Singapore,– Pall Filtration Pte Ltd, the Asia-Pacific headquarters of Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, will be collaborating with Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) School of Chemical & Life Sciences (SCL) to develop talent for the rapidly growing biologics sector within Singapore’s S$13 billion pharmaceutical industry. The three-year collaboration encompasses student […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif — Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) today announced that it has signed a contract with UK Biobank to genotype 500,000 DNA samples donated by UK residents as part of a prospective epidemiological study of complex diseases that are of great relevance to public health. Affymetrix’ Axiom® Genotyping Solution will be used to generate […]

Active Motif, a leading provider of kits and reagents for the study of epigenetic phenomena, today announced the acquisition of privately owned SwitchGear Genomics, Inc. Founded in 2006 by Stanford scientists Shelley Force Aldred, Nathan Trinklein and Richard Myers, SwitchGear Genomics is a leading provider of research products for studying regulatory elements in the human […]

St. Joseph, Mich.— LECO Corporation, a global leader in accurate mass technologies and GC/MS instrumentation, and AB SCIEX, a global leader in LC/MS technology, have announced a co-marketing agreement to cooperatively offer bundled liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC) mass spectrometry-based solutions to metabolomics researchers who require both types of separation capabilities. Metabolomics researchers […]

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., – Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification technologies, announced today that it has teamed with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia to drive advances in water treatment, alternative fuels, and other areas of critical importance to communities and businesses in […]

ÅS, Norway & SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Aqua Gen, a member of the Erich Wesjohann (EW) Group GmBH and Center for Integrative Genomics (CIGENE) at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) in collaboration with Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) announced today that they are the first to genotype more than 900,000 markers per sample from […]

REDWOOD CITY, CA and BOSTON, MA –- Ingenuity® Systems, a leading provider of biomedical information and genomics analysis solutions, and GeneInsight®, a wholly owned subsidiary of Partners HealthCare and a leading developer of software to support reporting for genetic testing laboratories, today announced that they will collaborate on an integrated workflow solution, encompassing the annotation, […]

AN DIEGO, — Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, announced at Pittcon 2013 a strategic partnership with U.S. Data Management (USDM), a global regulatory compliance and risk management consulting firm focused exclusively on the life sciences industry. The partnership between Accelrys and USDM helps life sciences organizations achieve […]

ST. LOUIS, MO –– Certara™, a leading provider of software and scientific consulting services to improve productivity and decision-making from drug discovery through clinical development, announced that Certara and ChemAxon have signed a partnership agreement. The partnership will focus on providing seamless access to ChemAxon’s MarvinSketch and JChem Cartridge for Oracle via Certara’s D360. D360 […]

Boston, MA — Today the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Sony DADC announced a collaboration that will harness Sony DADC’s global manufacturing expertise to further advance the Institute’s Organs-on-Chips technologies. Human Organs-on-Chips are composed of a clear, flexible polymer about the size of a computer memory stick, and contain hollow […]