Oberkochen (Germany) / Pleasanton (CA)– Today, the collaboration between Carl Zeiss Microscopy and Gatan, Inc. was officially announced. Carl Zeiss Microscopy is a leading supplier of light and electron microscopes. Gatan, Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of instrumentation and software for the enhancement of electron microscopes’ operation and performance. In this joint project, the […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. and GAITHERSBURG, Md. – Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) and OpGen, Inc., a commercial stage whole genome analysis company, today announced that they have signed a collaboration agreement to develop systems, technologies and applications intended to improve the management and surveillance of microbial outbreaks in the public health and infectious disease markets. “Life […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics (QCMG), home of Australia’s International Cancer Genomics Consortium program, has established Illumina technology as its core sequencing platform in an expanded facility. The QCMG will replace their fleet of SOLiD/5500 systems with three Illumina HiSeq 2500 systems. This new partnership began […]

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced today that it has reached a basic agreement with Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) to acquire all of the shares of its wholly owned subsidiary SII NanoTechnology Inc. (SII NanoTech). Once complete, this transfer of ownership will make SII NanoTech a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi High-Tech. Pending […]

SP Scientific, and Praxair Inc., headquartered in Danbury, CT, are pleased to announce the expansion of their collaborative relationship to commercialize Praxair’s ControLyo™ Nucleation on Demand Technology. The original agreement, signed in October 2010, gave SP Scientific the exclusive, global rights to commercialize the technology on Development Lyophilizers

Omaha, Neb.- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC/BB: TBIO) today announced it has entered into an agreement with Gene Logic, Inc., an Ocimum Biosolutions Company, to acquire its biorepository assets for $250,000 in cash. The biorepository contains thousands of human biological samples that can be used to validate diagnostic assays developed by Transgenomic. Transgenomic will use the samples […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has joined the Illumina Genome Network (IGN) to provide researchers with broader access to whole genome sequencing (WGS) services. IGN and CSHL will work in collaboration to bring together CSHL’s expertise in molecular biology and cancer genomics with Illumina’s industry-leading […]

RUSNANO’s Board of Directors has approved the company’s first exit from a previously-invested company. RUSNANO sells its 27.6 percent equity stake in Advanced Technologies Center, a leading producer of scanning probe microscopes and atomic scales. The sale to the project applicant, NPP CPT will generate IRR of 29.5 percent on RUSNANO’s investment. RUSNANO’s co-financing enabled […]

WILMINGTON, Del., and SEOUL, – Seegene Inc., (096530:KOSDAQ), a leading developer of multiplex molecular technologies and diagnostic tests, and DuPont Nutrition & Health, a leading provider of rapid, molecular diagnostic systems, have agreed to jointly develop new, highly multiplexed assays for the detection of foodborne pathogens. Combining novel technologies from Seegene with the powerful chemistry […]

BELLSHILL, SCOTLAND, – Link Technologies Ltd, an ISO 9001:2008 certified specialist oligonucleotide reagent manufacturer, has announced that it will partner with American International Chemical (AIC) to distribute Link-branded products in North America. AIC will offer a sub-set of Link’s specialist oligonucleotide reagents, focusing on the bulk market for oligonucleotide modifiers. The large-scale purchase of such […]