Portland, ME (June 13, 2008) – Instrument developer IonSense, Inc. of Saugus, MA and software provider BioAnalyte, Inc. of Portland, ME have released the first software program designed specifically to enable rapid conversion of large volumes of mass spectrometer data to a visual format for easy interpretation. Demand for the program comes from users of […]

New Orleans, Louisiana. Rounding out GE Healthcare’s presence is an Innovation Center that will showcase future generation imaging technologies. “SNM 2008 is a great opportunity to show GE’s complete package of molecular imaging innovations,” said Gene Saragnese, vice president of GE Healthcare’s molecular imaging and CT business. “From imaging agents to future imaging technologies, GE […]

–More than 250,000 Successful DNA Extractions Have Already Been Achieved By Combining the Innovative Products of Both Companies– SOLANA BEACH, Calif. & ALBANY, New Zealand–ZyGEM Corp Ltd., a provider of novel enabling enzymatic tools for life sciences applications, today announced a non-exclusive agreement with Zee Tags, Ltd., a global leader in the provision of livestock […]

Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ: IVGN) and Applera Corporation today announced that their Boards of Directors have approved a definitive merger agreement, under which Invitrogen will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Applera’s Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE: ABI) in a cash and stock transaction valued at $6.7 billion. This strategic combination will create a global leader […]

BILLERICA, Mass.–Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL), a life science leader that provides technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today announced that Jon DiVincenzo has been appointed to succeed Dominique Baly as the President of its Bioscience Division. Mr. DiVincenzo, currently the Vice President, Global Sales and Service, for Millipore’s Bioscience Division, will assume […]

FLORHAM PARK, N.J.–Whatman, part of GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE – News), and VigeneTech, today announced the launch of custom software to analyze Whatman FAST Quant® samples. The customized OEM software from VigeneTech provides high quality image quantification and enhances the automation for Whatman FAST Quant® protein array image and data […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A – News) today introduced the latest version of its popular Agilent DNA Microarray Scanner, employing SureScan High Resolution Technology to deliver high resolution and rapid scan times for current and next-generation microarrays. The new scanner is designed to deliver higher quality data from current 65-micron-feature microarrays and to […]

Roche NimbleGen Inc., a company of Roche Applied Science, announced today that it has formed a strategic alliance with BioDiscovery, Inc. to offer complete solutions to comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) microarray customers. The new high-density 2.1 million probe (HD2) arrays of Roche NimbleGen combined with industry-leading proprietary software, Nexus Copy Number, of BioDiscovery bring unprecedented […]

LINCOLN, Neb., June 11 — The new Pearl(TM) In Vivo Imaging System for small animal and whole organ imaging offers superior near-infrared (NIR) results in less than 30 seconds. The Pearl Imager is optimized for use with LI-COR IRDye(R) Infrared Dyes, the proven performers for NIR imaging at 700 and 800nm. “Properly exposed, multi-color images […]

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 11 — Cellectricon, a leading provider of screening solutions for drug discovery, today announced a new collaborative agreement with AstraZeneca. Under the agreement Cellectricon will provide AstraZeneca with two of its new groundbreaking high throughput platform, Dynaflow(R)HT, for ion channel screening. Cellectricon and AstraZeneca formed and announced a collaboration in May 2006 […]