Enables New Era of Efficiency and Effectiveness for Forensic DNA Laboratories CARLSBAD, Calif.–Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announced that its Applied Biosystems Identifiler® Direct and Identifiler® Plus forensic kits have been approved by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation for use by laboratories generating DNA profiles for inclusion in the National DNA Index System […]

Clinical Diagnostics, Life Sciences and Molecular Imaging Applications NÜRNBERG, Germany–At the 17th annual Sensor + Test Fair this week in Nürnberg, Germany, PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the debut of an innovative solutions platform for demanding Low Light Level Detection applications, […]

BISHOPS STORTFORD, UNITED KINGDOM–Cutting edge informatics company Dotmatics Limited (Dotmatics) were selected by Almirall, the international pharmaceutical company located in Spain, to provide a range of drug discovery informatics solutions. Dr. Johannes Floeckner, Head of R&D Information Systems at Almirall said “We are very pleased to be working with Dotmatics. After we evaluated their solutions […]

Earlier this week, Bioo Scientific announced the availability of the patent pending AIR™ Small RNA Sequencing Kit for preparation of Illumina-compatible small RNA sequencing libraries. The AIR Small RNA Sequencing Kit offers many advantages over existing small RNA sample prep protocols. It has been optimized for sample multiplexing using the AIR Barcoded Adapters, which decrease […]

COLUMBUS, OH and BUDAPEST, HUNGARY and PRINCETON, NJ–ThalesNano and METTLER TOLEDO (NYSE: MTD), the leading companies in their respective fields, today announced a collaboration to combine their existing technologies to offer flow reactor technology with real-time reaction monitoring for faster reaction optimization and improved continuous process production. This customer-driven collaboration will result in the integration […]

The First of Several New Products Targeted to Boost Productivity While Lowering Costs for High Sample Throughput SNP Genotyping SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–Fluidigm Corporation today introduced its new FC1™ Cycler designed to reduce the thermal cycling time by a factor of three when compared with the company’s current products. The FC1 Cycler can reduce overall […]

ST. LOUIS — — Sigma-Aldrich announces the retirement of David Julien, President – Global Supply Chain effective on June 30, 2010. Mr. Julien took on his current role in January 2009. He served as President of the Research Specialties unit of the Company from July 2005 to January 2009 and before that in a number […]

Combined Strengths Position Agilent for Leadership SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its acquisition of scientific-equipment maker Varian, Inc. is now final, positioning Agilent as a leading provider of analytical instrumentation to the applied and life sciences markets. Agilent paid approximately $1.5 billion in cash for Varian in a […]

BERLIN, and BURLINGTON, Mass. — — caprotec bioanalytics GmbH today announced the closing of a EUR 4 million ($5.1M) Series B Financing Round with existing investors Creathor Venture, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, ERP Startfonds, and well-known private investors. The proceeds will enable further development and marketing of the Company’s proprietary CCMS (Capture Compound Mass Spectrometry) platform technology […]

Rapidly Analyses Fluorescent and Chemiluminescent Proteins with Ease Cambridge, UK: Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to announce its Dyversity multi-application image analyser is being used by scientists in The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute (CRI) at the University of Cambridge, one of Europe’s major cancer research hubs, to accelerate […]