FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX) announced today that it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Cytopeia, a privately held Washington corporation based in Seattle that develops and markets advanced flow cytometry cell sorting instruments. Financial terms of this transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is not expected to […]

BUDAPEST, Hungary, May 12 — ChemAxon, a software solutions provider for cheminformatics, today announced the appointment of Alex Drijver as CEO. The arrival signals the companies increased focus on business development and market position. Ferenc Csizmadia, founder and former CEO, moves to Chairman and Head of Research and Development. The new R&D position formalises the […]

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., May 12, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — STARLIMS Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:LIMS), a leading provider of laboratory information management systems, or LIMS, today announced that it has established a new unit focused on providing strategic informatics consulting services to STARLIMS customers. STARLIMS has acquired the assets of Laboratory Expertise Center, Inc. (LEC), a U.S.-based consultancy […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. & MADISON, Wis.–Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN – News), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the private, non-profit patenting and licensing organization for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, announced today that they have signed a license for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) patents […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. & BELTSVILLE, Md.–In research demonstrating that RNA previously thought to have no biological relevance may be of use for therapeutic and diagnostic targets, Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN – News), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, and BioServe, the leading provider of clinically annotated tissue samples and provider of […]

SEATTLE, May 7 — Amnis Corporation and Gene Company, Ltd. announced today the completion of an agreement under which Gene Company will sell and service the Amnis ImageStream(R) system in China. Effective immediately, the scientific research communities in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou now have access to this important cell analysis technology. “We are […]

ST. LOUIS, May 7 — Sigma-Aldrich(TM) (Nasdaq: SIAL – News) and the second phase of The RNAi Consortium (TRC2) have commenced functional validation of the Consortium’s collection of approximately 160,000 previously-cloned lentiviral-based shRNA vector constructs. Currently, more than 5,000 clones have been tested in the functional validation process. Validated clones covering more than 700 genes […]

Arrangement Brings Integrated Fluidic Circuit Technology to Nordic Scientists Specializing in Real-Time PCR, Genotyping, Cancer Detection and Absolute Quantification SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & TOROED, Norway–Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits, has appointed AME Bioscience as its exclusive distributor for the BioMark™ Systems in the Nordic Region (Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, and Denmark). […]

Digilab Genomic Solutions(R) Has Entered Into Supply/Reseller Agreement with Applied Biosystems HOLLISTON, Mass. — Digilab Genomic Solutions(R) (DGS) today announced it has entered into a supply and reseller agreement with Applied Biosystems. According to the agreement, DGS will supply HydroShear(R), a DNA shearing device for library preparation, to Applied Biosystems. Applied Biosystems will offer the […]

Distributor’s Fourth Sale in Europe AMES, Iowa–BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: BFNH – News), a leader in systems integration at the micro- and nano-scales to create products for the life sciences, is pleased to announce that European distributor NanoAndMore GmbH has completed the sale of a Nano eNabler™ System at the Italian Institute of […]