Pushing the Boundaries of Fluorescence Imaging – Versatile high-end microscopy PR Log (Press Release) — Olympus has introduced a new, highly versatile, range of cutting-edge research microscope systems. The Olympus xcellence line covers advanced live cell techniques such as real-time high-speed imaging, TIRFM & HILO (cell^TIRF), photo control such as FRAP, FLIP & photo activation […]

SOUTH EASTON, Mass. — Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO – News) (“PBI” and the “Company”) today provided an update on various corporate activities, including (1) the national recognition of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for its collaboration with PBI on the development of a rapid and reproducible method to prepare proteins for analysis, (2) the presentation […]

Biacore™ 4000 maximizes productivity in antibody selection, biotherapeutic and LMW drug discovery Uppsala, Sweden — GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is launching Biacore™ 4000, a powerful solution for large-scale, label-free molecular interaction analysis in drug discovery, from early screening to characterization. Biacore 4000 delivers high quality binding, kinetic, affinity, concentration, […]

AMSBIO has announced 2 new histone deacetylase (HDAC) cell-based assay kits that provide an easy tool for studying the activity and inhibition of the full range of HDAC enzymes (1-11). Inhibition of histone deacetylases has been implicated to modulate transcription and induce apoptosis or differentiation in cancer cells. However, screening compounds for HDAC inhibition has […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the appointments of Robert Schueren as vice president and general manager, Genomics; and John Fjeldsted, Ph.D., as general manager, Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. “The life sciences and biological systems business continues to be a key growth driver for Agilent, and the addition of Robert and […]

MADISON, Wis.–Roche NimbleGen (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) announced today that Beijing-based genomic services provider CapitalBio has officially joined the Roche NimbleGen Certified Service Provider (CSP) Program. CapitalBio has been certified to process customer samples for NimbleGen Gene Expression, Comparative Genomic Hybridization/Copy Number Variation (CGH/CNV), and DNA Methylation services in their lab in Beijing, China […]

Biotech company to stay and grow in the park, CEO remains in place CHAMPAIGN, Ill.–Sony Corp. announced at a celebration today that it had acquired iCyt Mission Technology Inc., a fast-growing University of Illinois Research Park biotechnology company. “Acquisition by Sony Corp. represents the next stage of iCyt’s growth into a major biotech player” iCyt’s […]

Farfield have released their latest version of their proprietary Dual Polarisation Interferometer instrumentation aimed specifically at the label free protein characterisation market for Conformation Activity Relationship (CAR) studies. The Farfield have released their latest version of their proprietary Dual Polarisation Interferometer instrumentation aimed specifically at the label free protein characterisation market for Conformation Activity Relationship […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–Fluidigm Corporation today announced the release of its amplicon tagging protocol for the Illumina GA II next-generation sequencer. The 48.48 Access Array integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) allows Illumina GA II users to automatically prepare sequencing-ready libraries from 48 individual samples at a time, for as little as $7 (U.S.) per sample. “Fluidigm’s […]