MADISON, Wis.–Roche NimbleGen (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) is pleased to announce that Eurofins MWG Operon, an Ebersberg, Germany-based company, has officially become a Certified Service Provider (CSP) for NimbleGen Sequence Capture. They will provide services for NimbleGen Titanium Optimized Sequence Capture coupled with sequencing services from 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company. Eurofins MWG […]

Dynamic, Intelligent Workflow Saves Hours of Analysis Time Orange County, Calif. — Beckman Coulter Inc. announces the introduction of its Kaluza Flow Cytometry Analysis Software, a package that greatly reduces processing and analysis times, allowing researchers more time to explore their data. Kaluza Software features new tools that simplify the management of multiple complex data […]

With a well volume of 3.1ml the Krystal 24 from Porvair Science Ltd. is the microplate of choice for screening applications that require high sensitivity combined with photometric accuracy and repeatability. In addition the Krystal 24’s large surface area per well makes the tissue culture treated version of the plate perfect for cell growth applications. […]

Forensic Scientists at Kansas City Crime Lab Release Validation Report Confirming Zygem’s forensicGEM(R) Kit is a Reliable, Rapid Method for Extracting DNA From Saliva SOLANA BEACH, Calif. and HAMILTON, New Zealand — ZyGEM Corp. Ltd., a provider of innovative enzyme-based products for DNA extraction and other life sciences applications, today announced the availability of a […]

Christchurch, New Zealand — SciTOX announces that they have shipped their first commercial orders for their ALPHA toxicity analyzer, publicly released on 19 April 2009. The first four units have been shipped to countries in Europe and Asia as a result of a series of introductory seminars given May through July in those regions, according […]

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a bacterial pathogen that causes most atypical pneumonia. It is also the agent that causes the milder “walking pneumonia”. The bacterium is difficult to culture and thus alternative detection methods are sought. ViroStat has released a new set of Monoclonal antibodies to M. pneumoniae that include 4 different antigen specificities. All antibodies […]

Uppsala, Sweden — Olink Bioscience have today announced that they have expanded their patent portfolio within the field of rolling circle amplification by acquir-ing a family of three patents from the Danish biotech company In Situ RCP A/S. The acquired portfolio contains patents relevant to target primed rolling circle amplification and methods for amplification of […]

SWIFT Software Expands Capabilities for Research MRI PALO ALTO, Calif. — Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI – News) announced today that Steady State Imaging (SSI) has signed a reseller’s agreement with Varian, Inc. regarding SSI’s new SWIFT Software for Varian’s research MRI Systems. SWIFT is a novel MRI technology that advances existing MR techniques with the […]

LAFAYETTE, Colo. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa has become the newest member of the RNAi Global initiative – an alliance of Thermo Fisher and leading international research centers. The CSIR, based in Pretoria, has several […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced it has purchased the MassCode Tag technology from Eurofins MWG Operon, a division of Eurofins. The purchase includes the MassCode trademarks and intellectual property, including four families of patents. Agilent will use MassCode Tag technology to develop new research products for pathogen identification, leveraging its strength in […]