Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX) today announced it is realigning and restructuring its business operations to drive performance, improve operating efficiency and increase positive cash flow in 2009. Specific steps include: — Combining Symyx Tools and Symyx Research to create Symyx High Productivity Research (HPR). Richard Boehner, President of Symyx Research, will serve as President […]

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 […]

METTLER TOLEDO and Porter Lee Corporation announce an integrated solution that will improve workflow and the transfer of weight data in crime and forensics laboratories. LabX Balance Software combined with BEAST, a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and Evidence Management System (EMS), creates a unique solution that provides crime and forensic lab analysts the means […]