Labtech International Ltd to Distribute BioFlux Line of Live Cell Imaging Products San Francisco, Calif. (November 3, 2008) – Fluxion Biosciences announced today an exclusive distribution agreement with East Sussex, UK-based Labtech International Ltd. Labtech will handle sales and service in the UK, Ireland and France of Fluxion’s BioFlux research tools for live cell image […]

The MathWorks today announced its lead sponsorship of the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) 2008 student competition, held annually by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This year the competition brought together 84 undergraduate teams representing more than 1,000 students from 21 countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. to design and assemble […]

ToxinSensor TM Chromogenic LAL Endotoxin Kit and Gel Clot Endotoxin Kit are launched. PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 03, 2008 – PISCATAWAY, N.J., – International contract research outsourcing company GenScript Corporation has added more endotoxin assay kits to its line of quantitative and qualitative detection products. These endotoxin kits include GenScript’s ToxinSensor™ Chromogenic LAL Endotoxin […]

Tripos International, the leading provider of drug discovery informatics products and services, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Pharsight Corporation, a leader in software, strategic and regulatory services designed to optimize clinical drug development. The transaction, valued at approximately $57 million, moves Pharsight into the Tripos portfolio. In making the announcement, Tripos’ […]

Sydney, Australia, 30 October 2008 – Fluorotechnics Limited (ASX:FLS) which produces and sells fluoresences and stains to world markets has listed on the Australian Securities Exchange today at $1.05 per share, a 5 per cent premium to its $1 issue price. The rapid run-up gave Fluorotechnics an opening market capitalisation of nearly $25 million after […]

Guildford, UK, 30 October 2008 – Global informatics provider IDBS today announced that BioFocus DPI (Cambridge, UK) has selected BioBook to handle all of its ADME data management needs. BioFocus DPI is the service division of Galapagos (Euronext: GLPG) and offers clients a comprehensive suite of target-to-drug discovery products and services. BioFocus DPI required an […]

SAN DIEGO–Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL – News), a leading provider of scientific business intelligence software and services, today announced that it has entered into a re-seller agreement with CADFEM, an engineering solutions provider for computer aided engineering based in Germany, to deliver modeling and simulation software solutions to CADFEM customers in Europe. Under the terms […]

The xCELLigence Real-Time Cell Analyzer (RTCA) System from Roche Applied Science utilizes impedance read-out to noninvasively quantify cellular status in real-time. Several cell-based applications have been developed for the xCELLigence System so far. Among them are cellular quality control, cell proliferation or cytotoxicity. In a recent study (1) the xCELLigence System was used to evaluate […]

Tripos’ Widely Installed Discovery Research Software, SYBYL, is Now Available to an Even Broader Spectrum of Molecular Modeling Scientists Globally ST. LOUIS–Tripos International, leading provider of drug discovery informatics products and services, today announced the release of its popular SYBYL software for Mac OS X Leopard. SYBYL, a suite of computational chemistry and molecular modeling […]

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 30 — Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) today introduced its Imprint(TM) Methylated DNA Quantification Kit (MDQ1) for epigenetic research https://www.sigma-aldrich.com/mdq1. The Methylated DNA Quantification Kit employs a familiar ELISA-like procedure, with no radioactivity or chromatography, to measure global methylation in less than four hours. The kits are effective with a DNA input as low […]