New Twelve-Sample BeadChip Offers Scientists a Targeted Tool for Molecular Cytogenetic Research SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN – News) today unveiled a new product for Molecular Cytogeneticists: the Infinium® High-Density (HD) HumanCytoSNP-12 DNA Analysis BeadChip. The HumanCytoSNP-12 BeadChip contains nearly 300,000 genetic markers per sample that target all known cytogenetic abnormalities found in genes and disease […]

New functionalities facilitate data sharing and enhance interpretation capabilities Odense, Denmark, 6. November 2008. Proxeon today announced the release of ProteinCenter 2.0, the company’s unique data interpretation tool that converts complex proteomics datasets into biological sense within minutes – a task that can take months to finalize using conventional solutions. Recognizing that proteomics data is […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 5 — Assay Designs, Inc., a leading provider of immunoassay kits, antibodies, and reagents to the life science and translational research markets, has announced a strategic agreement with Abnova Corporation of Taiwan. The agreement enables Assay Designs to distribute approximately 3,200 of Abnova’s highly characterized monoclonal antibodies to their U.S. and […]

Roche NimbleGen has expanded its growing line of tools for analyzing the epigenome and genome-wide transcriptional regulation mechanisms by launching HD2 (2.1 million probes) arrays and services for chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP-chip). NimbleGen ChIP-chip HD2 arrays now provide more than a 5-fold increase in probe density per array, which allows for increasing the coverage of key […]

LEXINGTON, Mass., Nov 05, 2008 — RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced that it has shipped its new RDT 1000 instrument and Sequence Enrichment application to The Genome Center (GC) at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, a world leader in […]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has entered into a collaboration with Genentech, Inc. to develop novel small-interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutic technologies for indications of interest to Genentech. Under the collaboration agreement, Thermo Fisher Scientific will provide Genentech with siRNA design, stabilization, delivery and related RNA interference (RNAi) technologies from its […]

PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, a global leader in life science research, drug discovery and cellular science, today announced the appointment of Martina Bielefeld-Sevigny, Ph.D., as vice president and general manager, drug discovery and research reagents. In this role, she will be responsible for driving expansion of the reagents portfolio for its Bio-discovery business. Bielefeld-Sevigny, […]

Roche NimbleGen in cooperation with the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas has launched an improved version of their Sequence Capture 385K Arrays, the groundbreaking technology for enriching targeted genomic regions for high-throughput sequencing. The new and improved microarrays allow researchers to perform their own capture experiment and perform […]

London, UK, 4 November 2008 – Smiths Detection today announces that it is developing a rapid diagnostic system, initially for use in hospital screening programmes for infectious diseases such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile. The Bio-Seeq system will provide easy-to-use tests suitable for either a laboratory or Point of Care setting where it can be […]

Antibody Modeler and Antibody Structure Database. Protein Sidechain Database for homology modeling, rotamer exploration and mutation. SAReport for web-based scaffold detection and SAR analysis. Molecule Fragment Generator and 800,000 compound 3D Scaffold Database. 3D Ligand Generator (BREED) with receptor scoring. Ray Tracer interface and Movie Maker for publication quality graphics. “We are very excited about […]