CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Firefly BioWorks announced today the awarding of three Firefly Frontiers Grants to leading researchers engaged in pushing the boundaries of microRNA research. The Frontiers Grant, a $10,000 award to be used on the company’s products, is designed to help scientists scale microRNA research from discovery to validation. Three of the Frontiers Grant winners are: […]

ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and High Technology company (the “Company”), announced today at its 2013 Annual Shareholders Meeting that the Company’s Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.215 per share. The dividend is payable on June 14, 2013 to shareholders of record on May 31, […]

MADISON, Wisconsin – DNASTAR® announced the release of Lasergene 11 today. The major news in this release is that Lasergene, the most published sequence analysis software in peer reviewed journals for each of the past 28 years, is now available on the Amazon Cloud. Other significant improvements to Lasergene, which is an integrated suite of […]

Albuquerque, New Mexico — IntelliCyt Corporation, a leading provider of assay screening solutions for phenotypic drug discovery, antibody discovery and in vitro toxicity testing, today announced it has completed an $8 million financing round. The financing was led by new investor Arboretum Ventures with participation from existing investors Prolog Ventures, Verge Fund, and New Mexico […]

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Real Time Genomics, Inc., the genome analytics company, and Knome, Inc., the human genome interpretation company, today announced that the Real Time Genomics (RTG) Variant platform will be integrated into every shipment of the knoSYS™100 interpretation system. The agreement enables customers to easily purchase the RTG analytics engine as an upgrade […]

Solon, Ohio — DNA quantitation is crucial to experimental design and interpretation of results, especially in sensitive molecular biology applications such as PCR, or for any comparative analysis of multi-source DNA samples. Although UV spectrophotometric measurement at 260 nm is the most widely practiced method of DNA quantitation, it is limited by high background interference […]

Logos Biosystems, a provider of innovative life science research tools, today announced the introduction of a next generation automated cell counter, Luna-FL TM “Luna-FLTM fluorescence cell counter is a breakthrough for life science researchers”, said Neon Jung, CEO of Logos Biosystems. “We integrated dual fluorescence and bright field optics in one instrument to provide researchers […]

Hoefer, Inc., a leading global manufacturer and supplier of electrophoresis and related laboratory products for more than 40 years, announced the release of a new web experience at www.hoeferinc.com. The NEW Hoefer website has been designed to create a more positive experience with improved navigation, more product information, an enhanced storefront, and greater technical literature […]

Jena, May 3, 2013 – Analytik Jena AG, a leading manufacturer of analytical instrumentation technology, life science instruments and optoelectronics, has established a new subsidiary, Analytik Jena Far East (Thailand) Ltd., giving it a presence in the Southeast Asian market. Analytik Jena AG is using this new company to bolster its activities in the Southeast […]

IRVING, Texas — BT and Schrodinger, Inc. today announced that the two companies are now working together to accelerate the process of drug discovery and development using the BT for Life Sciences cloud platform and Schrodinger’s powerful scientific software applications. As part of the joint initiative, Schrodinger becomes a Strategic Member of the BT for […]