South San Francisco, Calif. (June 22, 2009) – Fluxion Biosciences introduces the BioFlux 1000 Workstation – a cell analysis system that integrates the company’s Well Plate Microfluidic™ technology with automated microscopy for high-throughput shear flow assays. BioFlux 1000 extends Fluxion’s line of systems for plate-based, live cell imaging that includes the BioFlux 200, introduced several […]

CARLSBAD, Calif.–Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the launch of a new sequencing-based genomics tool to advance the analysis of whole transcriptomes. The SOLiD™ Whole Transcriptome Analysis Kit is the latest addition to a leading suite of reagents, optimized for use with the SOLiD System. This new kit enables the […]

June 22, 2009 05:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time REDMOND, Wash.–Micronics, Inc. today announced that it has been issued a letters patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a system and method for performing rapid thermocycling on a microfluidic device. The new patent has broad utility across the life sciences sector with […]

Wetzlar, Germany. Live cell research and screening applications are mainly based on samples in an aqueous solution, so the use of water objectives is becoming more and more important. Water objec�tives allow aberration-free focusing into such samples. Unfortunately, water evaporates at room tem�perature, even more so at 37�C and therefore cannot be used for long-term […]

MENLO PARK, Calif., June 22 — ForteBio(R), Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, announced today that it has launched two next-generation instruments: the Octet RED384 for protein, peptide, small molecule and fragment screening; and the Octet QK384 for protein and antibody assays. The new instruments […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–Fluidigm Corporation today announced that Dr. Toshio Suda of Keio University’s 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, has selected the BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis to assist their research of mouse hematopoietic single stem cells. Keio University’s COE is using the unique microfluidic properties of the Fluidigm’s […]

MENLO PARK, Calif.— ForteBio®, Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, announced today that it has launched two next-generation instruments: the Octet RED384 for protein, peptide, small molecule and fragment screening; and the Octet QK384 for protein and antibody assays. The new instruments will début this […]

METTLER TOLEDO offers an affordable reaction block for solid phase peptide synthesis and purification of peptide libraries: MiniBlock. For a limited time, you can register to win a MiniBlock® for Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis (SPPS). Columbia, MD (PRWEB) June 21, 2009 — Peptide libraries are widely investigated and routinely screened for their drug-like properties. Synthesis […]

HAYWARD, CA–(June 18, 2009) – An important breakthrough in fungal toxin biology has been made possible through the use of Biolog’s Phenotype MicroArray technology. This major advance is described in two recent publications from a group at CSIRO in Queensland, Australia. The work by Donald Gardiner and his collaborators has recently been published in online […]

Hach Water Information Management Solution(tm) combines with GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms’ Water Solutions Pack 2008 to provide configurable solution for water system operations. Loveland, Colo. – June 18, 2009 – Hach Company announced that its Hach Water Information Management Solution(tm) (Hach WIMS(tm)) is able to link to GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms’ Water Solutions Pack 2008. […]