Hercules, CA — — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today announced the launch of new PrimePCR™ Rat Genome Assays for quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). This expands Bio-Rad’s line of wet-lab validated assays that includes human and mouse genome assays. Assay validation is one of the most important steps in qPCR but is sometimes […]

FAIRFIELD, CT. –– GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt announced today the appointment of John Flannery as president and CEO of GE Healthcare succeeding John Dineen, who is leaving GE. The appointment is effective immediately. Flannery, 53, most recently was senior vice president of business development for GE. In the past year, Flannery led business […]

Qbic Arkiv Fund, Foundation Majoie and SOFI invest 2.0 million EUR in UGent spin-off Biogazelle, a company that offers software and laboratory services for gene expression analysis. Biogazelle will primarily use the investment to further develop its research on therapeutic RNA targets for specific cancer types, and to expand its commercial activities. Biogazelle (www.biogazelle.com) was […]

Cambridge, UK — Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has entered a worldwide co-exclusive distribution agreement with Haplogen Genomics GmbH (Haplogen). The agreement provides Horizon with access to a new high-throughput, affordable cell line engineering service. […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT:BTX) announced today that Michael H. Mulroy and Stephen L. Cartt are joining its Board of Directors. Mr. Mulroy has been appointed to the Board to fill a vacancy and Mr. Cartt has been nominated for election to the Board at the Company’s upcoming annual shareholders’ meeting, which will […]

Leicester, UK — The unique design of the COMPAC-50 enables simultaneous electrophoresis of up to 50 COMET Assay slides saving considerable lab space and reducing slide handling time by up to two-thirds when compared to previous standard methods. This would equate to a significant time-saving of up to 90% when handling 50 COMET Assay slides. […]

Framingham, MA and San Diego, CA — AB SCIEX and Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today the OneOmicsTM project, an exclusive partnership to bring together SWATHTM-based next-generation proteomics (NGP) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) tools in a cloud computing environment. The AB SCIEX SWATHTM Proteomics Cloud Tool Kit suite of applications will be hosted in BaseSpace, Illumina’s […]

BOULDER, CO –- ViroCyt, LLC, the leader in rapid virus quantification, announced today that, in partnership with I&L Biosystems GmbH, it is formally launching the Virus Counter® 3100 in Europe at the World Vaccine Congress to be held October 13-15 in Brussels, Belgium. “The Virus Counter 3100 is the marquee analytical tool for quickly quantifying […]

Micronichas announced a new version 2.2.6 of its Tracxer storage tube code reading software. Fully compatible with all Micronic tube scanners** the new user friendly software is easy to install, gives reliable code readings and can be smoothly integrated into any laboratory sample database. All new features in version 2.2.6 are included as standard in […]

Hologic, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostic products, medical imaging systems and surgical products, with an emphasis on serving the healthcare needs of women, announced today that Tepnel Pharma Services (Tepnel), a subsidiary of Hologic, has become an authorised Affymetrix Service Provider and has launched the Affymetrix OncoScan FFPE Service. Tepnel’s […]