ROCKVILLE, MD, and NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND – Ariadne announces a new collaboration with the BIO-NMD consortium led by Professor Alessandra Ferlini at the University of Ferrara, Italy. BIO-NMD is a three year EU-funded research project concentrating on the search for non-invasive biomarkers in people with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies and Collagen VI myopathies. The consortium, […]

SAN DIEGO, CA. – Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL) today announced the completion of its merger with Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX). Under the terms of the transaction, Symyx stockholders will receive approximately 0.7802 shares of Accelrys common stock for each share of Symyx common stock they own. As of today, the merged entity will trade […]

Ames, IA — Advanced Analytical (https://www.aati-us.com), headquartered in Ames, IA, has opened a new sales office and laboratory in Heidelberg Germany. The new facility is located in the Technologiepark on the campus of the Heidelberg University. By opening this office, the company will be able to provide better representation over sales for our suite of […]

Researchers can better determine risk while speeding the pace and increasing the accuracy of clinical phase research efforts Billerica, Mass. – Aushon BioSystems, Inc., a leading provider of advanced microarray instrumentation and laboratory services for biomarker discovery, development and analysis, has launched new Human multiplex biomarker panels for the quantification of eight biomarkers related to […]

Sunnyvale, CA – Dionex is pleased to announce the expansion of its UltiMate® 3000 system software compatibility with the introduction of new drivers for the Waters Empower™ 2 Chromatography Data System (CDS) software. With the Dionex HPLC systems now fully UHPLC compatible, all laboratories can use UHPLC technology for all analytes, and with the new […]

InforSense Suite Streamlines Analysis of Genomic, Clinical and Image Data Guildford, UK, and Burlington, Mass. – IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of data management and analytics solutions to R&D and healthcare organizations, today announced that Barts and The London NHS Trust, one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers, has selected IDBS as its translational research informatics […]

Follows on Recent Launch of Novel Whole Genome Optical Mapping System Gaithersburg, MD – OpGen, Inc., a genomics solutions company, announced today the appointment of industry veteran C. Douglas White as the company’s chief executive officer (CEO). This role had previously been held on an interim basis by Evan Jones, managing member of jVen Capital, […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Arrayit Corporation (OTCBB:ARYC – News), a leader in life sciences and healthcare technology, announced today that the company has received a registered trademark Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the company’s OvaDx® pre-symptomatic ovarian cancer test. The June 29th, 2010 issuance of USPTO serial number […]

Celsis In Vitro, Inc. (Celsis IVT) announced today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Invitrogen Corporation (Invitrogen) and CellzDirect, Inc. (CellzDirect) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago and has moved for a preliminary injunction. Invitrogen, the parent of CellzDirect, is itself a wholly-owned subsidiary […]

BOTHELL, WA – SonoSite, Inc. (NASDAQ: SONO), the world leader and specialist in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound, today announced that on June 30, 2010, it completed its acquisition of privately held VisualSonics, a Toronto-based company focused on ultra high-frequency micro-ultrasound technology, for $67.9 million net of cash and debt. “This acquisition positions SonoSite for long-term […]