SAN DIEGO, — Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, today announced that it has acquired Aegis Analytical Corp. (Aegis) for $30 million in cash, expanding Accelrys’ portfolio with enterprise manufacturing process intelligence capabilities that provide organizations with unmatched insights into their product lifecycle processes. The addition of Aegis’ […]

ASTORG Partners and AREVA announced today that they entered into exclusive negotiations to finalize the acquisition of CANBERRA, the radiation measurement unit of AREVA. This transaction is part of AREVA’s “Action 2016” strategic action plan set out by AREVA in December 2011. Negotiations are in progress, and consultation procedures with the respective works’ councils are […]

Shenzhen, China – BGI-Shenzhen (“BGI”) announced today that it, through its wholly- owned subsidiary Beta Acquisition Corporation, has extended its all cash tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Complete Genomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNOM) (“Complete”) to 12:00 midnight (New York City time) on Wednesday, November 21, 2012. The Offer […]

AREVA and the French private equity manager Astorg Partners entered today into exclusive negotiations to finalize the project for the sale of Canberra, its nuclear measurements subsidiary. This operation is part of the “Action 2016” strategic action plan set out by AREVA in December 2011, which envisages the sale of assets with a view to […]

The University of Texas System Board of Regents today allocated $7.5 million from the Permanent University Fund toward the formation of the Institute for Research Technologies at UT Arlington, a $25.2 million endeavor that will transform research capabilities and STEM education throughout the UT System and Texas. The Institute is a collaboration of The University […]

Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, today announced that Takara Bio Inc. will take over the distribution of miRCURY LNA™ products in Asia. Takara Bio Inc. will market Exiqon’s life sciences products in Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and India. Takara Bio Inc. is a leading […]

Cambridge and London, UK, : Horizon Discovery (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has established a Center of Excellence (CoE) for gene editing with Washington University in St Louis and the BRIGHT Institute. One of the leading genome sequencing facilities in the world, Washington […]

Boston — The Broad Institute has selected St. Louis-based Appistry, Inc., to distribute to users at for-profit companies the world’s most widely used software for data processing and variant calling of next-generation sequencing data, the Genome Analysis Toolkit or GATK, and to provide those users with commercial-grade customer support. First developed and introduced by the […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the world leader in serving science, and Immundiagnostik AG today announced a collaboration to develop novel mass spectrometry-based assays for qualitative and quantitative analysis of proteins and peptides. The goal is development of commercial assays to be widely applicable in research and routine clinical analysis. The collaboration […]

Cyprotex PLC (AIM:CRX), the preclinical ADME-Tox services company, today announces a new licensing agreement with Sigma® Life Science (“Sigma”), the innovative biological products and services business of Sigma Aldrich® Corporation (NASDAQ:SIAL). Sigma Life Science has applied its exclusive CompoZr® Zinc Finger Nuclease technology to the ADME-Tox field to create a range of proprietary cell-based assays […]