PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.– Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today announced it has completed the acquisition of the LifeSciences business of ATMI, Inc. (NASDAQ-GS:ATMI). The ATMI LifeSciences portfolio acquired by Pall encompasses custom-engineered, flexible packaging solutions, single-use storage systems, mixers and bioreactors for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. This includes […]

PLEASANTON, California –– IntegenX Inc., the market leader in Rapid Human DNA identification technology, today announced the launch of GlobalFiler® Express cartridges for the RapidHIT™ System, providing DNA profiles with 24-loci in less than two hours with less than five minutes hands-on time. The RapidHIT GlobalFiler Express cartridges contain Life Technologies’ NDIS-approved GlobalFiler Express Kit […]

Salem, NH– ALPCO has launched their new STELLUX™ Chemiluminescent Human Intact Proinsulin ELISA, the latest assay to be launched in the company’s STELLUX™ Chemiluminescent product line. The new Human Intact Proinsulin ELISA features a broad dynamic range (5-3,000 pg/mL) which is ideal for measuring normal to pre-diabetic samples. The assay also boasts a superior sensitivity […]

PISCATAWAY, N.J.– PBL Assay Science announces a licensing agreement with HumanZyme, Inc. (Chicago, USA) to expand reagent offerings. The agreement allows PBL to provide ~50 authentic human cell-expressed (HCE) cytokines and growth factors directly to scientists worldwide. HumanZyme, Inc. is a global leader in providing highly authentic recombinant proteins from human cells under the HumanKine® […]

Worcester, Mass.–– Eppendorf, a global life science products company, has signed a three-year partnership agreement with the Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center (BETC) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Under the agreement, Eppendorf will supply three of its New Brunswick bench-scale bioreactors, a CEPA continuous-flow centrifuge, a New Brunswick CO2 Incubator, and other equipment for use […]

CARLSBAD, Calif.–Life Technologies today announced it has signed an agreement giving IntegenX Inc. the rights to distribute Life’s GlobalFiler Express chemistry on IntegenX’s RapidHIT™ platform. Recent recommendations from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) called for an expanded set of genetic markers to maximize international DNA database compatibility. The combination of […]

Porvair Sciences has announced a new Chromatrap Enzymatic Shearing Kit that contains all the necessary reagents and buffers for up to 10 chromatin preparations. The success of a ChIP assay is highly dependent on the quality of chromatin prepared. The Chromatrap® enzymatic shearing kit – allows you to determine optimal shearing conditions for your chromatin […]

CINCINNATI– Bioline, The PCR Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO), announces that it has entered the rapidly growing Epigenetics field, with the launch of the first kits in the new EPIK™ product range; EPIK™ Fast Quantification Kit and EPIK™ Amplification Kit. These EPIKTM Kits have been developed to meet the needs of […]

Strasbourg, France –– Polyplus-transfection SA, a privately-held company developing innovative technologies for molecular and cellular biology, announces today that it has granted two agencies of the United States National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) a non-exclusive, research license to use Polyethylenimine (PEI) for in vitro transfection applications. The two agencies are the National Institute of Allergy […]

CAMBRIDGE, England — Horizon Discovery™ (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has signed a supply and distribution agreement with Sirion Biotech GmbH (Sirion). Under the terms of the agreement Horizon’s customers can now access Sirion’s highly efficient RNAiONE custom shRNA development […]