Introduces Sidekick(TM) Offline Biosensor Immobilization Station for All Octet(R) Instruments MENLO PARK, Calif. — ForteBio®, Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, today announced the launch of its new Dip and Read Residual Protein A Detection Kit for use on the company’s Octet platform. The new […]

Edinburgh – Lab901 today announced that it has shipped the first of its next-generation ScreenTape® systems for automated RNA QC to Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) in Oxford, UK. ScreenTape R6K is a next-generation platform for RNA QC that automatically delivers the ScreenTape Degradation Value (SDV), an objective quality metric for total RNA samples. Lab901’s ScreenTape […]

Validation of the SPRIworks Fragment Library System I for the Illumina Genome Analyzer – Automated Process Enhances Speed and Reproducibility BREA, Calif. – Beckman Coulter, Inc. today announced a collaboration with the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) on the validation of the SPRIworks Fragment Library System I for the Illumina* Genome Analyzer. The automated benchtop […]

Development and Validation Testing of Cattle SNP Panels – Fluidigm Format Flexibility Allows for Rapid Reconfiguration of Assays SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–Fluidigm Corporation today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has purchased a Fluidigm microfluidic-based EP1™ System to help develop and validate focused 96- and 384-SNP (single-nucleotide polymorphism) panels for […]

REDWOOD CITY and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Fluidigm Corporation today announced a new initiative to apply Fluidigm’s unique microfluidic tools to the analysis of tumor cell heterogeneity, including cancer stem cells. The collaboration will combine Fluidigm’s advanced microfluidic platforms with OncoMed’s proprietary cancer stem cell sorting technology to generate unique […]

Madison, WI – Platypus Technologies announces that it has been awarded a $2.2 Million federal contract with the Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center in Maryland (www.ecbc.army.mil). This 1-year funded project expands on the work performed by the Company under a contract with Edgewood that was completed earlier this year. It will enable the Company to […]

UVP, LLC announces the release of the upgraded BioDoc-It Imaging Systems to boost gel imaging capabilities. The BioDoc-It makes it easy for researchers to capture and save gel images with the compact, stand-alone system. The system is now available with a choice of scientific grade CCD cameras including new 1.3 megapixels camera for high resolution […]

Battelle Ventures General Partner Tracy Warren succeeds Erickson as board chair PHILADELPHIA–The board of directors of BioNanomatrix, Inc., a developer of breakthrough single-molecule genomic analysis technology, has elected Edward L. Erickson company president and chief executive officer. Erickson, who was executive chairman of the board, succeeds Michael Boyce-Jacino, who has stepped down as president and […]

Fluidigm Corporation has announced the release of its 48.48 Access Array™ integrated fluidic chip (IFC) for 454 FLX™ users active in Amplicon Tagging. This Access Array IFC automatically generates emPCR-ready libraries by simultaneously combining 48 samples and 48 primer sets to produce 48 uniquely-barcoded samples per chip for approximately $7 (U.S.) per sample. Fluidigm’s Access […]