CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — – Gen9, Inc., a pioneer in the development of scalable technologies for synthesizing and assembling DNA, today announced that it is now accepting entries for the annual G-Prize contest. For the first time, the G-Prize contest is also open to pre-commercial start-up companies. The G-Prize contest, conceived and exclusively-sponsored by Gen9, was […]

Los Altos, CA and Menlo Park, CA — Genome Compiler Corp., a Los Altos based synthetic biology software company entered into a collaborative agreement with DNA2.0, a leading provider of gene synthesis and bioengineering solutions located in Menlo Park, CA. Genome Compiler will be integrating DNA2.0’s gene synthesis services into their design platform, enabling users […]

Sunnyvale, CA -– Molecular Devices, a leader in bioanalytical systems for drug discovery, life science research, and bioassay development, today announced the launch of the Digidata® 1550A Low-Noise Data Acquisition System plus HumSilencer™ noise cancelling technology for the analog-to-digital conversion of biological signals measured in electrophysiology experiments. The Digidata 1550A is the first digitizer with […]

ROCKY HILL, Conn. -– Connecticut Innovations (CI), the leading source of financing and ongoing support for Connecticut’s innovative, growing companies, today announced that Bio-Techne, a company engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of biotechnology products and clinical calibrators and controls, successfully completed the acquisition of a CI portfolio company, CyVek. Connecticut Innovations invested approximately […]

AMSBIO has signed a strategic marketing agreement with Luxcel Biosciences to distribute their range of 96- and 384-well phosphorescence and fluorescence based assays. These new assay kits enable direct real-time analysis of Mitochondrial Respiration (MitoXpress® Xtra), Glycolysis (pH-Xtra®) and Intracellular Oxygen Concentration (MitoXpress® Intra) – providing the perfect tool kit for monitoring bioenergentics, metabolism, Warburg […]

Prague — DataApex is pleased to announce the release of control drivers for Hitachi Chromaster and Primaide HPLC systems. Clarity Chromatography Software platform now enables both direct instrument control and digital data acquisition. The drivers have been released with Clarity version 5.0.5. Hitachi drivers will be available in selected territories through Hitachi official partners. „Maximizing […]

LUND, Sweden — The Board of Directors of Genovis has announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Promega Corporation (“Promega”) for patent infringement regarding one of Promega’s products. The lawsuit includes an injunction to prevent Promega from producing, using, selling or offering for sale the infringing product, as well as damages. The suit was […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Affymetrix (NASDAQ:AFFX) announced today the launch of Concurrent Molecular Analysis Profiling (CoMAP™) capability, which enables cancer researchers to gain rapid insight into the functional impact of DNA copy number alterations by combining whole-genome copy number data with gene expression profiles to easily and cost-effectively visualize and identify cancer driver events. Whole-genome […]

SHANGHAI — WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX), a leading open-access R&D capability and technology platform company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, with operations in China and the United States, today announced an enhancement to its genomics services. The WuXi Genome Center will provide Chinese researchers who use its gene sequencing services […]

SEATTLE — ReachBio Research Labs (a registered trade name of ReachBio LLC, Seattle, WA) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Funakoshi Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan), giving Funakoshi non-exclusive distribution rights to ReachBio’s human primary cell product line for the life science research market within Japan. Under a companion agreement, Funakoshi will also […]