Applications in discovery research, regenerative medicine and bioprocessing CAMBRIDGE, England–Mar 4, 2009 – The Automation Partnership (TAP), a leading supplier of innovative automation for life science research and production, today announced that this week marks 20 years since the installation of its first automated cell culture system. In 1989, following in-house design and development, TAP […]

New Molecular BioProducts BioRobotix® 384-Well Automated Pipette Tips for use on Velocity11 Liquid Handling Workstations San Diego, CA (February 25, 2009) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced today the addition of its new 384-well pipette tips for the Velocity11 VPrep® and Bravo™ liquid handling workstations. All pipette tips […]

BioTrove, Inc. today announced the launch of the OpenArray® DLP Real-Time qPCR platform, providing the first fully licensed high-density qPCR platform for use with customers’ TaqMan® chemistries. The launch is the latest addition to BioTrove’s real-time qPCR product offerings, rounding out the company’s suite of genomics research tools, which include custom OpenArray Real-Time qPCR panels […]

February 19, 2009, WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments, Inc., a leader in microplate instrumentation technology, announces the launch of their newly redesigned web site – www.biotek.com. In addition to an enhanced graphical interface with clear-cut navigation, the web site now has improved technical and application resources for life science and drug discovery markets and […]

LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., February 16, 2009 — RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, has appointed Patrick Kelly to the newly created position of European Sales Director, effective immediately. “Mr. Kelly’s appointment represents an important step in the geographic expansion of our commercial efforts with the first […]

Agilent Technologies Inc., has announced that its recently introduced Direct Drive Robot was recognised by the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) as one of the top three outstanding new products at LabAutomation2009. The Direct Drive Robot advances high-throughput screening for drug-discovery research and can also be used in genomics applications, including DNA extraction and PCR […]

Robust and flexible robotic workstation complements Cisbio’s expertise in creating and optimizing HTRF assays BAGNOLS-SUR-CÈZE, France – January 27, 2009 – Cisbio Bioassays, a member of IBA group and a global developer of HTRF® (Homogeneous Time-Resolved Fluorescence) technology and services used in assay development and drug screening, today announced at ALA in Palm Springs, CA […]

Scienion AG today announced the appointment of Dr. Guenter Bauer as Chief Business Officer to Scienion’s management. The focus of his responsibilities will be sales and marketing. Bauer took up his new position on January 1, 2009. Dortmund, Berlin, Germany, January 20, 2009: Bauer is a senior business and technology development manager with scientific background […]

Scienion AG and Matrical bioscience recently announced the launch of the sciSWIFTER™, a new dispensing device developed for high precision dispensing in 96, 384, and 1536 microplates. The sciSWIFTER will be jointly commercialized by Scienion AG and Matrical Bioscience, both leading suppliers in the life science market. Dortmund, Germany, and Spokane, WA, USA, January 12, […]

Royston, UK – TTP LabTech announced today that it had successfully completed a major laboratory automation project with AstraZeneca. The project, which took over three years to complete, involved the design and build of a fully automated system for salt and polymorph screening of novel compounds. The system completed its site acceptance test (SAT) late […]