SHANGHAI–Roche Applied Science today announced the opening of the new Application Support Center (ASC) in Shanghai, China. Staffed with experts skilled in applying a broad range of technologies to a diverse range of life science research topics, the center will serve researchers across Asia Pacific in their daily work with technical advice. Customers will be […]

QIAamp kit sets new standard for the extraction of free circulating DNA and RNA fragments in human blood Venlo, The Netherlands, May 25, 2009 — QIAGEN today announced the launch of a novel product for extraction of free circulating fragments of tumor- and fetal-derived nucleic acids as well as viral nucleic acids in human blood. […]

Omaha, Neb., May 22, 2009 – Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC BB: TBIO.OB) announces that it has appointed Antonius P. Schuh, Ph.D. and Michael B. McNulty to its Board of Directors. Dr. Schuh is the Founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (STI). STI is a seed-stage biotechnology company built on a proprietary antibody […]

One Pharmaceutical Acquisition Declined, Others Under Investigation LANCASTER, Calif.–Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP), a leading provider of simulation and modeling software to the pharmaceutical industry, has announced that one of its acquisition opportunities is no longer under consideration, while two new opportunities have appeared and are under investigation. Walt Woltosz, chairman and chief executive officer of […]

Milligram quantities of highly purified Phospho-specific polyclonal antibodies are available from AMSBIO (www.amsbio.com) custom designed for optimal recognition of specific phosphorylation sites on the protein of interest to research scientists. Phosphorylation events are integral to cellular regulation functions including activation of enzymes and receptors, cellular transcription, signal transduction and cell signaling networks. Custom phospho-specific antibody […]

ScienceDaily (May 21, 2009) — The widely-used Affymetrix Whole-Transcript Gene 1.0 ST (sense target) microarray platform, normally used to assay gene expression, can also be utilized to interrogate exon-specific splicing. New research shows scientists how to monitor alternative splicing activity on a genome-wide scale, without investing in new exon microarray technologies. Alternative splicing produces a […]

Industry Thought Leaders Edit Two Reference Books Essential for Advancing Regenerative Medicine CARLSBAD, Calif.–Invitrogen, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced that four of its scientists whose work is focused in stem cell research are editors of two recently published books that capture many of the latest findings in this field and provide […]

MADISON, Wis.–The just released Promega GloMax®-Multi+ Detection System provides cross functionality with its ability to work in fluorescence, luminescence and absorbance read modes. With the GloMax-Multi+, scientists can easily multiplex their experiments and read luminescent and fluorescent cell-based assay data from the same microplate well. The benefits to scientists, in addition to multiplexing, include quality […]

Oxford, UK, May 21, 2009 – Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), the pioneer of microarraybased technologies, has successfully completed processing more than 20,000 samples that have been generated by the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC), the world’s largest CNV study involving a collaboration of 24 leading human geneticists. The project analysed DNA samples from patients […]

Guildford, UK, May 20, 2009 – IDBS, the global provider of research informatics solutions, is proud to announce that Vernalis (Cambridge UKLSE:VER), has purchased E-WorkBook Suite for chemistry (ChemBook) as its corporate chemistry data management solution. Vernalis sought an application that would provide its scientists with state-of-the-art chemistry technologies, as well as offering rapid and […]