LABVANTAGE takes a giant leap in the furniture industry after signing a recent purchase agreement with one of the world’s largest furniture manufacturer for its raw material testing, development, quality management, and process research laboratories. With the new LIMS in place, global test labs will better manage, control, and verify tests conducted on a global […]

CARLSBAD, Calif.– Life Technologies Corporation today announced that Alan B. Sachs, M.D., Ph.D., former Vice President, Exploratory and Translational Sciences for Merck Research Laboratories, has joined the company as Head of Global Research and Development. Sachs brings more than 20 years of experience as a research scientist and a leader in developing innovative scientific platforms. […]

MANASSAS, Va.–The ATCC® Standards Development Organization (ATCC SDO), an entity of ATCC, has published its second voluntary consensus standard, ASN-0002: “Authentication of Human Cell Lines: Standardization of STR Profiling.” This consensus standard is expected to have broad impact across basic cell research, drug discovery, and translational medicine. This approved American National Standard represents a major […]

Roche announced today that it has provided notice to Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) that it will nominate a slate of highly qualified, independent candidates for election to Illumina’s Board of Directors and propose certain other matters for the consideration of Illumina’s shareholders at Illumina’s 2012 annual meeting, which, if adopted, would result in Roche-nominated directors […]

Munich, Germany – Definiens, the global leader in Health Image Intelligence and Quantitative Digital Pathology, has appointed Martin Stuart, PhD, as its Executive Vice President and General Manager North America and Asian Pacific. In his new role, Stuart will be responsible for expanding the Definiens business in North America and Asia and providing leadership to […]

CORNING, N.Y., — Corning Incorporated today announced its new Corning® Epic® Pharmacology service for drug discovery. The service uses Corning’s holistic assay approach to drug discovery and pathway biology to provide high-value cellular profiling in native cellular systems. The Corning Epic Pharmacology service is a key new offering from Corning’s portfolio of Epic Discovery Services, […]

Penzberg, Germany – Dan Zabrowski is Head of Roche Applied Science in the Diagnostics Division, located in Penzberg, Germany. He succeeds Paul Brown who has led Roche Applied Science since September 2011. Dan Zabrowski will report to Daniel O’Day, COO Roche Diagnostics. Dan recently served as Global Head of Roche Partnering and was a member […]

BALTIMORE– Sapio Sciences is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Exemplar Dx LIMS. This release is the result of Sapio’s extensive experience in implementing LIMS at leading MDx companies. Exemplar Dx LIMS addresses MDx companies’ operational needs in a single, integrated solution. The MDx Market The molecular diagnostics market is experiencing rapid growth largely […]

Menlo Park, California, DNA2.0 today introduced a complete line of Protein Variant Libraries designed to help researchers better engineer proteins. Four key library options —Alanine Scanning, Single Site Saturation, Combinatorial Site and Antibody—are suited for the most common methods of protein engineering, although DNA2.0 can produce additional libraries, such as Modular, Truncation or Random Mutagenesis […]

CORNING, N.Y.–Corning Incorporated today appointed Dr. Stephanie A. Burns, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Dow Corning Corporation, to Corning’s board of directors, effective immediately. Dow Corning, a Corning 50%-owned equity company since 1943, is a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology, and innovation. Burns will also serve on the board’s corporate relations committee. […]