Efficient organisation and tracking of samples… Developed for Micronic – Track-IT™ is a new Sample Management System interfaced to a 2D code reader that allows you to reliably and efficiently organise and track individual samples. Keeping track of large numbers and types of samples and specimen (Chemical compounds, DNA, RNA, plasmids, clones, proteins, peptides, probes, […]

First in a Full Line of Assays for Miniaturized, Multiplexed Protein Analysis SKOKIE, IL–NanoInk, Inc.®, a global leader in nanotechnology, is pleased to announce the launch of its first completely configured protein array kit from its Nano BioDiscovery™ Division. Based on the patented Dip Pen Nanolithography® (DPN®) platform, NanoInk’s fluorescent assays enable nanoscale detection of […]

NEWARK, Del.–SDI (Strategic Diagnostics Inc., NASDAQ:SDIX), a leading provider of biotechnology-based products and services for a broad range of life science, food safety, and industrial applications, today announced it has been selected again by Science Applications International Corporation – Frederick (SAIC-F) to develop monoclonal antibodies for the National Cancer Institute’s “Clinical Proteomic Technologies for Cancer” […]

WALTHAM, Mass.–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Finnzymes, a well-recognized provider of integrated tools for molecular biology analysis, including reagents, instruments, consumables and kits. Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Finnzymes has 90 employees and generated revenue of $20 million […]

Funding of $350,000 for SmartChip(TM) Real-Time PCR System FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a grant to the University of Pittsburgh that includes funding of $350,000 over the grant period for WaferGen’s SmartChip™ […]

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Cellectricon AB today announced that it has resumed its litigation against Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. Cellectricon filed the lawsuit in July 2009 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging infringement of several United States patents issued or licensed to Cellectricon for microfluidic technology used in Cellectricon’s state-of-the-art […]

Pressure BioSciences Inc. to Join University’s R&D Facility BOSTON — — The University of Massachusetts Boston today announced that South Easton-based Pressure BioSciences Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO), a developer of bench-top sample preparation instruments, has moved its research and development operations to the university’s Venture Development Center. PBIO develops and markets pressure cycling technology that enables safe, […]

Co-marketing and branding relationship leverages companies’ existing synergies, focuses on delivering increased customer options and accessibility to latest technologies; first combined product catalogue available. Göttingen, Germany and Lowell, Mass., U.S. — Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Euronext: DIM) and Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), both leading international suppliers to the pharma and biotech industries, today announced a co-marketing […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Accuri Cytometers Inc., a life sciences company marketing innovative bench-top flow cytometer systems, today announced that co-founder and CEO Jennifer Baird has resigned and will be replaced by Jeffrey S. Williams, most recently President and CEO of HandyLab Inc., an Ann Arbor-based molecular diagnostics company acquired by Becton Dickinson for $275 […]

The System Automates the Construction of DNA Libraries, Saving Time and Increasing Efficiency BREA, Calif. — The SPRIworks Fragment Library System I for the Illumina* Genome Analyzer, developed by Beckman Coulter Genomics, won the New Product Award (NPA) designation from the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) at their annual LabAutomation Conference and Exhibition earlier this […]