life sciences company leading the development and commercialization of live cell analysis and manipulation systems, announced today that it has appointed Andre Lubarsky as the Company’s Director of Sales – North America. Andre […]

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 20 — Cyntellect, a privately-held life sciences company leading the development and commercialization of live cell analysis, manipulation and purification systems, announced today that it has entered a research collaboration agreement with the University of Florida Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research. The agreement will focus on a variety of research areas including […]

MUNICH, Germany, November 18 — Today, Nanion announces the late-stage development of a new automated patch clamp platform: the SyncroPatch 96. Developed to meet the throughput demands of industrial ion channel drug screening and safety profiling, and with a price-per-data-point compatible with screening standards, the SyncroPatch 96 will offer the highest throughput in the market […]