SANTA CLARA, Calif. & TUCSON, Ariz.–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced an agreement with Dr. Shane Snyder – an internationally recognized authority on water contamination from the University of Arizona’s Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering – and the university’s BIO5 Institute to work together to develop ways to detect emerging contaminants in water. Emerging […]

WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP), a Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based leader in imaging and detection solutions for life sciences research, diagnostics and environmental […]

Eagle Genomics, a leading open-source bioinformatics service provider, is carrying out the research in collaboration with The University of Manchester, and Cytocell Ltd., with assistance from NGRL, based at the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre. The £500,000 project is part-funded by the UK’s national innovation agency, […]

BLOOMINGTON, IND. — Indiana University’s Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics (CGB) and the international biomedical testing company Beckman Coulter, Inc. announce a new collaboration formed to create automated solutions for genomics applications designed to better pinpoint toxins that pose risks to the environment and human health. Under the agreement, CGB biologists will work side-by-side with […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Labcyte Inc., a leader in miniaturization technologies for liquid handling, announced today that Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, is offering the option for customers to receive siRNA (small-interfering RNA) reagent libraries in Labcyte Echo® qualified source plates. This format enables customers to use the Echo liquid handler to […]

Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ.CO), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, and AROS Applied Biotechnology A/S, a leading supplier of total genomic solutions services, today announced that they have signed a Center of Excellence agreement allowing AROS to provide real-time PCR services based on Exiqon’s miRCURY LNA™ Universal RT microRNA PCR product […]

HOPKINTON, Mass., Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. today announced a collaboration with the Center for Genome Analysis at Yale University. As part of this agreement, Yale is working with Caliper to implement automated protocols for exome capture and library preparation workflows. “Yale has purchased Caliper’s Sciclone® NGS Workstation and LabChip® GXI to improve key bottlenecks in […]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of YSI Incorporated, forming a water-focused analytics business with annual revenue of approximately $300 million. YSI is a leading developer and manufacturer of sensors, instruments, software, and data collection platforms for environmental water monitoring, with facilities in the U.S., […]

RADNOR, PA – VWR International, LLC, a global leader in distributing laboratory supplies and services, announced today that it has acquired INTERNATIONAL P.B.I. S.p.A., based in Milan, Italy. Established in 1956, INTERNATIONAL P.B.I. is a leading supplier for laboratory equipment and products in Italy, with state of the art expertise in the microbiology field. The […]

Perten Instruments AB of Stockholm, Sweden announced today, that it has acquired the Sweden based instrument manufacturer TexVol Instruments. Under the terms of the acquisition the BVM range of volume measuring instruments and the TVT range of texture analysis instruments will continue to be delivered to the food industry, now from Perten Instruments. Closing of […]