ADELAIDE, Australia – 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 Cedarlane Laboratories of Burlington, ON, Canada, a leading supplier of Life Science research reagents in North America. Cedarlane will become a distributor […]

San Diego – TriLink BioTechnologies (TriLink), a leading provider of custom nucleic acid-based products, today announced the launch of an innovative Hot Start solution for the PCR amplification of problematic GC-rich sequences, CleanAmp™ 7-deaza-dGTP. When DNA targets high in GC-content are amplified, PCR product formation can often be compromised by inadequate strand separation and the […]

Goal Is Highly Scalable Pharmacogenomics Research MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – 23andMe has launched a project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which is aimed at validating 23andMe’s highly-scalable platform for pharmacogenomics research. The company received $190,000 in stimulus funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for “Web-based Phenotyping for Genome-Wide […]

Welwyn Garden City – Cresset is delighted to announce the appointment of Hulinks Inc. as distributor of its Field based chemistry software products in Japan. “The appointment of Hulinks provides us with a dedicated channel to deliver our tools to the Japanese marketplace and will enable us to respond to the specific needs of our […]

Genovis launches FragIT MicroSpin, a spin column for fragmentation of up to 0.5 mg IgG in 15 minutes and deGlycIT™ MicroSpin designed for deglycosylation of up to 0.5 mg IgG in 15 minutes. FragIT™ MicroSpin FragIT MicroSpin columns come prefilled with FabRICATOR® enzyme immobilized on agarose that allow for easy and quick fragmentation of IgG […]

BISHOPS STORTFORD, UNITED KINGDOM – Dotmatics Limited, a leading provider of drug discovery informatics products and services, is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Shikha O’Brien to their Business Development Team. Dr. O’Brien, will serve as Vice President of Business Development in the United States and will oversee the growth and expansion of the […]

Mannheim, Germany – Leica Microsystems has effectively matched the Leica TCS SP5 MP multiphoton microscope with a fully integrated OPO (Optical Parametric Oscillator) solution. The integration of the Coherent Chameleon Compact OPO with the Leica TCS SP5 MP confocal and multiphoton microscope allows observation of fast dynamic processes in living cells with deep penetration at […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina – Precision BioSciences, Inc., today announced that it has been awarded over $3 million across four government grants. These grants were each awarded to Precision during the 4th Quarter of 2010 and came from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Treasury Department, the National Institute of Health, and […]

Maybridge Ro3 Fragments Generate Hits in SPR Screening of Key Protein Targets TINTAGEL, England – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its Maybridge Ro3 Diversity Fragment Library has helped researchers validate an emerging technique for drug discovery that targets key protein receptors involved in a wide range of […]

Fremont, Calif., and Luxembourg – WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, and the Integrated BioBank of Luxembourg (IBBL) today announced an agreement to establish a strategic relationship that will expand the use of the WaferGen SmartChip Real-Time PCR system throughout Europe and advance personalized medicine. The agreement includes: •The […]