PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., – Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today announced it will be opening a state-of-the-art Life Sciences Center of Excellence in Westborough, Massachusetts. Strategically located in the heart of Massachusetts’ renowned life-science cluster, the new center will provide Pall life sciences customers in the northeast region of […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. and BEIJING, — Life Technologies Corporation — (NASDAQ: LIFE), a world-leading biotechnology company, today announced the completion of a state-of-the-art facility in Beijing where the most advanced DNA testing solutions will be manufactured and readily available to help forensics labs and law enforcement agencies solve crimes more cost effectively in China. DNA testing […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass — Akrivis Technologies, LLC announced today that it has reached a strategic alliance and distribution agreement with United States Biological Corporation, a world leader in the manufacture and distribution of antibodies and biochemicals used in research laboratories and production facilities. Adapting elements of nanotechnology with molecular detection and immunology, Akrivis Technologies has developed […]

Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Darmstadt, Germany, today announced a donation of $5,000 to Everybody Wins! Metro Boston- the local chapter of a national literacy and mentoring non-profit organization. Their signature program, Power Lunch, provides the opportunity for EMD Millipore employees and other local professionals to read […]

SAN DIEGO– Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) today introduced TruSeq Stranded mRNA and Total RNA Sample Preparation Kits for RNA sequencing. The new reagent kits enable researchers to quickly and easily conduct gene expression studies that provide a complete view of the transcriptome, even from low-quality RNA samples, such as formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples. The Total RNA Sample […]

Grenoble, France, -– CYTOO S.A., a life sciences systems and tools company that offers solutions for cell-based assays and High Content Screening (HCS), announced today new results that demonstrate the ability of the Company’s 2D+ Cell Culture Platform to enable two new high content analysis (HCA) approaches: (i) quantitative density mapping of trafficking compartments and […]

BILLERICA, Mass — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, and iPS Academia Japan, Inc. (Kyoto, Japan) today announced a global licensing agreement for AJ’s induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell patent portfolio. The non-exclusive agreement provides EMD Millipore the opportunity to continue to develop and ultimately commercialize iPS cells for […]

CARLSBAD, Calif., — Life Technologies Corporation – (NASDAQ: LIFE) the world’s leader in human identification solutions, today launched GlobalFiler™ and GlobalFiler™ Express, two new DNA kits that will revolutionize how crime labs perform forensic testing around the world — making it faster, easier and cheaper to process DNA samples. By increasing the number of genetic […]

LA JOLLA, CA —— Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), a privately held company developing and commercializing genomic-driven solutions to solve a range of global challenges, today announced they have purchased from Febit Holding GmbH the worldwide rights to three families of patents and patent applications related to key synthetic genomic technologies. All related know-how, equipment and […]

Today, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, Judge Barbara Crabb entered a judgment overruling a February 2012 jury verdict in favor of Promega. The ruling leaves intact the Court’s prior holding that sales by Life Technologies of Short Tandem Repeat (STR) products for use in clinical and research applications […]