BUDAPEST, HUNGARY and PRINCETON, NJ and LONDON – ThalesNano today reported that the China Patent and Trademark Office (CPO) has granted a patent for its flow ozonolysis instrument, the O-Cube™, including several aspects of its proprietary underlying technology. Ozonolysis is a fundamentally important oxidation reaction, which has never been fully adopted due to the safety […]

The mission of the Proteomics Innovation Network is to generate “from sample to discovery” solutions in all facets of proteomics, including expression, identification, characterization, interaction and function. Each member organization has complementary expertise, core technologies, and infrastructure to address critical unmet needs in biomarker and drug target discovery, personalized medicine, drug profiling, and selective reaction […]

AARHUS, Denmark – This week, in an independent experiment, Dr. Nick Loman from the University of Birmingham, looked at de novo assembly of E.coli data from a single run with approximately 10x coverage from Ion Torrent’s Personal Genome Machine (PGM™). The experiment compares several commercial and open source de novo assemblers, and in this experiment […]

Penzberg, Germany – AgenoLAB, the Stuttgart-based service provider, is the first company in Germany to expand its service offering with the latest cell analysis technology from Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY). The company will use the RTCA Cardio Instrument to complement their analytical service portfolio for drug development. “We are pleased to be the […]

Milford, Mass. – SeraCare Life Sciences (Nasdaq: SRLS), a global life sciences company providing vital products and services to facilitate the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics, today announced it has added lyophilization capabilities to produce high-purity reagent grade HSA (human serum albumin) in powder form. SeraCare has provided powder-form HSA for […]

PARK CITY, UT – Biotechnology company Fluoresentric, Inc. announces its real-time PCR dedicated sample preparation kits, Direct-2-PCR™, BACT-2-PCR™, and HiT-4-PCR™ which are significant improvements to existing products. Each kit is specifically designed to rapidly isolate DNA or RNA in buffers specifically formulated to perform exceptionally with real-time PCR detection, quantification, and genotyping applications. Direct-2-PCR™ (store.fluoresentric.com) […]

STRASBOURG, France – Polyplus-transfection SA, a privately-held company developing innovative technologies for molecular and cellular biology, announced today that ExcellGene SA, a privately held company providing rapid and low-cost solutions for protein manufacturing and process development based on mammalian cells to the Pharma/Biotech industry, has signed an extended supply agreement for Polyplus-transfection polyethylenimine (PEI) based […]

Boston, MA – PEGS Summit: DNA2.0 today announced that it will offer third-party genetic constructs through the company’s groundbreaking gene assembly and design application, Gene Designer. The Rhamex™ protein expression systems from Xbrane Bioscience will be the first commercial constructs that users will be able to access and order directly through Gene Designer. In addition […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Fluxion Biosciences announced today that the Karp Laboratory at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) has purchased the BioFlux 1000 system, which will be applied in their stem cell homing research. Dr. Jeffrey Karp is an Assistant Professor at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Department of Medicine […]

Chalfont St. Giles, UK – GE Healthcare today announced two new members of its leadership team in a move designed to drive differentiated product and service offerings that meet its global customers’ diverse needs. Tom Gentile, currently vice president of GE Aviation’s Services division, has been named president and CEO of GE Healthcare’s Healthcare Systems […]