Roche NimbleGen and 454 Life Sciences are capturing the targeted resequencing market as researchers in laboratories worldwide adopt the NimbleGen Sequence Capture microarrays and the Genome Sequencer FLX System to speed sample preparation and subsequent sequencing for research on genetic-based diseases such as cancer and diabetes. Targeted resequencing allows scientists to capture only the regions […]

Labtronics licenses KnowledgeTree under “Powered by KnowledgeTree®” OEM program for use in Labtronics’ Nexxis SDMS™ San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 3, 2009 – KnowledgeTree, the leading provider of open source document management software (https://www.knowledgetree.com) for small to medium-sized organizations, today announced the licensing of its KnowledgeTree Document Management Software to Labtronics Inc., a world leader […]

Exploring Biotransformations and Entire Metabolic Pathways Improves Library Design and Compound Selection for Viable Drug Candidates SUNNYVALE, CA–Feb 3, 2009 — Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGS:SMMX – News) today announced that the latest release of the Symyx Metabolite database — the largest and most comprehensive collection of drug metabolism data in the world — is now […]

HERCULES, CA – January 29, 2009 – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announced today the University of Toronto selected the ProteOn™ XPR36 protein interaction array system to screen protein-specific affinity reagents, including antibodies and antibody fragments, as part of an […]

DxS Ltd, a personalized medicine company and leader in the provision of companion diagnostics, has granted DuPont Qualicon, a developer of innovative, science-based diagnostic products that can reduce the impact of pathogens and other unwelcome organisms in food and pharmaceuticals, a license to use its novel Scorpions® diagnostic platform to develop tests for use by […]

Genedata, a leading provider of in-silico solutions for pharmaceutical R&D and related life sciences, today announced a three-year license extension with Roche for the Refiner MS module of the Genedata Expressionist® biomarker discovery system. Refiner MS solves key requirements of large-scale proteomics and metabolomics facilities that need to efficiently process, analyze and store mass spectrometry […]

2 February 2009 – Sydney, Australia: Fluorotechnics Limited (ASX:FLS), a global leader in the supply of fluorescence and other protein detection technologies, is changing its trading name and product branding to gelcompany. gelcompany is the new trading name for selling our products from San Francisco-based The Gel Company, German-based Elektrophorese-Technik GmbH (ETC) and Australian-based Fluorotechnics. […]

EP1 System Delivers Enhanced Work Flow and Great Data Quality Monday, February 2, 2009; South San Francisco, CA; Cambridge, UK – Fluidigm Corporation today announced that the Cancer Research UK Centre for Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, based at Strangeways Research Laboratory in the United Kingdom, has purchased the company’s EP1 System to conduct cancer […]

Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL), a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Guava Technologies (Guava), a provider of easy-to-use, bench top cell analysis systems. The acquisition follows the distribution and co-development partnership the two companies announced in March […]

BioGenes GmbH, a specialist in sophisticated antibody development, has been chosen as a new partner of cNEUPRO. cNEUPRO is a EU funded research project to analyse neurodegenerative diseases and discover novel biomarkers, and so improve early and differential diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia. BioGenes will provide laboratory facilities and key personnel to develop specific monoclonal antibodies […]