ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 5 — Assay Designs, Inc., a leading provider of immunoassay kits, antibodies, and reagents to the life sciences and translational research markets, announced a collaboration on a joint antibody research project with the Medical University of South Carolina and Dr. Jennifer Isaacs’ laboratory. Under the terms of this agreement, Assay Designs […]

GE Healthcare announced today that it is introducing Vivaspin™ sample concentrators for protein sample prep, offering fast and convenient concentration of biological samples with minimal membrane blocking, excellent recoveries (typically >95%) and no risk of concentration to dryness. Vivaspin provides fast, nondenaturing concentration of up to 30 times from a range of volumes between 100 […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. & BOULDER, Colo.–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A – News) today announced that it has secured an exclusive license to Aktiv-Dry’s CAN-BD drying technology for nucleic acid active pharmaceutical ingredients (API’s). CAN-BD is a continuous drying technology that produces uniform particles of low moisture nucleic acids, under very mild conditions, in a fraction of […]

Move Marks a New Step in the Company’s Global Branding Strategy ST. LOUIS, April 30 — Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL – News) today announced the full integration of its Riedel-de Haen® Laboratory Reagents into its core product brands effective May 1, 2008 (https://www.sigma-aldrich.com/rebranding). “We have created a strong international presence with our products and services,” said […]

Helicase-dependent isothermal DNA amplification system provides new assay technology capabilities for QIAGEN’s assay automation platforms Venlo, The Netherlands, and Beverly, Massachusetts, – April 30, 2008 – QIAGEN (Nasdaq: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) and privately held BioHelix have announced today that they have entered into a non-exclusive worldwide license and supply agreement for BioHelix’s proprietary […]

MADISON, WISCONSIN (April 22, 2008). Promega has entered into an agreement with GeneCopoeia to combine its HaloTag® protein fusion technology with GeneCopoeia’s extensive library of human and mouse open reading frame (ORF) OmicsLink™ sequences. The resulting OmicsLink ORF expression clones with HaloTag are ready for use, offering a potentially weeks of time savings to customers. […]

ST. LOUIS, April 16 — Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced the launch of its Imprint(TM) Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Kit for epigenetic research (https://www.sigma.com/chip). The Imprint(TM) ChIP Kit provides a complete solution for Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, including columns and reagents for DNA purification as well as an integrated protocol for ChIP DNA amplification with the GenomePlex(R) Whole Genome […]

Researchers Now Able to Detect a Single Cancer Cell Through In Vivo Imaging- HOPKINTON, Mass., April 15 — Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP – News) today introduced Bioware® Ultra cell lines, a range of ultra bright light producing tumor cell lines created specifically for in vivo imaging applications. Bioware Ultra cell lines are 10 […]

Tecan has introduced the 50 ìl volume size to its family of high quality, conductive disposable tips, complementing the existing size range of 10, 200 and 1,000 ìl. The disposable tips have been custom-developed for Tecan’s automated liquid handling workstations, enhancing performance and minimizing cross-contamination in a broad range of genomics, forensics and ELISA-based applications. […]

COBHAM, England (April 9, 2008) – Proteome Sciences plc has entered into an exclusive license agreement for its TMT® isobaric tandem mass tag technology with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (NYSE: TMO). Under the terms of the license, Proteome Sciences will manufacture its patented TMT® reagents exclusively for Thermo Fisher Scientific, which will market and sell […]