New Reagents from New England Biolabs Bring Purity and Increased Value to Sample Prep for Next Generation Sequencing IPSWICH, Mass. — New England Biolabs introduces NEBNext(TM), a series of highly pure reagents that facilitate sample preparation for downstream applications such as next generation sequencing and expression library construction. All reagents undergo stringent quality controls and […]

Psilos Group Leads Round to Fuel Growth of Proprietary Imaging System for Improved Detection of Breast Cance NORTHRIDGE, CA– Gamma Medica-Ideas, Inc. (“GMI”), a leading developer of digital molecular imaging systems, announced today that it had closed a $24 million financing, the company’s first institutional round, in order to support continued growth of the company’s […]

Definiens is Developing an Application Marketplace for Earth Sciences Professionals Munich, Germany / Parsippany, New Jersey – Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence® company, today announced a new strategic direction for its Earth Sciences division. Definiens is building upon the success of its object-based image analysis (OBIA) platform to simplify the development and distribution […]

StemCells, Inc. Announces Initiatives to Advance Cell-Based Technologies for Pharmaceutical Industry and Research Applications PALO ALTO, Calif.–StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ:STEM) today announced organizational initiatives focused on growing its specialty SC Proven® cell culture product business and advancing the development and commercialization of its central nervous system (CNS) cell-based assay platforms for use in drug screening and […]

New Features Optimize Information-Driven R&D Across Scientific Disciplines SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX – News) today announced the release of Symyx Notebook 6.3, a major version upgrade that significantly enhances the Symyx vision of an enterprise electronic lab notebook (ELN) to support many scientific disciplines. Previous versions of Symyx Notebook had focused on […]

Accredited Construct Specific PCR Test for Recently Detected Unapproved GM Flax/Linseed FP967/CDC Triffid Available Through Genetic ID AUGSBURG, Germany — Subsequent to the announcement of the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed on 8 September 2009, the German surveillance lab in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg has confirmed the detection of GM linseed/flax variety […]

Enters Into Agreements With Dr. Lu Daopei and Nanshan Memorial Medical Institute Limited – 2009 China-USA Scientific Forum of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine BEIJING & ALAMEDA, Calif.–BioTime, Inc. (OTCBB:BTIM) announced today that it will organize a new subsidiary, BioTime Asia, Limited, for the purpose of clinically developing and marketing therapeutic stem cell products in […]

Agilent Technologies, Life Technologies Co-Market Target-Enrichment System for Next-Generation Sequencing SANTA CLARA, Calif. & CARLSBAD, Calif — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) and Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:LIFE), today introduced the Agilent SureSelect Target Enrichment System, which is optimized for the SOLiD™ System, a next-generation advanced genomic analysis sequencing platform. As part of […]

Agilent Technologies Adds Human Exon Kit to Next-Generation-Sequencing Target Enrichment Portfolio Support of Paired-End Protocol Further Increases Sequencing Efficiency PROVIDENCE, R.I.–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) has chosen the Cambridge Health Institute’s Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis conference today to introduce its SureSelect Human All Exon Kit for target enrichment prior to next-generation DNA sequencing. This catalog kit extends […]

GenomeQuest, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of a free Basic Account to researchers in genomics moving to next generation sequencing (NGS). Providence, RI (Vocus) — GenomeQuest, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of a free Basic Account (https://www.genomequest.com/basic-registration.html) to researchers in genomics moving to next generation sequencing (NGS). The GenomeQuest 6.0Beta sequence data management […]