WOBURN, Mass. – Avantra® Biosciences, a leading innovator in protein diagnostics, announces a Rapid Assay Prototyping Service. Avantra’s new service allows researchers to cost effectively accelerate their research efforts using custom designed biomarker assays developed on Avantra’s proven QPDx™ BioChip platform. The QPDx™ platform offers users rapid, easy-to-use, quantitative multiplex protein assays using catalog or […]

SANTA ANA, Calif. – AquaStar Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: RPPR) is pleased to announce that the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SUTIMCo, Inc., has retained the services of Mr. Ed Ellsworth as Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Ellsworth will assist with the development and positioning of the numerous University conceived technologies that SUTIMCo manages. Mr. Ellsworth, […]

FREDERICK, Md. – Akonni Biosystems, Inc., today announced that it has appointed Jan Smilek as its Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Akonni, founded in 2003, is developing and commercializing novel nucleic acid extraction and microarray-based testing systems designed to rapidly and economically analyze biological samples. These systems will be used in clinical laboratory and research […]

ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. – The CESI 8000 High-Performance Separation-ESI Module with OptiMS Technology from Beckman Coulter, Inc. consists of the first commercial CESI sprayer combined with new capillary electrophoresis instrumentation specifically designed for mass spectrometry (MS). This gives researchers a robust, high-sensitivity interface of capillary electrophoresis (CE) with MS, while providing a broad range of […]

SAN DIEGO – Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced it and its subsidiary Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine® (Sequenom CMM) have secured a $30.0 million financing commitment from Silicon Valley Bank’s San Diego-based team. Sequenom will use proceeds from the facility to support the development and […]

San Diego, CA – Silicon Kinetics Inc., the innovative proteomics tool company which introduced the world’s first 3D biosensor surface for label-free biomolecular interaction analysis, announced that Dr. John Ervin has been appointed President. Dr. Ervin previously served as Director of R&D and Engineering for the Company. “John will lead the commercial as well as […]

TUCSON, Ariz. – BioVigilant Systems, Inc., (www.biovigilant.com), inventors of Instantaneous Microbial Detection™, today announced the introduction of its next-generation IMD-A®family of rapid biologic detection systems for real-time environmental air monitoring in pharmaceutical manufacturing environments. BioVigilant’s IMD-A 300 and IMD-A 350 systems can detect immediately the presence of bacteria in the drug manufacturing process, in contrast […]

HOPKINTON, Mass. – Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, hosted its 2011 annual Customers Owners Group (COG 2011) meeting on May 17 and 18 at its Hopkinton headquarters. This thought-leadership conference brought together leaders in research, drug discovery, and diagnostics to […]

AUSTIN, Texas – Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), today announced it has signed a global sales and distribution agreement with Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) for its award-winning MAGPIX multiplexing instrument for analysis of proteins for research use. Launched in July 2010, MAGPIX is a compact multiplex analyzer that can quickly, accurately and reproducibly detect 50 […]

Washington, D.C. – Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today that its previously announced tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) for $83.50 per share in cash (“the Offer”) has been extended and will now expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Friday, June 24, 2011, unless […]