SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced that Evan Jones has been appointed to Fluidigm’s Board of Directors. Mr. Jones will also join the Board’s Compensation Committee. “Evan brings more than 25 years of operating and investment experience in the life sciences industry to the Fluidigm Board,” said Sam Colella, Fluidigm Chairman […]

HAMBURG, Germany – Eppendorf AG has licensed patents covering gradient technology for thermal cyclers to Labnet International for their Labnet(R) Multigene(TM) gradient Thermal Cyclers, including US patent Nos. 6,767,512 and 7,074,367. Eppendorf utilizes the technology in its Eppendorf Mastercycler(R) pro gradient, Mastercycler gradient and Mastercycler ep realplex models. Eppendorf AG, based in Hamburg, Germany, develops, […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that major genomics research center BGI has achieved Certified Service Provider (CSP) status for the Agilent SureSelect XT Target Enrichment System for next-generation sequencing. The Agilent CSP Program is a partnership program for service providers wishing to provide a higher level of data quality […]

LAFAYETTE, Colo. – Aegis Analytical Corp., the leading provider of Enterprise Manufacturing and Process Intelligence software, announced today it has teamed with CTC Laboratory Systems Corp. (CTCLS), a leading solutions provider in Japan, as a reseller partner in the region. CTCLS will help sell Aegis’ Discoverant® software and oversee product implementations and customer support in […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced the launch of its TaqMan® Mutation Detection Assays — highly sensitive and novel molecular analysis research tools with the precision to detect a single mutant molecule hiding in a background of 1 million normal copies. Developed for clinical researchers to validate and screen for extremely […]

ADELAIDE, Australia & SAN DIEGO – TGR BioSciences, a leading global provider of advanced cell based assay technologies in the fields of cancer, kinase and GPCR research, is extremely pleased to announce a distribution partnership with Axxora.com of San Diego, CA, US, a leading online global market place resource for innovative and high quality Life […]

Santa Clara, CA – Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) today announced at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 102nd Annual Meeting 2011 in Orlando, Florida, the launch of its second-generation OncoScan™ FFPE Express platform (formerly MIP Copy Number Service). OncoScan™ FFPE Express 2.0offers enhanced coverage of tumor suppressors and oncogenes and provides the same proven […]

ST. LOUIS – Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) opened its European Regional Headquarters today in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The new Einstein Facility located in the heart of St. Gallen will be home to approximately 50 employees. Establishing a European Regional Headquarters represents a critical operational milestone for the Company – bringing its European management together in […]

CULVER CITY, Calif. – Sofie Biosciences, a developer of molecular imaging systems and agents, announced the launch of GENISYS4, their new benchtop small animal PET system. Introduced today at the 2011 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, this compact, preclinical multimodality PET system provides researchers with the ability to non-invasively visualize and measure the […]

ORLANDO, Florida – Miltenyi Biotec today announces the worldwide release and availability of the MACSQuant(R) VYB, a compact, benchtop flow cytometer featuring violet, yellow, and blue lasers, and detection of 10 optical parameters. The MACSQuant VYB enables easy but sophisticated multiparametric analysis of fluorescent protein-expressing cells, stem cell characterization, and much more. With this launch, […]