Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Germany, today announced the introduction of the Millicell µ-Migration Assay Kit. This innovative slide-based platform can be used to visualize and measure the effects of chemoattractants on the migration of adherent cells in real time. The kit is ideal for studying metastatic […]

Menlo Park, Calif. – SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, and Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD), provider of a web-based drug discovery software platform, announced that they have been awarded a grant to support the first year of a software development project focused on tuberculosis drug discovery efforts. The Phase I Small Business […]

Orlando, FL – Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced Genedata Screener® 9 for high-throughput screening and high-content screening is used by UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Among its features, Genedata Screener 9 provides an enhanced user interface for simultaneous processing of multiple […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Selventa™ today announced a continuation and expansion of its strategic partnership with the world’s largest pharmaceutical company, Pfizer Inc., in the areas of biological knowledge dissemination and drug safety. The scope of the new collaboration, co-funded by Pfizer, includes creating a publicly available version of Selventa’s Biological Expression Language (BEL) and associated […]

CHICAGO, Ill. – NanoInk’s® NanoFabrication Systems Division is pleased to announce that Northwestern University’s NIFTI Center purchased an NLP 2000 System to expand the multi-user facility’s range of nanolithography instruments. Specifically, the NLP 2000 will be used in patterning and controlled deposition of biomaterials, nanoparticles, and functional molecular and soft architecture. Such exquisitely controlled patterning […]

BioFocus announced today that it has entered into collaboration with Almac allowing BioFocus customers with compound screening and profiling requirements to access Almac’s FLEXYTE™ fluorescence lifetime (FLT) assays. Integrating the assay technology allows BioFocus to offer an FLT platform that will complement its current target class capabilities, provide access to previously inaccessible epigenetic targets and […]

ORLANDO, Fla. – At the 17th annual Society for Biomolecular Sciences 2011 conference in Orlando, PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the expansion of its epigenetic detection reagents portfolio specifically validated for drug discovery and life sciences research. “The development of novel therapies […]

Reno, Nevada – Hamilton Robotics introduces the FlipTube, for use on the company’s MICROLAB® STAR and NIMBUS automated liquid handling platforms. This 1.5 mL polypropylene microcentrifuge tube features a snap-cap that can be automatically opened and closed using an independent pipetting channel, eliminating manual steps. The automated opening and closing of this novel reaction tube […]

LEXINGTON, Mass. – RainDance Technologies, Inc., today announced the appointment of Laura L. Deming as Senior Vice President of Product Development. In her new role, Ms. Deming will oversee the long-range product planning process and provide overall leadership for product strategy, development and delivery across all of the company’s advanced microdroplet-based technologies for the life […]

TAP Biosystems, (formerly The Automation Partnership), the leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications today announced it is introducing a 96-well version of its RAFT™ (Real Architecture for 3D Tissue™) system for the generation of consistent multi-cellular 3D tissue models on Booth 1107 at the Society of Biomolecular Screening (SBS) Conference. […]