Newtown, PA –– EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE:EPAM), a leading provider of product development and software engineering solutions known for its award-winning Central and Eastern European global delivery platform, announced that it has acquired GGA Software Services LLC, a US-based provider of scientific informatics services to global pharmaceutical, scientific instrumentation, medical device, scientific publishing and software, […]

NEW YORK, NY -– Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYE:ENZ) announced that it has been assigned U.S. Patent Office Patent No. 8,742,090, related to the construct of an artificial vector capable of greater efficiency, in general, in targeting specific cells in the application of gene therapy and gene transfer technology. The invention provides an alternative to the […]

Paris, France — AgileBio, an IT solutions specialist providing web-based software for life sciences, announces the release of a new add-on for LabCollector called Workflows Manager. This add-on is a visual workflow designer to create custom workflow templates for any laboratory job. LabCollector, hostable on laboratories servers, is well adapted to any kind of academic […]

BioData, producer of Labguru, the web-based research and lab management service, is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael G. Tomasic to its Board of Directors. Tomasic served as President and CEO of CambridgeSoft (www.cambridgesoft.com) for 20 years. Under his leadership, CambridgeSoft served over one million customers in the pharmaceutical, biotech and chemistry markets. He […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Affymetrix (Nasdaq: AFFX) and BioDiscovery, Inc. today announced the launch of a new analysis software, Nexus Copy Number for Affymetrix, which is specifically for data generated by Affymetrix’ genetic analysis platforms in cancer research, including CytoScan® Cytogenetics Suite and OncoScan® FFPE Assay Kit. “CytoScan Cytogenetics Suite and OncoScan FFPE Assay Kit are […]

Fayetteville, Ark. — Biodetection Instruments™ has been awarded a National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) Phase I grant to develop an automated cartridge assay for rapid detection of viable Cryptosporidium oocysts, or spores, in water. Cryptosporidium is a microscopic parasite and is one of the most frequent causes of waterborne disease […]

PerkinElmer Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, and Sofie Biosciences, a leader in the field of PET imaging, today announced an agreement in which PerkinElmer will exclusively commercialize and sell preclinical Positron Emission Tomography (PET) – X-Ray and 3-dimensional Computed Tomography (CT) imaging systems developed by, […]

LAFAYETTE, Colo. — New molecular biology kits unveiled today can help to shorten researchers’ time in the laboratory by simplifying nucleic acid purification, next-generation sequencing, epigenetic research and animal genotyping – all while providing higher yields and improved quality. “The Thermo Scientific Molecular Biology product portfolio represents a complete range of innovative, high-quality reagents, instruments […]

Hercules, CA — — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. today announced the launch of its SsoAdvanced™ PreAmp Supermix and PrimePCR™ PreAmp Assays. The supermix is formulated to permit unbiased, target-specific preamplification of cDNA or genomic DNA (gDNA), which allows researchers to stretch their limited nucleic acid samples. PrimePCR PreAmp assays are wet-lab validated preamplification primers that work […]

Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute announced today it is entering a new, $9 million phase of a multi-million, multi-institutional development project to produce a diagnostic test to measure rapidly an individual’s level of absorption of ionizing radiation in the event of an unplanned radiological or nuclear event. The project is part of a potential $31.2 […]