Thermo Scientific Nautilus LIMS™ Recognized for Driving Better Business Decisions at AstraZeneca PHILADELPHIA — (July 8, 2008) — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced that it is the winner of a Microsoft Corporation 2008 Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Innovation Award in the Discovery and Product Innovation category. The award honors […]

PENZBERG, Germany–We are pleased to announce the launch of the xCELLigence System, a cell-based assay system that represents the perfect integration of micro electronics and cell biology. xCELLigence is Roche Applied Science’s new cell analyzer system — – originally invented by US-based ACEA Biosciences, and co-developed by Roche and ACEA. The xCELLigence system will be […]

UPPSALA, SWEDEN, 7 July 2008 – Olink AB, a Swedish biotechnology company, has recently founded the instrument company Q-linea AB together with scientists at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Holding AB. Q-linea will develop a new, rapid, and sensitive detection instrument for analysis of, e.g., biological warfare agents. The main customer is currently the Swedish […]

Led by Medical Scientific Advisory Board of Leading Scientists and Physicians Institute Will Focus on Expanding Uses of Cord Blood Stem Cells WALTHAM, Mass.–PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced the creation of the ViaCord Research Institute™ (VRI™) aimed at investigating new potential future uses of umbilical cord blood-derived stem […]

Aarhus Denmark – Jul 3, 2008 (PRN): Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has signed a global site license agreement for CLC bio’s Next Generation Sequencing solution, CLC Genomics Workbench. The site license covers all researchers at all BGI sites, both inside and outside of China. Head of Bioinformatics Division at BGI, Ruiqiang Li states, ’We have […]

GE Healthcare has introduced a new protein labeling trial kit for 2-D Fluorescence Difference Gel Electrophoresis (2-D DIGE), offering a quick, easy and low-cost opportunity for scientists new to 2-D DIGE to test the system. The DIGE Trial Pack contains 2 nmol each of the three CyDye™ DIGE Fluor minimal dyes Cy™2, Cy3 and Cy5, […]

VICTORIA, BC Canada/EWORLDWIRE/July 2, 2008 — GenoLogics, the leader in translational research informatics solutions for life sciences, today announced that The University of Texas, Health Sciences Center – Houston (UTHSC-H) has selected GenoLogics to provide an informatics solution to support its clinical and translational research initiative. The University of Texas Health Sciences Center – Houston […]

Genomatix Genome Analyzer released Munich, Germany and Ann Arbor, MI – July 2, 2008 – Genomatix Software, a company with an outstanding track record in the analysis of genomic data generated by high throughput technologies, announced availability of the Genomatix Genome Analyzer today. The Genomatix Genome Analyzer (GGA) is the first integrated hardware/software solution for […]

Software Automates Identification of Microbial, Viral and Other Infectious Organisms on the MassARRAY System SAN DIEGO–Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM – News), a leading provider of genetic analysis solutions, today announced the launch of the iSEQ™ application software, a MassARRAY® comparative sequence analysis application for automated, high-throughput identification and typing of microbes and viruses, as well […]

ADMET Predictor(TM) 3.0 Employs New Technology for Molecular Descriptors, All New Predictive Models LANCASTER, Calif.–Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP – News), a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, announced that it has released Version 3.0 of its best-in-class ADMET Predictor software for predicting properties of molecules from only their structures. […]