Madison, WI, USA. Promega Corporation announced today that it has selected MyBio, Ireland’s leading specialist bioscience reagents supplier, to be its new, exclusive distributor in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. From the 9th July 2013 MyBio will provide scientists in Ireland with the complete range of Promega products, combined with on-demand access to […]

Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: “EXQ”), a leading supplier of high-value products for gene expression analysis, and Asuragen, Inc. a fully integrated molecular diagnostics company focused on oncology and companion diagnostics with special capabilities in the area of miRNA, today announced the signing of a Service Center Agreement, allowing Asuragen to provide real-time PCR services based […]

CARLSBAD, Calif., — Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announces it has begun commercial shipments of the QuantStudio™ 3D Digital PCR System, the first chip-based instrument designed for this rapidly growing segment of the genetic analysis market. Featuring the simplest workflow and smallest footprint available on the market, the benchtop platform is designed for experiments […]

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom — Food microbiology laboratories can now confidently test to a recognized standard forSalmonella species with the Thermo Scientific SureTect Salmonella Species Assay, which has been granted Performance Tested MethodSMstatus by the AOAC Research Institute. The SureTect Salmonella species PCR Assay has proven to be comparable to the reference method ISO 6579:2002, “Microbiology […]

Roche today announced the global launch of new software updates, including advanced high- resolution melting analysis and qualitative gene detection modules for the Light Cycler 96 and new support features for the LightCycler Nano system. The new LightCycler 96 module for high- resolution melting analysis will be particularly valuable in human genetic disease research applications. […]

AYR, Scotland,— Neogen’s ANSR™ for Salmonella has been validated and approved in accordance with the current and stringent criteria of a NF Validation study carried out according to the EN ISO 16140 standard. This new validation (NF Validation by AFNOR certi? cation NEO 35/02-0513) follows the kit’s initial approval by AOAC International and testi? es […]

ST. PAUL, Minn.–3M Food Safety today announced that its 3M™ Molecular Detection Assay for E.coli O157 (including H7) has been granted a NF VALIDATION certification from AFNOR CERTIFICATION for its ability to detect the bacteria in raw beef, fruit, vegetable and dairy products. AFNOR CERTIFICATION’s validation for E.coli O157, effective for a four-year period, follows […]

Hercules, CA —— Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. today announced the launch of its SsoAdvanced universal supermixes that deliver superior real-time PCR (qPCR) performance under any reaction conditions on any qPCR instrument. The new SsoAdvanced universal supermixes include the SsoAdvanced™ universal SYBR® Green supermix and the SsoAdvanced universal probes supermix. Both supermixes include Bio-Rad’s patented Sso7d fusion […]

BEVERLY, Mass.– Enzymatics, Inc., a rapidly growing provider of molecular biology reagents, announced today the launch of SPARK™ DNA Sample Prep Kits for Illumina® and Ion Torrent™ sequencing platforms. SPARK™ DNA Sample Prep Kits incorporate Enzymatics’ proprietary room temperature stable library technology and exceed performance of existing liquid-format library preparation kits by reducing reagent pipetting […]

Madrid/Heidelberg,– Spanish-German biotech company SYGNIS Pharma AG (Frankfurt: LIO1; ISIN: DE000A1RFM03, Prime Standard segment of the German Stock Exchange) has signed a licence agreement for the distribution of a new amplification buffer with QIAGEN, the global leader in sample and assays technologies. This is the second agreement with QIAGEN within 9 months and the first […]