Kremsmünster – Axel Kühner took over the vacant position of the Managing Director of Greiner Bio-One GmbH on an interim basis at the end of August in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer of Greiner Bio-One International AG. He has now established a successor. “Following three months of intensive discussions I have now decided on […]

NEWARK, Del., SDIX™ today announced that it has successfully completed its previously announced sale of the assets of its water quality division to Modern Water plc for $4.5 million. Modern Water acquired the division’s intellectual property, current inventory and commercial contracts, as well as its equipment and staff. Francis DiNuzzo, SDIX’s President and CEO, commented, […]

Menlo Park, CA – SwitchGear Genomics, Inc., a leading provider of products for studying regulatory elements in the human genome, has launched their LightSwitch Multiplex Assay Kits for environmental toxicology and water quality testing as announced at a recent meeting of water toxicology researchers. The new kits leverage SwitchGear’s validated human promoter-luciferase biomarker sets and […]

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Instem, a leading provider of early development software applications, announced today that China’s National Center for Safety Evaluation of Drugs (NCSED) has selected Instem’s Provantis® software solution suite to automate their preclinical study processes. The NCSED, a subsidiary of the Chinese State Food & Drug Administration (SFDA), manages and sponsors government and commercial […]

Paris (France) et Bangalore (India), Cellectis bioresearch, the specialist in genome customization and commercial subsidiary of Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), and Syngene International Ltd, an internationally reputed contract research and manufacturing services (CRAMS) organization and subsidiary of BIOCON Ltd, India’s largest biotechnology company by revenue, announced today that they have entered into an agreement to develop […]

GLASGOW, Scotland, Life Technologies Corporation today announced that it has chosen Rhenium as the principal distributor of its product portfolio for the Israeli market. The deal represents Life’s continued growth in the region. “We want our customers to be able to access the broad Research and Development portfolio of Life Technologies’ products and services including, […]

AMSTERDAM, Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, announced today the acquisition of the business assets of Ariadne Genomics, a provider of pathway analysis tools and semantic technologies for life science researchers. Ariadne will be integrated with Elsevier’s Corporate Markets division. “Ariadne Genomics’ pathway analysis tools and semantic technologies […]

SELANGOR, Malaysia, Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Monash University Sunway campus today announced a collaboration to promote talent and skills development for genomics research in Malaysia. This partnership, the first of its kind for Agilent with a university in Malaysia, will help Malaysia assert itself as a leading center for life sciences research and […]

NEW YORK, IBM today announced it is contributing a massive database of chemical data extracted from millions of patents and scientific literature to the National Institutes of Health. This contribution will allow researchers to more easily visualize important relationships among chemical compounds to aid in drug discovery and support advanced cancer research. In collaboration with […]

BUDAPEST, Hungary–ChemAxon, a leader in providing chemical software development platforms and desktop applications for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, today announced its move to expanded European headquarters in Budapest, Hungary. The new offices will enable ChemAxon to meet the needs of its rapidly growing customer base, and provide a modern working environment that supports the […]