CARLSBAD, Calif. and BEIJING, — Life Technologies Corporation — (NASDAQ: LIFE), a world-leading biotechnology company, today announced the completion of a state-of-the-art facility in Beijing where the most advanced DNA testing solutions will be manufactured and readily available to help forensics labs and law enforcement agencies solve crimes more cost effectively in China. DNA testing […]

Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Darmstadt, Germany, today announced a donation of $5,000 to Everybody Wins! Metro Boston- the local chapter of a national literacy and mentoring non-profit organization. Their signature program, Power Lunch, provides the opportunity for EMD Millipore employees and other local professionals to read […]

Dotmatics Limited, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, announces that one of the world’s most influential cancer research institutes, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has deployed its premium data visualisation and analysis tool Vortex, to help in the quest to discover and develop new cancer […]

ST. LOUIS, — The Board of Directors of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) has elected Michael Marberry as a Director of the Company. Mr. Marberry (age 54) is President and CEO of J.M. Huber Corporation, a diversified, multinational supplier of engineered materials, natural resources and technology-based services to customers spanning many industries from paper and energy […]

SAN DIEGO, CA, and BERLIN, GERMANY –— Genalyte, Inc., a life sciences company developing and commercializing innovative next generation multiplexing technology, and Scienion AG, a life science company developing microarray and ultra-low volume liquid handling systems, today announced an agreement under which Genalyte will market Scienion’s sciFLEXARRAYERTM automated liquid dispensers along with Genalyte’s multiplexed MaverickTM […]

SAN DIEGO, — Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, today announced the new integrated Accelrys Process Management and Compliance Suite of software products designed specifically to enhance product and process insight, facilitate collaboration and streamline product development from research through late-stage quality control and manufacturing. By improving the […]

The DrySyn™ Parallel Synthesis Kit from Asynt offers a low cost solution for chemists wishing to conduct simple synthetic reactions with temperature control and magnetic stirring in parallel, but without the complications of reflux or inerting. Compatible with tubes and vials of varying diameters and from different manufacturers the DrySyn™ Parallel Synthesis Kit is uniquely […]

FREMONT, Calif., — WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCBB: WGBS) announced today the award of a 1 million Euro matching grant by the Luxembourg government to expand its European operations, headquartered in Luxembourg. The first tranche of 350,000 Euros is expected to be received this quarter and will defray start-up and personnel costs. WaferGen has started to […]

Darmstadt, Germany — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, and VeriStem™ Technologies Inc. today announced a collaboration to develop optimized technologies for the removal of undifferentiated stem cells from pluripotent stem cell cultures. The project will deliver scalable purification devices, validation methods and associated protocols for safe and effective delivery of large-scale stem […]

SAN DIEGO– Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) today introduced TruSeq Stranded mRNA and Total RNA Sample Preparation Kits for RNA sequencing. The new reagent kits enable researchers to quickly and easily conduct gene expression studies that provide a complete view of the transcriptome, even from low-quality RNA samples, such as formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples. The Total RNA Sample […]