Wakefield, Massachusetts and Irving, Texas — The tranSMART Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides a global, open-source knowledge management platform for scientists to more easily share pre-competitive translational research data, and BT today announced that BT will join the tranSMART Foundation. This is an extension of their joint initiative announced last year to unlock the […]

MADISON, WIS. – Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI; Nasdaq: ICEL) today announced the launch of iCell® DopaNeurons, the company’s neural floor plate-derived midbrain dopaminergic neurons generated from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Key points: •Dopaminergic neurons, specifically those located in the floor plate-derived midbrain, are implicated in neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and […]

LEXINGTON, Mass.–- N-of-One, Inc., the leading provider of clinical interpretation in oncology, today announced that the company is providing Cedars-Sinai’s Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute in Los Angeles with database services for next-generation sequencing. “We are pleased to provide a database of genetic information to the team of physicians and scientists at Cedars-Sinai and to […]

San Diego, CA and Boston, MA — Rancho BioSciences, the scientific data consulting company today announced a partnership with IDBS at Bio-IT World Conference & Expo. The collaboration enables the companies to provide mutual customers with manual data curation services for IDBS’ E-WorkBook products in the translational science and clinical research arenas. The curation activities, […]

Paris, France / Pleasanton, CA — Morpho (Safran), a biometric solutions provider, is joining with IntegenX, a provider of rapid DNA technology, to offer DNA identification solutions offering DNA profiles in about 90 minutes. Morpho will partner with IntegenX to market its RapidHIT System to law enforcement and government agencies in select countries around the […]

BOULDER, CO — InDevR Inc., a Boulder-based biotechnology company, and Applied Microarrays, Inc., a Tempe-based contract microarray manufacturer have partnered to deliver a complete system solution for multiplexed assays. The platform includescustom protein and DNA arrays, reagents and protocols, a fluorescent scanner for slides or plates (Vidia™) and a colorimetric scanner for lower throughput applications […]

Cary, NC — Risk-based monitoring methods new in JMP® Clinical software from SAS limit costly on-site audits of source data during clinical trials while protecting study participants. JMP Genomics now offers enhanced capabilities for analyzing data related to agriculture, pharmacogenomics, biotechnology and more. JMP Clinical 5.0 and JMP Genomics 7.0 were introduced today at the […]

CAMBRIDGE, UK – Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, today announced the appointment of Dr Peter Hunt as Director of Computational Chemistry, as part of further growth across all areas of its business. This success is built on a growing, global customer base for Optibrium’s flagship product StarDrop™ within the pharmaceutical industry and […]

VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France — — Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions announces the completion of its acquisition of Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL) (Accelrys). After the previously announced completion of the tender offer by its wholly owned indirect […]

Auckland, New Zealand — Biomatters is the first New Zealand company to join over 170 organizations forming the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health to progress the use of sequencing data in genomic medicine and applications to human health. Biomatters will be working alongside healthcare providers, research funders and research institutions to ensure clinical data […]