Oxford, February 11, 2009 – Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), the pioneer of microarray-based technologies, has launched a Genomic DNA labelling kit offering a fast and simple protocol. The labelling kit, which is fully optimised for OGT’s CytoSure™ family of high resolution oligonucleotide arrays, adds to the Company’s comprehensive portfolio of products and services, which together […]

Distribution of PPS Silent Surfactant Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) and Protein Discovery Inc. today announced their distribution agreement for PPS Silent Surfactant, a specialized reagent from Protein Discovery used to prepare biological samples for mass spectrometry analysis. The exclusive agreement encompasses aspects of sales, marketing and support for PPS Silent Surfactant. PPS Silent Surfactant is an […]

Absorption Systems, LP, today announced that the company has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop an innovative tool to help determine the potential for drug-drug interactions. Absorption Systems will use the $215,000 Phase I grant to further develop the company’s […]

New ELISA eliminates 24 hour incubation by providing pre-coated microplates, enabling results in under 3 hours ST. PAUL, Minn.–MD Biosciences, a global biotechnology company focused in inflammations and neurology research, announces the recent launch of its new Human Type I Collagen (CI) ELISA, Catalog # M036007, for use with cell culture supernates. The ELISA is […]

MADISON, Wis.–Promega Corp. and Baltimore, Md.-based Celsis In Vitro Technologies (Celsis IVT) will take the trial and guess work out of ADME/Tox testing in primary hepatocytes. Promega will co-market their bioluminescent ADME-Tox assays with Celsis’ extensive line of high quality cryopreserved plateable hepatocytes. Under the agreement, Celsis will pre-qualify lots of cryoplateable hepatocytes for use […]

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) chose the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting to introduce the Agilent SureSelect Target Enrichment System, a unique tool for greatly streamlining DNA-sequencing research by enabling scientists to sequence only genomic areas of interest with next-generation sequencing instrumentation. The Agilent SureSelect Target Enrichment System will initially be available for […]

2 February 2009 – Sydney, Australia: Fluorotechnics Limited (ASX:FLS), a global leader in the supply of fluorescence and other protein detection technologies, is changing its trading name and product branding to gelcompany. gelcompany is the new trading name for selling our products from San Francisco-based The Gel Company, German-based Elektrophorese-Technik GmbH (ETC) and Australian-based Fluorotechnics. […]

BioGenes GmbH, a specialist in sophisticated antibody development, has been chosen as a new partner of cNEUPRO. cNEUPRO is a EU funded research project to analyse neurodegenerative diseases and discover novel biomarkers, and so improve early and differential diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia. BioGenes will provide laboratory facilities and key personnel to develop specific monoclonal antibodies […]

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29 — Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with CPC Scientific, a leading provider of high quality custom peptide synthesis, GMP peptides and peptide APIs for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Under the terms of the agreement, CPC Scientific will offer Sigma-Aldrich’s PEPscreen(R) custom peptide libraries […]

Mammalian Protein Extraction Buffer and Yeast Protein Extraction Buffer Kit GE Healthcare has introduced Mammalian Protein Extraction Buffer and Yeast Protein Extraction Buffer Kit, for efficient high quality extraction of soluble protein from mammalian cultured cells and yeast cell respectively. The Mammalian Protein Extraction Buffer and Yeast Extraction Buffer Kit are mild, non-denaturing buffer compositions, […]