Project supported by a $250,000 economic development grant from the Kansas Bioscience Authority ST. LOUIS — SAFC®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group (Nasdaq: SIAL), today announced a $6.25 million investment program to expand its Lenexa, KS, facility and create a global ‘Center of Excellence’ for the seamless upstream and downstream production of dry powder […]

Arrays and Sequencing in a Single System Enables Wide Breadth of Applications SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced shipment of HiScanSQ, the first instrument to integrate microarray analysis and next-generation sequencing in a modular design that can evolve with changing research needs. HiScanSQ is designed for smaller core labs that don’t want to purchase separate […]

Madison, WI — Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI), already the world’s highest volume manufacturer of human heart cells, has closed on a $40.6 million Series B private equity round. This financing enables the company to increase production capacity for its iCellTM Cardiomyocytes, human heart cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), and to launch […]

Sidus BioData partners with RURO to offer GLP/GMP certified hosting services. Annapolis, MD (Vocus) — Sidus BioData, Life Science and Health IT hosting solution pioneer, today announced their partnership with laboratory software provider RURO. RURO’s leading edge laboratory applications can now be hosted from Sidus BioData’s FDA regulated cloud – an offering that provides a […]

BioRN Cluster Management GmbH to Exhibit at BIO International, (May, 3 – 6, 2010) at Booth 5812# Press kit materials are available online at www.BioRN.org HEIDELBERG, Germany — BioRN Cluster Management GmbH presents the Biotech Cluster Rhine-Neckar as well as the cluster management’s collaborative project, a web-based software to manage complex biotech projects. The scalable […]

New Tool to Amplify the Power of Confocal Imaging Mannheim, Germany. High content screening is a growing discipline in life science research as the number of complex experiments is increasing and statistically relevant data become a “must” for scientific publications. Leica Microsystems has released the first High Content Screening Automation package for confocal research microscopes […]

MADISON, Wis.–DNASTAR® and Scarab Genomics, sister companies founded by genomics pioneer Fred Blattner, announce the launch of a next-generation DNA and RNA sequencing services business. Using their combined expertise, the companies will be offering a full range of sequencing services including library preparation, coordinating the most appropriate sequencing technology and platform, assembly, analysis, annotation, and […]

Genedata’s Target Discovery System Chosen as Central Data Management Solution for German Medical Systems Biology Initiative to Study Infectious Diseases of Fungal Pathogens Munich, Germany — Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced that Genedata Phylosopher® has been adopted by the “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. […]

NEW YORK, NY -– Schrödinger, Inc. announced today that it has received an investment from Cascade Investment, L.L.C., a limited liability company wholly owned by William H. Gates III. Founded in 1990, Schrödinger is a scientific leader in chemical simulation for pharmaceutical and biotechnology research. Over the past two decades, Schrödinger’s software has been used […]

STOCKHOLM–Regulatory News: “The combined capabilities within existing R & D organizations and production units will allow us to further profit on the current businesses but also to venture into new areas.” Biotage AB (STO:BIOTA) a global leader in tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, and the owners of MIP Technologies AB today announced […]