COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, University of Maryland, their Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today opened the International Food Safety Training Laboratory, a groundbreaking public-private partnership that applies government, university and private industry expertise and resources to the global food safety challenge. […]

UPPSALA, Sweden – Swedish life science initiative Uppsala BIO has formed a strategic partnering agreement with Roche, the world leading pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company, for Uppsala BIO’s open innovation program, BIO-X. The cooperation agreement links Uppsala BIO and BIO-X to Roche’s global innovation network on at least a three-year term, and will offer projects selected […]

Chennai, Tamil Nadu – Parthys Reverse Informatics, one of India’s fast growing information research organizations, announced a research collaboration with neuroscience researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine, a premier American university with a strong interdisciplinary research culture, to create an informatics solution for the neuroscience community. The collaboration aims to seamlessly integrate various neuroscience […]

Wetzlar, Germany. To successfully document live cells and rapidly fading fluorescence specimens, a camera technology particularly designed for the purpose is indispensable. The new Leica DFC365 FX digital microscope camera from Leica Microsystems combines exceptional image quality with very high temporal resolution for rapid time-lapse recordings. The Leica DFC365 FX is setting new standards in […]

Nepa Gene CO., LTD., an innovator of electropration devices and Bulldog Bio Inc., a specialty Life Science distributor, have signed an agreement to establish Bulldog Bio as the sole distributor of the new NEPA21 Electro-kinetic Transfection System to laboratories in the US and Canada. Capable of using off-the-shelf electroporation cuvettes, this device can boost efficiency […]

TEL AVIV – BioData Ltd. announced today that it has acquired all the assets of LabLife Software Inc., furthering its strategy to become the leading research and lab management software and service provider. The acquisition follows an investment in BioData by Digital Science in December 2010. Digital Science is a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, […]

Abcam plc, is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to acquire Ascent Scientific Ltd, a specialist provider of biochemical reagents. The acquisition extends Abcam’s product portfolio into small molecules and is in line with the Company’s vision of becoming the world’s leading supplier of protein research tools. Ascent Scientific has a diverse […]

Ann Arbor, MI – 3D Biomatrix, a leader in the development of three-dimensional (3D) cell culture products, has signed distribution agreements with five prominent life science research product distributors in the US, Europe, and Asia, to market and sell the company’s Perfecta3D(TM) Hanging Drop Plates. The Hanging Drop Plates are designed to simplify and streamline […]

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. & SHENZHEN, China–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and BGI, the world’s largest genomics center, announced today that they have established a collaboration to focus on the discovery and development of biomarkers and genomic technologies. Under the agreement scientists from Merck and BGI will […]

BILLERICA, Mass.–Bruker Corporation today announced the signing of a purchase agreement to acquire Center for Tribology, Inc. (CETR) for an undisclosed amount. CETR, a privately held corporation located in Silicon Valley in Campbell, CA, is projected to have calendar year 2011 revenue greater than $10 million and EBITDA greater than $2 million. The transaction is […]