St. Louis, MO. – Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq:SIAL), and SwitchGear Genomics, Inc. today announced a joint project to develop and distribute a novel microRNA (miRNA) target reporter system. Combining SwitchGear Genomics’ expertise with Sigma’s versatile lentiviral technology, these ready-to-use reporter vectors are expected to simplify […]

Affordable benchtop instrument makes power of flow cytometry accessible to all Elimination of complicated fluidics results in small footprint and decreased maintenance Small footprint and affordable price can give researchers greater insight into cellular functions Billerica, MA — Billerica, MA – EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Germany, today announced the […]

New, State-of-the-art Manufacturing Line in China Expands Production Capacity of Leading Thermo Scientific Bioprocessing Products in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific MILFORD, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has extended its state-of-the-art manufacturing capability in Shanghai, China, for the production of Thermo Scientific Nunc Cell Factory single-use, certified-sterile bioprocessing […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, England – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the SureSelect Human All Exon 50 Mb Target Enrichment kit for next-generation DNA sequencing. The kit enables researchers to streamline experiments by sequencing the expressed genome while discarding regions that are not of interest. The new kit was developed in collaboration […]

Carlsbad, CA – Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Shrink”) (INKN 0.09, 0.00, 0.00%) , an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today the formation a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Shrink Chips LLC, which is dedicated to the commercialization of […]

Munich, Germany – ibidi GmbH, a supplier of solutions for Bio-Microscopy, releases LifeAct, a novel probe for visualization of Actin cytoskeleton organization and dynamics. In the past, Actin markers visualized Actin but also disturbed the acitivity of the protein. In contrast, the new Actin marker LifeAct from ibidi binds to the structure protein without constraining […]

New Research Lab Positions Country as Global Halal Testing Leader in Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals PENANG, Malaysia – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Malaysia through the Malaysian Institute of Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals (IPHARM), an agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), to promote […]

Huntsville, Ala. and Marlborough, Mass. – InQ Biosciences Corporation, a provider of innovative technologies for cell growth and research, announced the appointment of John Ryder as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Ryder will be based in InQ’s sales office in Marlborough, Massachusetts. “Mr. Ryder’s responsibilities will include developing our sales channels, creating a strategic […]

WALTHAM, Massachusetts – PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has acquired VisEn Medical, Inc., an in vivo molecular imaging technology company based in Bedford, Massachusetts. The acquisition enables PerkinElmer to enhance its cellular imaging business, by expanding the Company’s […]

Regensburg – The majority shareholder of GENEART AG, Regensburg, Applied Biosystems Deutschland GmbH, Darmstadt (“ABD”), directly holds more than 95% of all shares in GENEART AG as noticed by ABD. ABD informed the management board of GENEART AG about this fact by letter dated August/3/2010. By virtue of this letter ABD also requested that the […]