ORLANDO, Fla. – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced a new Multispecies Imaging Module (MSIM) for PerkinElmer’s Fluorescence Molecular Tomography In Vivo Imaging Systems (FMT® 1500 or FMT® 2500LX). The new module enables researchers to generate 3D datasets of animal models relevant […]

Oncology – HOPKINTON, Mass. – Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery, life sciences research and molecular diagnostics, today announced the launch of XenoLight(TM) RediJect(TM) COX-2 Probe (Fluorocoxibs), a novel fluorescent imaging agent for pre-clinical research that specifically detects the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) biomarker noninvasively in live […]

PHILADELPHIA – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that Pilgrim Software has joined the company’s Informatics Global Partner Alliance. Tampa, Fla.-based Pilgrim Software, Inc. will provide integrated risk, compliance and quality management solutions to Thermo Fisher’s informatics customers operating in highly regulated environments. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers a proven […]

ORLANDO, Fla. – ORFLO Technologies announced the international launch of Moxi™ Z, the life science industry’s first hands-free mini automated cell counter at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in Orlando. “The Moxi Z mini cell counter sets a new bar for the cell counting community,” said Manju Sethi, Vice President of Business […]

Tokyo, Japan – Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd. (Head office in Taito-ku, Tokyo, called as Eiken) and OptiGene Limited (Head office in Horsham, United Kingdom, called as OptiGene, Director?Mr. Michael Andreou) has signed a License Agreement to enter into the licensing of Eiken’s own innovative gene amplification technology (LAMP method) on March 31. OptiGene’s extensive knowledge […]

Horizon Discovery (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalized medicines,has announced that it has received €1.2M ($1.6M) grant funding from The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and has joined the COLTHERES (Colon Cancer and Therapeutics) Consortium. The grant will be used to fund the development of new X-MAN cell-lines that […]

Amplifying AT or GC rich genomic regions often leads to sequence biased nucleotide compositions and poses a serious challenge during analysis. Using specially designed master-mixed enzymes, the NEXTflex™ PCR-Free DNA Sequencing kit completely eliminates the need for amplification, enabling better read mapping and a reduction in duplicate sequences leading to reduced sequence cost, more representative […]

HaloPlex PCR Reagent Kit introduces a dramatically improved PCR technology that enables millions of PCR reactions in a single tube. For projects targeting 100 genes in 1000 samples, the total number of PCR reactions is reduced by a thousand-fold compared to traditional methods. The first product allows users to amplify up to 2000 target exons […]

Mountain View, CA – Clontech Laboratories, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., today announced the launch of its SMARTer Ultra Low RNA Kit for Illumina Sequencing, which was developed in collaboration with Illumina, Inc. This kit uses a modified version of Clontech’s patented SMART™ (Switching Mechanism at 5’ End of RNA Template) technology […]

Sensorex is pleased to announce the debut of its new web site, which is one of the world’s most comprehensive resources devoted to the sensing of pH, oxygen reduction potential (ORP), conductivity, dissolved oxygen (DO), Chlorine Dioxide (Cl2), sanitizer and custom sensors for the municipal and industrial water/waste treatment, laboratory science and horizontal process industries. […]