WOBURN, Mass.–SRU Biosystems, a leader in label-free technologies, today announced that the Company has expanded its sales team with the addition of Senior Sales Executives Jane Clark and Rick Loomis to its North American division. Further, the Company announced the appointment of Steve Shamah, Ph.D., as its new Director of Cell Biology and member of […]

Guildford, UK, May 27, 2009 – IDBS, a leading provider of informatics solutions, today launch their ‘innovation through partnership’ programme. The scheme is an extension of IDBS’ existing partnering programme, designed for complementary technology organizations to work together and maximize the value of their research and data management systems. IDBS’ partnering projects will make the […]

MADISON, Wis.–Evotec recently completed its largest screening project with the use of Promega HaloTag® technology. Evotec reported screening over 250,000 unique compounds on live cells with an assay designed to detect the internalization of a novel membrane receptor. The results identified compounds that have potential to be first in class for the therapeutic area. After […]

Reno, Nevada (May 27, 2009) – Hamilton Robotics announced today a successful collaboration with Madison, Wisconsin-based Promega Corporation to automate the CellTiter-Glo luminescent cell viability assay on Hamilton’s MICROLAB® STAR liquid handling workstation. The two companies have developed an automated, tested and verified protocol for the fast and accurate dispensing of the Promega reagent in […]

VIENNA, AUSTRIA, May 26, 2009 – RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced it has received the first European order for its Sequence Enrichment Solution from ATLAS Biolabs GmbH of Berlin, Germany, a leading genomic services provider. In an announcement at the European Society of […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Affymetrix Inc., (Nasdaq:AFFX – News) announced today that Gary S. Guthart, Ph.D., President and Chief Operating Officer of Intuitive Surgical, has been elected to the company’s board of directors. “We are pleased to add Gary Guthart to the company’s board,” said Steve P.A. Fodor, Ph.D., founder and executive chairman of Affymetrix. “His track […]

BANGALORE, India–Cranes Software today announced that its subsidiary Systat Software, Inc., (SSI) has entered into an agreement with Rescentris, Inc. of Columbus, OH, to globally offer their joint product, SigmaCERF ™ – an Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) and knowledge management platform for life science research organizations. CERF, Collaborative Electronic Research Framework™, is a unique ELN […]

HEIDELBERG, Germany–Gene Bridges GmbH, the recombineering company, today announced that Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan has completed the amendment to expand the commercial license agreement existing since 2005 for the use of the Red/ET recombination technology from Gene Bridges. The Red/ET recombination technology, patented in Japan under the title “Novel DNA Cloning Method“, […]

New Hire Brings over 17 Years of Life Sciences Scientific Sales Experience to Cyntellect SAN DIEGO–Cyntellect, Inc., a privately-held life sciences company leading the development and commercialization of microplate-based cytometry systems, announced today that it has appointed Gareth Jones as its European Director of Sales and Operations responsible for the sale of company products to […]

PENZBERG, Germany–Roche Diagnostics today announced the launch of a new tuberculosis test for South Africa. Worldwide, South Africa is one of the countries with the highest prevalence of tuberculosis. The new kit detects different species of Mycobacterium from human sputum samples using the LightCycler® 2.0 Instrument. The diagnosis of tuberculosis in South Africa relies on […]