Tokyo—Nikon Corporation (Michio Kariya, President) is pleased to announce the introduction of Super Resolution Microscopes N-SIM and N-STORM at the American Society For Cell Biology – 49th Annual Meeting (December 5-9, San Diego). The new microscope models have been designed to realize resolution higher than ever before achieved by conventional optical microscopes. The N-SIM was […]

World’s First Knockout Rat Developed Using Proprietary CompoZr ZFN(TM) Technology; 2009 Award Builds on 2008 CompoZr ZFN Win; Encompasses Proof of Concept ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL – News) today announced that the world’s first targeted knockout rat, made using its proprietary CompoZr(TM) Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) technology, has been ranked fifth in the […]

The First Sample Preparation Solution for RNA-Seq Enabling a Complete Understanding of the Transcriptome From Picograms of Total RNA SAN CARLOS, Calif.–NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a pace-setter in genomic sample preparation, enters the next generation sequencing (NGS) market today with its Ovation RNA-Seq System, a revolutionary method of sample preparation that broadens research horizons with a […]

GIBBSTOWN, N.J.–Deon Vos has been named President and Managing Director of EMD Chemicals Inc. He succeeds Meiken Krebs, who will assume the position of Senior Vice President of Strategy, Organization and Business Processes, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (EMD Chemicals is a North American affiliate of Merck KGaA). These appointments will take effect on January 1, […]

GOLDEN, Colo.–Vitro Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCBB: VODG), dba Vitro Biopharma, announced the filing of a new United States patent application entitled “POU5-F1 Expression in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells” and the development of new technology related to generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS). IPS technology allows the use of reprogrammed adult cells to achieve properties […]

Heidelberg and Amsterdam / b3c newswire / — TET Systems Holding (TSH), a privately-held, German biotech company based in Heidelberg, the Academic Medical Center (AMC), and Technology Foundation STW announced today that they have entered into an assignment agreement. Scientists at the AMC have previously developed a novel series of reverse transactivators with improved properties. […]

Streamlining Research Into the Design of Vaccine Candidates for HIV and Anthrax; Captures IP for Re-Use and Improved Publications GUILDFORD, UK and BURLINGTON, MA — IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of research data management and analytics solutions to R&D organizations, today announced that L’Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Proteines (IBCP), a principal research institute […]

HybSelect’s target region enrichment enables cost-effective, automated and massively parallel sequencing for target regions from the genome LEXINGTON, Mass. and HEIDELBERG, Germany — febit’s HybSelect has been recognized as one of the winners of the “Top 10 Innovations of 2009” by The Scientist magazine. The company’s automated sequence capture technology for high-throughput sequencing was selected […]

PLEASANTON, Calif. –PRNewswire– The new position of Executive Vice President, Commercial Affairs at Microchip Biotechnologies, Inc. has been taken up by Howard Goldstein, a biotech lab systems executive with more than 30 years of experience creating and managing life science product organizations. Mr. Goldstein will direct Microchip Biotechnologies’ marketing, business development, sales and customer service […]

LANSING, Mich. — PRNewswire-FirstCall — Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG – News) announced today that it has acquired the BioKits food safety business of San Diego, Calif.-based Gen-Probe Incorporated (Nasdaq: GPRO – News). The acquisition includes more than 50 test kits for food allergens, meat and fish speciation, and plant genetics. Gen-Probe acquired the BioKits business […]