Sunnyvale, California, – Molecular Devices announced today the launch of FLIPR® Calcium 6 Assay Kits, the latest addition to their extensive range of calcium assay kits to address diversified GPCR and ion channel targets. Featuring a proprietary fluorophore, the dye offers the highest quantum yield of any calcium indicator on the market, delivering the greatest […]

LEXINGTON, Mass. –– RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ company, today announced a new Service Partner Program for its growing base of research customers who are developing next-generation sequencing-based genetic testing panels to identify and characterize inherited diseases, cancers and other human health conditions in research projects. Through this new program, customers have expanded access […]

Appistry, Inc., which provides a big-data computing environment that supports life-science and medical analytics and workflows, announced today a collaborative partnership and value-added reseller agreement with LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT:BTX). The intent of the partnership is to integrate LifeMap’s GeneCards® and MalaCards databases of human genes and diseases into […]

PHILADELPHIA — Integral Molecular, Inc., a leader in membrane protein reagents and services, announces the launch of its Membrane Protein Solutions (MPSTM) antibody discovery platform. MPSTM enables the isolation, characterization, and engineering of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against difficult membrane protein targets including GPCRs, transporters and ion channels. The technology platform harnesses the strength of Integral’s […]

Biomedical informatics company Aridhia today announced that it is a lead commercial partner alongside Life Technologies Corporation, a global biotechnology tools company, in the Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC). The SMS-IC is a unique collaboration bringing together expertise from within Scottish industry, academia and the NHS to drive forward a new age of stratified […]

SANTA BARBARA, CA and BERGISCH GLADBACH, GERMANY, —Miltenyi Biotec announced today that it has completed acquisition of Owl biomedical, Inc., an emerging company developing and commercializing microchip-based cell sorting systems using fully-closed disposable cartridges in an easy-to-use format. The acquisition underscores Miltenyi’s commitment to bringing comprehensive solutions to the research and clinical cell therapy markets. […]

MaxCyte, Inc., the pioneer in scalable, high performance cell transfection systems, is hosting an educational webinar entitled “Streamlining HTS: Ion Channel, GPCR, and Transporter Assays in Biologically Relevant Cells using Large Scale Transfection” on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, from 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM EDT. Dr. Jinliang Sui, Senior Director of HTS & Bioinformatics at […]

SAN DIEGO,–Organovo Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX ONVO) (“Organovo”), a creator and manufacturer of functional, three-dimensional human tissues for medical research and therapeutic applications, presented at the 2013 Experimental Biology conference in Boston, Massachusettsdata on the company’s in vitro three-dimensional liver. “We have achieved excellent function in a fully cellular 3D human liver tissue. With Organovo’s 3D […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it has appointed Charles Dadswell as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Dadswell will assume all functional responsibilities previously held byChristian Cabou, who has retired, and will have worldwide responsibility for all legal and intellectual property matters as well as being Secretary to Illumina’s Board of Directors. […]

IPSWICH, Mass.,– New England Biolabs (NEB), a leader in the production of reagents for the life science industry, announces the release of CutSmart Buffer. This latest development from NEB supports an industry-leading portfolio of over 200 restriction enzymes that exhibit 100% activity in a single buffer. With CutSmart Buffer, it is significantly easier to set […]