Provantis Preclinical Solution Chosen to Accelerate Study Volume While Reducing Costs CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.–Instem, a leading provider of early drug development software solutions, announced today that Integrated Laboratory Systems (ILS) has subscribed to Provantis™ Online, enhancing their existing software systems. “We felt that using Provantis™ over the Web provided the best fit for our business model […]

WALTHAM, Mass.–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Finnzymes. The business is a well-recognized provider of integrated tools for high-performance polymerase chain reaction (PCR), including reagents, instruments, consumables and kits that make the PCR process faster and more accurate for applications including basic […]

Major Scientific Journal Reported in the Key Advantages of Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT) IN Analysis of Glycoprotein-based Drugs and Drug Candidates SOUTH EASTON, Mass. — — Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO – News) (“PBI” and the “Company”) today announced that a scientific article entitled “Rapid Release of N-Linked Glycans from Glycoproteins by Pressure Cycling Technology” has […]

Heyford Park, Oxford, UK — 2BScientific, a life science products distributor to the UK market, has appointed Dr Nihad Robinson as Business Manager. Dr Robinson, who has extensive business development and sales experience in the biotech sector, joins from Cambridge Biosciences where she was responsible for technical sales in the South UK region. Dr Robinson […]

Gothenburg, Sweden — Denator AB announced today that the company has expanded and strengthened its Commercial operations group in Europe through the appointment of Patrik Bjöörn as Application Specialist with the responsibility for Technical Support. Patrik joins Denator from Biolin Scientific where he worked as Senior Sales and Application specialist with the responsibility of, amongst […]

Tecan has become ForteBio’s preferred automation partner for real-time, label-free assays to support bioprocess and drug discovery workflows. The two companies have worked together to integrate the new ForteBio Octet® 384 platform, consisting of the Octet RED384 and the Octet QK384, on Tecan’s Freedom EVO® liquid handling workstation. The result is a robust, off-the-shelf integration […]

March 2010 sees the launch of new Techne thermal cyclers. The feature-packed TC-PLUS can be combined with Satellite units giving complete flexibility to configure any multi-block format. The new thermal cyclers have one of the fastest aluminium blocks on the market, delivering greater uniformity than a silver block and therefore more reproducible PCR results. The […]

Integromics® S.L., the leading provider of bioinformatics solutions to gene expression researchers, has announced an exciting collaboration with the TATAA Biocenters in Sweden and the Czech Republic, to provide expert training in qPCR data analysis using RealTime StatMiner®. The TATAA Biocenter is recommending Integromics’ RealTime StatMiner® as a complete solution for qPCR data analysis. Madrid, […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) announced today that Jami Dover Nachtsheim and Nelson C. Chan have been appointed to the board of directors, effective March 8, 2010. The board appointed Ms. Nachtsheim to the Compensation Committee and Mr. Chan to the Audit Committee. “We are very pleased to add Jami Dover Nachtsheim and Nelson Chan […]

MANCHESTER, UK–Gentronix Limited Manchester, UK announced today that it has entered into a three year agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to provide GreenScreen HC and BlueScreen HC genotoxicity assays for use by GSK in genotoxicity screening. This agreement extends the existing relationship between Gentronix and GSK in respect of GreenScreen HC, to include the use by […]