Oxford Instruments, a leading provider of high technology tools and systems for research and industry, starts off the New Year with a new member of its family: Roentgenanalytik Systeme in Taunusstein near Frankfurt / Germany. A team of highly qualified professionals are experts in designing and supplying instruments for coating thickness measurement and material analysis, […]

Westbrook, Maine – Artel, the leader in liquid handling quality assurance, announced today that it has acquired exclusive rights to the LabGauge product line from Louisville, Kentucky-based StackWave. The software will be used with Artel’s MVS® Multichannel Verification System to deliver increased information availability and management. The prototype technology was described in an article, “High-Throughput […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Dr. Paul B. Watkins, international drug safety expert and director of the Hamner-University of North Carolina Institute for Drug Safety Sciences, has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in recognition of his ongoing work developing integrated methods to predict drug-induced liver injury (DILI). This […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, announced today that they have collaboratively designed a wheat genotyping array and analyzed data from experiments as part of an effort to understand wheat genetics and breeding with a goal of ensuring guaranteed sustainable production. Axiom® Wheat Genotyping Array (Axiom Wheat […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced two new recipients of its Agricultural Greater Good Initiative Grants. The recipients, Iowa State University and University of California at Riverside, will apply Illumina’s array genotyping and software solutions to further their research into sustainable crop and livestock breeding practices. The grants are designed to help […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it has entered into a multi-year licensing agreement with Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, related to the use of Illumina’s next-generation sequencing technology for clinical laboratory testing. Among the terms, Quest will have broad rights to use Illumina’s sequencing and […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Arrayit Corporation (OTCBB: ARYC), a life sciences and molecular diagnostics leader, announces today that the company has commenced business operations from its new corporate headquarters located at 927 Thompson Place in Sunnyvale, California, USA. The new corporate headquarters feature expansive modern offices and meeting rooms, R&D, manufacturing, packaging and shipping facilities, and […]

Toray Industries, Inc. (headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Akihiro Nikkaku; hereinafter referred to as “Toray”) today announced that it has launched the sales of its high sensitivity DNA microarray 3D-Gene®*1 as well as reagents and apparatus for analyzing microRNA*2 in blood using the microarray in Europe. These products are expected to have a powerful impact in […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Fred Strohmeier, vice president and general manager of Agilent’s Life Science Products and Solutions, has been named senior vice president, Agilent, and president of Agilent’s Life Sciences and Diagnostics Group (LDG), effective immediately. Strohmeier has been in charge of Agilent’s life sciences business, the […]

Stony Brook, NY — CytoGenX Corp, a leading provider of medical genetic testing services, announced today it will be offering Assure™, its new comprehensive whole-genome microarray designed to aid in the detection and identification of disease-causing genetic alterations involved in prenatal and pediatric genetic diseases as well as cancer and infertility. “Assure™, is an unprecedented […]