SEATTLE–Rosetta Biosoftware, a global leader in life sciences informatics solutions, today announced the availability of the Elucidator system version 3.2, with major enhancements for support of SILAC and 14N/15N labeling and phosphoproteomics. The expanded suite of features empowers scientists with new workflows for biomarker discovery, verification and validation in basic and translational research. The Elucidator […]

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3 — Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) and SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), a leading producer of single-wall carbon nanotubes, announced today that they have signed an agreement under which Sigma-Aldrich will distribute SWeNT’s single-wall carbon nanotubes to the research and development community. Under the terms of the agreement, Sigma-Aldrich will exclusively distribute research quantities […]

ETS Laboratories announces the exclusive licensing of DxS Scorpions™ technology to test for contaminant microorganisms that reduce yields in biofuel fermentations. Process optimization and targeted control of contaminant microbes can increase profitability. St. Helena, Napa CA (PRWEB) December 3, 2008 — ETS has had the exclusive license to use this technology in the wine industry […]

Westburg BV to Distribute BioFlux Line of Live Cell Imaging Products San Francisco, Calif. (December 2, 2008) – Fluxion Biosciences announced today an exclusive distribution agreement with The Netherlands-based Westburg BV. Westburg BV will handle sales and service of Fluxion’s BioFlux research tools for live cell image analysis in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Finland, […]

PENZBERG, Germany–Following the launch of the xCELLigence RTCA SP Instrument in June, Roche Applied Science has introduced the new xCELLigence RTCA MP Instrument. In comparison with the RTCA SP, the new RTCA MP Instrument has a higher throughput capacity and it is more versatile which enables application on a wider range of experimental set-ups. The […]

Expands Compound Registration Options, Integrates Chemical and Biological Data SANTA CLARA, CA–Dec 2, 2008 — Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGS:SMMX – News) today announced the availability of Symyx Registration 1.5. This major new release offers R&D organizations of all sizes a flexible, fully featured, Isentris-based approach to building and managing consistent, searchable, and shareable corporate compound […]

InforSense Ltd., the leading provider of next generation business and scientific intelligence tools, today announced that the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust (SLaM) and Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London will use InforSense’s translational research tools […]

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Dec. 2 — GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today that Burnham has become a certified GeneGo Center of Excellence. Burnham researchers will have institution-wide access to GeneGo’s MetaCore data analysis suite, training and advanced support. The Burnham institute is a world-class biomedical research facility running multiple OMICs experimental […]

Fluidigm Corporation today announced that it has secured co-exclusive licenses to Stanford University inventions that detect fetal genetic characteristics in maternal plasma, including the use of a combination of digital PCR* and high-throughput sequencing. These licenses specifically cover a technique announced by a group of Stanford researchers several months ago that counted chromosomes by finding […]

Affymetrix Inc., (Nasdaq:AFFX) announced today that scientists at Cancer Research UK have used Affymetrix technology to discover the molecular basis for tamoxifen response in breast cancer cells – and the reason why some women can develop resistance to the treatment. Their findings are published in Nature1. Tamoxifen is given to most women for five years […]