Clinical Trial to Evaluate Troponin Complexes as Indicators for Myocardial Infarction will use Axela dotLab® Technology TORONTO–Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have entered into an agreement with Axela Inc. to use dotLab® technology in a clinical trial that evaluates circulating cardiac Troponin complexes (cTn) directly in patient samples. Dr. Jennifer Van […]

MIDDLETON, Wis.–SonoPlot Inc. today announced that it has appointed International Servo Data Corporation (ISD), Tokyo, Japan, as distributor for the company’s GIX MicroplotterTM fluid-dispensing instruments. This appointment expands SonoPlot’s commercial presence to the rapidly-growing Japanese market, complementing its direct sales presence in North America and Europe. SonoPlot’s GIX Microplotter instruments use innovative controlled ultrasonics to […]

febit’s HybSelect(TM) Technology Evaluated to Enable Targeting and Increase Speed for Next-Generation-Sequencing LEXINGTON, Mass. and HEIDELBERG, Germany, Aug. 14 — febit and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced the formation of a collaboration in which TGen will evaluate Next-Generation-Sequencing equipment in conjunction with febit’s proprietary Geniom(R) Microarray Technology. febit’s HybSelect(TM) Technology enables selective […]

On April 3rd, three months before worldwide launch, Roche Applied Science sold the first xCELLigence System at the Analytica 2008 trade in Munich. In July the system has been installed at AgenoLab GmbH & Co. KG in Stuttgart (Germany), a supplier of contract biotechnology and life science laboratory services. AgenoLab is the first company worldwide […]

PENZBERG, Germany–On April 3rd, three months before worldwide launch, Roche Applied Science sold the first xCELLigence System at the Analytica 2008 trade in Munich. In July the system has been installed at AgenoLab GmbH & Co. KG in Stuttgart (Germany), a supplier of contract biotechnology and life science laboratory services. AgenoLab is the first company […]

Enabling Live Cell Imaging at the Sub 100 nm Range MADISON, WISCONSIN (August 13, 2008) Promega Corporation announced that it has signed an agreement with Leica Microsystems to enable fluorescent imaging of proteins in live cells. Under the terms of the agreement, Promega will develop fluorescent ligands for its HaloTag fusion proteins, that will be […]

Customers and Partners Enthusiastically Embrace Next Gen Data Analysis Capabilities SEATTLE–Geospiza, Inc. today announced the release of FinchLab Version 3.2, the new version of the company’s acclaimed genetic analysis workflow and data management system. This new version of FinchLab provides powerful new analytic capabilities, including secondary analysis for Next Generation Sequencing. FinchLab provides the only […]

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories Cambridge Isotope Laboratories (CIL), the world’s leader in the manufacturing of stable isotope labeled research chemicals has entered into a distributor agreement with CellFree Sciences Co., Ltd. (CFS) for the distribution of CFS’s WEPRO Expression Kits and reagents for cell-free protein production for NMR and Mass Spectrometry applications in North America and […]

Three International Studies Use Affymetrix SNP Arrays to Discover Copy Number Variations Linked to Mental Disorder SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX – News) announced today that researchers around the world have used the Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP Arrays 5.0 and 6.0 to uncover important links between copy number variations (CNVs) and schizophrenia. Researchers from the […]

Operating Costs to Be Reduced by 20% Annually; BioForce Receives Equity Interest in Aspera; Potential for Licensing Income to BioForce AMES, IA–Aug 12, 2008 — BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB:BFNH.OB – News), a producer of integrated biological and mechanical systems for life science researchers at the micro and nano scales, today announced the completion […]