Roche Diagnostics and Agilent Technologies announced today they have entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement for use of Roche’s melting curve analysis technology. Under the terms of the agreement, Agilent will obtain from Roche a non-exclusive license to use, develop and sell products based on melting curve analysis. Financial terms of the agreement were not […]

HERCULES, Calif., July 28, 2008 – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (AMEX: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announced today the availability of two bulletins (numbers 5713 and 5692) describing a major study demonstrating how real-time quantitative PCR (rt-qPCR) analysis provides a convenient and reliable method for […]

BioTrove, Inc. today announced the opening of a new Bay Area location to expand customer and technical support to the west coast region. Located in San Carlos, California, the new BioTrove corporate offices and laboratory will facilitate research collaborations with clients based nearby, as well as technology demonstrations of the company’s OpenArray(TM) genomic analysis system […]

PENZBERG, Germany–Roche Applied Science announced the start of the Roche Prime Supply Program today. Prime Supply is an on-site stocking program ensuring immediate availability of Roche Applied Science products. This system provides efficient and economical access to consignment stock stored on site at your facility, avoiding supply and delivery issues and reducing delays in your […]

UPPSALA, SWEDEN, 7 July 2008 – Olink AB, a Swedish biotechnology company, has recently founded the instrument company Q-linea AB together with scientists at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Holding AB. Q-linea will develop a new, rapid, and sensitive detection instrument for analysis of, e.g., biological warfare agents. The main customer is currently the Swedish […]

Companies to Combine PCR Platform, PCR Standards with Mount Sinai School of Medicine Sample Library to Explore Quantitative Multigene Diagnostic Test for Indicators of Lung Cancer Risk WOBURN, Mass. & WILMINGTON, N.C.–BioTrove, Inc. and Gene Express, Inc. today announced their receipt of a two-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, awarded in support of their […]

Transaction Adds Proprietary Real-Time PCR Detection Technologies to QIAGEN’s Portfolio of Molecular Testing Solutions VENLO, The Netherlands, July 1, 2008 – QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it has acquired Corbett Life Science Pty. Ltd. (Corbett), a privately-held developer, manufacturer, and distributor of life sciences instrumentation headquartered in Sydney, Australia. […]

Company Sends Final Alpha System and Key Oncology Gene Panel Assays to Collaborators at University of Pittsburgh Medical School FREMONT, Calif., June 30 — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS – News), a leading developer of state-of-the-art gene expression, genotyping, cell biology and stem cell research systems, today announced that it has shipped the […]

OpenArray Platform Enables Faster Screening for Accurate Identification of Rare Donor Blood Types BioTrove Inc. and BloodCenter of Wisconsin today announced a collaboration to develop single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping as a screening tool for the identification of potentially better-matched blood for transfusion. Using the BioTrove OpenArray™ system to conduct red blood cell genotyping more […]

FOSTER CITY, Calif.–Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced the worldwide availability of new gene expression analysis tools that are expected to give life science researchers added flexibility and greater efficiency in performing experiments that identify and quantify key genes in biological samples. The TaqMan® Express Plates are 96-well reaction plates containing dried-down […]