CREEDMOOR, NORTH CAROLINA – AirClean® Systems microprocessor-controlled PCR workstations reduce risk of sample contamination during DNA/RNA amplification. AirClean® Systems AC600 Series PCR workstations are designed as application solutions for the manipulation and amplification of DNA and RNA. These PCR workstations are available in 24’’, 32’’, and 48’’ widths. Additional features include built-in 254 nm ultraviolet […]

SAN DIEGO – TriLink BioTechnologies (TriLink), a leading provider of custom nucleic acid-based products, today announced the launch of dilute-and-go primers for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) PCR amplification and sequencing in forensic identification, mitoPrimers™. The high sensitivity of mtDNA PCR amplification and sequencing allows forensic scientists to obtain information from items of evidence associated with homicides […]

Florence – Real hope in identifying new tools in the fight against cancer. Menarini has completed its acquisition of Silicon Biosystems which has patented DEPArray ™, the first technology of its kind that is able to automatically isolate rare single cancer cells in blood while keeping them intact, alive and capable of reproducing themselves by […]

CINCINNATI — Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ: VIVO) today provided the financial community with guidance regarding the Company’s fiscal 2014 sales and earnings estimates. Based on the Company’s business planning and budgeting activities for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, management expects net sales to be in the range of $203 to $208 […]

Marcy l’Etoile, France – bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire BioFire Diagnostics Inc., a privately held U.S.-based company specialized in molecular biology. BioFire invented, manufactures and commercializes its multiplex PCR FilmArray® system, a simple and rapid molecular biology solution dedicated […]

The food testing community, including manufacturers, importers, independent laboratories, government agencies and researchers attending AOAC’s 127th Annual Meeting and Exposition can address challenging detection and measurement of food contaminants, pathogens and adulteration with next-generation analytical tools and services exhibited by Thermo Fisher Scientific. “We’re driven by the company-wide mission to enable our customers to make […]

FREMONT, Calif., — WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCBB: WGBS) announced today that it has commenced a private placement to accredited investors of up to $17.25 million of units consisting of shares of common stock, shares of Series 1 convertible preferred stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock. At the initial closing of the offering […]

PISCATAWAY, N.J.– RUCDR Infinite Biologics, the world’s largest university-based biorepository, has added NuGEN Technologies to its group of technology sponsors. A unit of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, RUCDR Infinite Biologics currently stores more than 12 million biosamples. Dr. Andy Brooks, chief operating officer of RUCDR Infinite Biologics, said: “The RUCDR corporate sponsorship […]

RUCDR Infinite Biologics, the world’s largest university-based biorepository, has added NuGEN Technologies to its group of technology sponsors. A unit of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, RUCDR Infinite Biologics currently stores more than 12 million biosamples. Dr. Andy Brooks, chief operating officer of RUCDR Infinite Biologics, said: “The RUCDR corporate sponsorship program is […]

The company has established a competitive program to provide financial assistance to students who are pursuing an undergraduate degree or equivalent in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering and math) at five premier institutions globally: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Wisconsin-Madison; University of California-Berkeley; Imperial College London and Fudan University in Shanghai. These schools […]