ALBANY, N.Y. — Underscoring the significant role universities play in fostering research, entrepreneurship and economic growth, the University at Albany’s RNA Institute recently awarded two teams of science and business students $50,000 each in its inaugural Student Venture Fund program. Made possible through funding from Waltham, Mass-based Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the fund challenges students […]

SEATTLE — NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced the appointment of Greg Norden, former Chief Financial Officer of Wyeth, to its Board of Directors. Mr. Norden will serve as the Chairman of NanoString’s Audit Committee. Mr. Norden is a senior […]

Heidelberg, – SYGNIS Pharma AG (Frankfurt: LIOK; ISIN DE000A1E9B74; Prime Standard) and GENETRIX announced today, that the biotechnology companies SYGNIS and GENETRIX have signed a binding Term Sheet under which the companies propose to combine the GENETRIX’ DNA sequencing subsidiary X-Pol Biotech and SYGNIS. Goal is to develop and market XPol Biotech, S.L.’s DNA sequencing […]

Real Time Genomics, Inc., a leading developer of biocompute technology, today announced the appointment of Pamela Jeffers Morley, Ph.D., as Vice President of Worldwide Commercial Operations. As an accomplished life science industry sales executive, Morley adds extensive field operations experience to the management team as it prepares to ramp up its commercial activities. “I am […]

Lexington, KY,– Transposagen announced that XTN™ site-specific nucleases targeting each gene in the human genome are now available. Utilizing the FLASH™ high-throughput system (FLASH assembly of TALENs for high-throughput genome editing. Nature Biotechnology 30, 460-465 (2012)), Transposagen can produce a site-specific nuclease targeting nearly any gene in any genome with the fastest delivery time in […]

Wolfenbuettel, Germany –– BIOBASE GmbH, a leading provider of expert-curated biological databases, software and services for the life sciences, today announced a strategic collaboration with the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB). Researchers in Luxembourg will use Genome Trax™ to analyze next generation sequencing variants in clinical diagnostics. In addition, both groups will collaborate to […]

Genetrix, the Spanish biotechnology holding company, through its X-Pol Biotech subsidiary, has signed a global and exclusive licensing agreement for its “Qualiphi” polymerase product with QIAGEN, the global sample and assay technologies company. Qualiphi is a DNA polymerase that was licensed from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in 2010. Due to its unique properties, […]

SKOKIE, Ill. – July 16, 2012 – NanoProfessor®, a division of NanoInk®, Inc. focused on nanotechnology education, announced that the newly launched Nanotechnology Employment, Education, and Economic Development Initiative (NE3I) has chosen the NanoProfessor Nanoscience Education Program to serve as the cornerstone of its educational activities, with the goal of making nanotechnology education accessible for […]

HEL is proud to be joining hands with Shenyang Sciencreat Chemicals, a member company of the Sinochem Group, to create a joint chemical safety lab. This joint lab initiative focuses on study of materials stability, reaction thermal hazard and runaway hazard, which in addition to serving member companies of the Sinochem Group, but also offers […]

Basel, Switzerland — Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced the release of Genedata BiologicsTM 2.5, the latest version of its enterprise solution for biologics R&D. The new Genedata Biologics features expanded functionality that improves process flexibility and enables high-throughput workflows in biologics screening, engineering, […]