Enables New Era of Efficiency and Effectiveness for Forensic DNA Laboratories CARLSBAD, Calif.–Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announced that its Applied Biosystems Identifiler® Direct and Identifiler® Plus forensic kits have been approved by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation for use by laboratories generating DNA profiles for inclusion in the National DNA Index System […]

Earlier this week, Bioo Scientific announced the availability of the patent pending AIR™ Small RNA Sequencing Kit for preparation of Illumina-compatible small RNA sequencing libraries. The AIR Small RNA Sequencing Kit offers many advantages over existing small RNA sample prep protocols. It has been optimized for sample multiplexing using the AIR Barcoded Adapters, which decrease […]

ST. LOUIS — — Sigma-Aldrich announces the retirement of David Julien, President – Global Supply Chain effective on June 30, 2010. Mr. Julien took on his current role in January 2009. He served as President of the Research Specialties unit of the Company from July 2005 to January 2009 and before that in a number […]

BERLIN, and BURLINGTON, Mass. — — caprotec bioanalytics GmbH today announced the closing of a EUR 4 million ($5.1M) Series B Financing Round with existing investors Creathor Venture, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, ERP Startfonds, and well-known private investors. The proceeds will enable further development and marketing of the Company’s proprietary CCMS (Capture Compound Mass Spectrometry) platform technology […]

MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Lucigen Corporation, Middleton, Dane County, will receive a $200,000 Technology Venture Fund loan from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to develop a DNA sequencing technology. “My administration is committed to furthering the development of life sciences,” Governor Doyle said. “Wisconsin is a worldwide leader in this field. I am […]

Madison, WI – Platypus Technologies announces that it has been awarded an Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) grant for $396,000 from the National Cancer Institute. This 2-year funded project will enable the Company to expand its current Oris™ assay format into a 384-well cell migration assay suitable for High Throughput Screening (HTS) of chemical libraries […]

SAN DIEGO — TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. (TriLink), a key manufacturer of high quality oligonucleotides and nucleoside triphosphates, announced the launch of its new website and OligoBuilder® online oligonucleotide ordering system. TriLink’s in-house marketing and design team utilized extensive user feedback and survey results to design a customer-centric website. The site renovation embodies TriLink’s commitment to […]

Vegetable-based system offers gentler, more efficient and contamination-free dissociation PR Log (Press Release) — Sera Laboratories International Ltd (Sera Lab), the serum specialist, has introduced the novel SplitKits cell dissociation system, the first specifically designed for use in both serum-based and serum-free methodologies. Developed using a vegetable-based component rather than trypsin, SplitKits avoid any risk […]

Biomatrica Connect(TM) offers a solution-centric approach to supporting biomedical researchers, biobanks and forensic science communities. SAN DIEGO — Biomatrica, Inc. today announced the launch of Biomatrica Connect™, a solution-centric partnership program established with industry and academia to advance technologies for ambient room temperature storage and management of nucleic acids. The Biomatrica Connect™ (www.biomatrica.com/aboutus_partners.php) is a […]

Robust Method Detects Phosphorylation of Intracellular Proteins in Whole Blood ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — The Cell Lab Signaling Cytometry (Cell Lab SC) line of reagents from Beckman Coulter, Inc., offers a comprehensive set of antibodies for the detection of the phosphorylation state of signaling proteins in cells via flow cytometry. Performing cell signaling experiments via […]