The world’s first 3D biosensor surface for label-free biomolecular interaction analysis now offers surface chemistries for: carboxyl, streptavidin, benzaldehyde, NTA-Ni for His-tagged proteins, Protein A and Protein G for coupling antibodies San Diego, California — Silicon Kinetics, Inc., the pioneering life sciences tool company which introduced the world’s first 3D biosensor surface for label-free biomolecular […]

Fluidigm, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has joined with IntegraGen SA, one of France’s leading providers of genetic research testing services, to bring IFC technology to European researchers. IntegraGen will offer premium class services to its customers using the Fluidigm BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis and the Access Array™ sample preparation system for […]

Over $325,000 in Label-free Instrumentation Awarded Enabling Ground Breaking Research WOBURN, Mass.–SRU Biosystems, a leader in label-free technology, publicly announced today the recipients of its Label-free Instrument Research Grants. The company awarded BIND® label-free detection systems to three research groups located at the University of Hamburg-Eppendorf, the University of Cambridge and Purdue University. The recipients […]

SEATTLE–NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced that it has appointed William D. Young as Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors. “Bill’s unique experience in clinical diagnostics and biotechnology is an ideal combination for […]

Edinburgh — Lab901 announced at the Peptalk 2010 conference that its Protein ScreenTape® platform can deliver, for the first time, true, practical at-line monitoring of monoclonal antibody production. Before now, at-line monitoring of antibody production by SDS PAGE has been impractical with other existing platforms as the cost per test-point is too high or the […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia–Response Biomedical Corporation (TSX: RBM, OTCBB: RPBIF) announced that the Company has signed a second partner, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co., Ltd. (Wondfo) in China to sell the Company’s diagnostic products, expanding its strategic presence in this important global market. “In 2009, we recognized a significant portion of our revenues from sales in China. […]

Pressure BioSciences Inc. to Join University’s R&D Facility BOSTON — — The University of Massachusetts Boston today announced that South Easton-based Pressure BioSciences Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO), a developer of bench-top sample preparation instruments, has moved its research and development operations to the university’s Venture Development Center. PBIO develops and markets pressure cycling technology that enables safe, […]

The System Automates the Construction of DNA Libraries, Saving Time and Increasing Efficiency BREA, Calif. — The SPRIworks Fragment Library System I for the Illumina* Genome Analyzer, developed by Beckman Coulter Genomics, won the New Product Award (NPA) designation from the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) at their annual LabAutomation Conference and Exhibition earlier this […]

UVP, LLC offers a white paper defining the technique to count multiple color bacteria (Ref. Focal Points FP-149). The ColonyDoc-It Imaging Station captures brilliant color colony images. The software then differentiates between multiple colors when counting the colonies. The white paper describes the materials and methods used for differentiating between b-glucuronidase positive (blue) bacteria and […]

Approval a Significant Milestone Toward Close of Transaction TORONTO – MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS; NYSE: MDZ), a leading provider of products and services to the global life sciences markets, today announced that the Company has received provisional anti-trust approval from the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the proposed sale of MDS Analytical Technologies […]