Sets New Standards for Throughput, Data Quality and Ease-of-Use CARLSBAD, Calif. — Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the global commercial availability of a new capillary electrophoresis (CE) sequencing system. The 3500 Series Genetic Analyzer builds on Applied Biosystems’ industry-leading CE sequencing systems, with state-of-the-art advancements, setting significant new standards for […]

ZyGEM and Phthisis Diagnostics Partner to Produce Novel Products for the Detection of Pathogens in Complex Samples — New Collaboration Combines ZyGEM’s Unique Temperature-Controlled DNA Extraction Technology and Phthisis Diagnostics’ Infectious Disease Expertise SOLANA BEACH, Calif., HAMILTON, New Zealand, & CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — ZyGEM Corp. Ltd. and Phthisis Diagnostics today announced that they have entered […]

Arrayit Platform Deployed by the US Department of Agriculture to Combat Honeybee Extinction SUNNYVALE, CA — Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB:ARYC – News), a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announced on October 21st, 2009 that the US Department of Agriculture in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, purchased Arrayit’s proprietary technology to assist the USDA in fighting off honeybee extinction […]

Bridgewater, NJ. LabVantage today announced the release of Service Pack 7 (SP7) for the SQL*LIMS product platform. SQL*LIMS is a fully-integrated laboratory information management solution (LIMS) ideally suited to manage an organization’s product development, quality management, and analytical laboratories. The SP7 release includes over 100 enhancements, and it offers new additional capabilities including: · Enhanced […]

Origin Viewer Enables Colleagues of Origin Users to Easily View and Copy Data and Graphs NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Oct. 22 — OriginLab Corporation, a leading provider of scientific graphing and data analysis software, announced a new version of Origin Viewer to provide better support for Origin 8.x files. Origin Viewer is a free downloadable Windows® application […]

Companies develop technology to visualize and map complex biomarker networks Discovery could enable faster drug development at less cost, provide more personalized therapies Extension of molecular pathology research agreement planned NEW YORK & INDIANAPOLIS — Scientists at GE Global Research (NYSE: GE – News), and researchers at Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY – News) […]

Agilent Technologies Appoints Ambry Genetics as First Certified Service Provider for Agilent’s Target Enrichment System for Next-Gen Sequencing SANTA CLARA and ALISO VIEJO, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A – News) and Ambry Genetics today announced that Ambry is the first organization to achieve Certified Service Provider (CSP) status for Agilent’s SureSelect Target Enrichment […]

EMD Chemicals Expands Multi-Analyte Portfolio Via Collaboration with MitoSciences to Develop and Distribute Assays for Drug Toxicity and Mitochondrial Bioactivity GIBBSTOWN, N.J. — MD Chemicals Inc., a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading supplier of assays, reagents, and chemicals for the life science and drug discovery market, announced today a research and commercial […]

WAYNE, Pa. & LEEDS, England — Recognizing that robust statistical tools are essential for ensuring accurate results for increasingly advanced medical tests, Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and Analyse-it Software, Ltd. (Analyse-it®), are pleased to announce a new joint venture partnership to combine CLSI’s expertise in developing best practice standards and guidelines for the […]

SOUTH EASTON, Mass. — Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO – News) (“PBI” and the “Company”) today announced that scientists from the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Texas (“UNTHSC”) reported notable improvements in the yields of DNA from challenging forensic samples — such as human hair and bone samples — when the […]