MADISON, WIS., – CeeTox and Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) today announced the introduction of a new, highly predictive cardiac safety screening service that utilizes human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived cardiomyocytes. The Cardiac Arrhythmia Assessment Screen™ (CAAS) combines CeeTox’s expertise with in vitro toxicity screening and CDI’s iCell® Cardiomyocytes to provide a comprehensive profile of […]

Scientifica has been shortlisted for The BlackBerry Growth Strategy of the Year award at this year’s National Business Awards in partnership with Orange. Uckfield-based Scientifica develops and manufactures high quality equipment for electrophysiology researchers and its export success was recently recognised with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise (International Trade 2012). Going up against the likes […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich., — Rubicon Genomics, Inc., today reported that its NovaPLEX™ family of sample preparation technologies is increasing the feasibility and utility of molecular diagnostic testing and helping to address the shortage of patient samples that is hampering new drug discovery and the development of personalized medicine. Rubicon is a leader in the development […]

Madison, WI, USA: Promega Corporation today announced the launch of QuantiFluor™ ssDNA System for highly sensitive quantitation of single stranded DNA (ssDNA). The QuantiFluor ssDNA dye enables quantitation of small amounts (as little as 200pg per well) of ssDNA in solution, saving precious sample for downstream assays. For low-concentration samples, the new system delivers sensitivity […]

Cambridge, UK, and Manassas, Virginia,: Horizon Discovery Ltd (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has signed a licensing and distribution agreement with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) for a select set of panels of X-MAN™ isogenic cell lines. Under the terms of the […]

Zyoxel will collaborate with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory and MatTek Corp. to develop a circuit of miniature human organs on a chip as part of a five year, up to $26.3 million program awarded by the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The project aims […]

Madison, WI -According to the recently released Promega 2011 Corporate Responsibility Report, Promega Corporation is on target to meet all six of its stated environmental impact goals for 2014. The report describes the significant achievements that Promega has made across its global operations in the areas of reducing environmental impact, contributing to community well being, […]

Burlington, MA – Microlytic is pleased to announce that more than 125 Protein Data Bank depositions have originated from the use of its crystallization products at the joint crystallization core facility of the New York Structural Genomics Research Center (NYSGRC) and the Enzyme Function Initative (EFI). The discipline of protein crystallography centers on the generation […]

Aarhus, Denmark — Today CLC bio released the new version 5.5 of its desktop software, CLC Genomics Workbench, as well as a new version of the enterprise software, CLC Genomics Server version 4.5. Both software packages have been updated with a wide range of new and improved features, especially breakthrough additions in functional genomics, now […]