MENLO PARK, Calif. – SwitchGear Genomics Inc., a leading provider of products for studying the regulatory elements in the human genome, today announced that the company will offer FuGENE® HD transfection reagent as an individual product and as part of its novel LightSwitch Transfection Optimization Kit. SwitchGear has also recently launched the innovative LightSwitch Luciferase […]

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. – GE (NYSE: GE), acting through its Technology Ventures operation, today announced its intent to commercialize GE’s Radio Frequency Sensing technology (RFS) through a commercial license to the RFID division of Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY). The proprietary RFS technology will enable a wide range of low-cost wireless sensing products in a series of […]

Biomatters and Active Motif are to support the latest version of TimeLogic’s Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology within Geneious Server™.The partnership, launching at this week’s Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG XIX) in San Diego, will lead to faster sequence analyses for researchers with high-intensity visualization and computing needs. The planned DeCypher™ module for […]

Redwood City, CA – Ingenuity® Systems, a leading provider of information solutions for life science researchers, and Erasmus Medical Center, jointly announced a scientific collaboration using next-generation sequencing (NGS) for disease research. As part of the collaboration, Erasmus researchers have been working closely with Ingenuity to derive the most impactful biological insights from their NGS […]

Newark, DE – B&W Tek, Inc., an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems is pleased to announce its newest distributorship agreement with Pacer USA, LLC, a specialist supplier of optoelectronic, display and laser solutions. B&W Tek, Inc. and Pacer International have been working together in the United Kingdom for a number of […]

WASHINGTON – Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Pacific Scientific Aerospace business (other than the Artus business) to Meggitt PLC (LSE: MGGT), a global aerospace and defense company. Danaher simultaneously received a binding offer from Meggitt to acquire the Artus business which remains open for […]

SAN JOSE, CA – RAE® Systems Inc. (NYSE Amex: RAE) (“RAE” or “the Company”), a leader in delivering innovative sensor solutions to serve industrial, energy, environmental, and government safety markets worldwide, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with affiliates of Vector Capital (“Vector”) under which an affiliate of Vector will […]

DANVERS, Mass., and GLASGOW, UK – Beckman Coulter Genomics and Vitrology Ltd. today announced a strategic partnership to offer customers a wide range of biosafety testing services. The alliance provides the biopharmaceutical industry with two inclusive sources for the full complement of molecular, in vitro and in vivo genomic services necessary for the identification, stabilization […]

PANalytical (Almelo, the Netherlands) and Fanuc (via their Fanuc System House E&S Automation GmbH in Baesweiler, Germany) have agreed upon an exclusive supply to PANalytical of automated Fanuc Robodrill milling machines for the automated laboratory environment in the metals industries. At various steps in the production process of metals (like iron, steel, copper and aluminium), […]

WALTHAM, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that its previously announced tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dionex Corporation (NASDAQ: DNEX) for $118.50 per share in cash (“the Offer”) has been extended and will now expire at 12:00 midnight, New York […]