AARHUS, Denmark & BOSTON–Today CLC bio is happy to announce that their financial year 2009 was closed with a 7-figure US Dollar deal involving a multinational corporation working extensively with high-throughput sequencing data analysis on multiple levels. Vice President of Global Sales & Marketing at CLC bio, Jan Lomholdt, states, “I am satisfied with the […]

Development and Validation Testing of Cattle SNP Panels – Fluidigm Format Flexibility Allows for Rapid Reconfiguration of Assays SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–Fluidigm Corporation today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has purchased a Fluidigm microfluidic-based EP1™ System to help develop and validate focused 96- and 384-SNP (single-nucleotide polymorphism) panels for […]

Invites Applications from Centers of Educational Excellence for the ‘Class of 2010’ HYDERABAD, India & GAITHERSBURG, Md.–Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading integrated genomics company, today announced the launch of its ‘Pioneers in Genomics Education – Class of 2010’ program. The intention of this program is to cement a strong industry-academia-industry relationship and provide cutting-edge genomic tools […]

First Studies to Focus on Pancreatic Cancer NEWARK, Del. & SEATTLE–SDI (Strategic Diagnostics Inc., Nasdaq: SDIX), a provider of biotechnology-based products and services, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (the Hutchinson Center) today jointly announced they will collaborate to discover biomarkers for use in the early detection of a variety of cancers. Initial studies will […]

REDWOOD CITY and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Fluidigm Corporation today announced a new initiative to apply Fluidigm’s unique microfluidic tools to the analysis of tumor cell heterogeneity, including cancer stem cells. The collaboration will combine Fluidigm’s advanced microfluidic platforms with OncoMed’s proprietary cancer stem cell sorting technology to generate unique […]

A proprietary chemical matrix for ambient temperature stabilization, transport and storage of purified RNA CARLSBAD, Calif. — GenVault Corporation, the leader in ambient temperature biosample stabilization, announces the launch of GenTegra(TM) RNA. GenTegra(TM) RNA is an inert chemical matrix that inactivates trace RNase in the liquid phase, providing an added level of RNA stability during […]

PHILADELPHIA — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will unveil a new LIMS solution within booth #2757 at PITTCON 2010, being held from February 28-March 5 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Under the theme “Connecting all of Science,” the company will also showcase innovative new analytical instruments, […]

Symyx Notebook 6.4 Accelerates Method Development and Collaborative Workflows SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX – News) today announced the release of Symyx Notebook 6.4., offering scientists improved support for method development, validation and execution in regulated and non-regulated analytical labs. This latest release of Symyx’s electronic lab notebook (ELN) offers new cross-experiment referencing […]

Porvair Sciences Ltd. has announced a new 4-row partitioned reservoir plate that enables aspiration of up to 4 reagents into a single well space thereby saving valuable deck space on your automated liquid handling system. The new plate is partitioned into 4 rows with thin walls to allow pipette tips with strippers to easily reach […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced availability of the AffinityScript One-Step RT-PCR Kit. The launch of the AffinityScript One-Step RT-PCR Kit represents a re-entry into the one-step RT-PCR market for Agilent’s Stratagene Products Division with a market-leading solution for researchers performing end-point RT-PCR. The AffinityScript One-Step RT-PCR Kit is a high-performance system for convenient, […]