LEXINGTON, Mass., and SALZBURG, Austria, RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ Company, and Sony DADC Austria AG, today announced that the companies have further developed proprietary methods for the manufacture of microdroplet-based smart consumables for high-throughput targeted DNA sequencing applications. This collaboration enables RainDance to further leverage Sony DADC’s advanced microstructure engineering and high-volume manufacturing […]

CARLSBAD, Calif.– Life Technologies Corporation today announced that Alan B. Sachs, M.D., Ph.D., former Vice President, Exploratory and Translational Sciences for Merck Research Laboratories, has joined the company as Head of Global Research and Development. Sachs brings more than 20 years of experience as a research scientist and a leader in developing innovative scientific platforms. […]

Penzberg, Germany – Dan Zabrowski is Head of Roche Applied Science in the Diagnostics Division, located in Penzberg, Germany. He succeeds Paul Brown who has led Roche Applied Science since September 2011. Dan Zabrowski will report to Daniel O’Day, COO Roche Diagnostics. Dan recently served as Global Head of Roche Partnering and was a member […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Roche announced today that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Technoclone, a reagent specialist in thrombosis and cardiovascular diagnostics based in Vienna, Austria, to co-develop a complete range of coagulation assays. The alliance supports plans Roche announced in October 2011 to develop a new line of analyzers for the central coagulation […]

NEW YORK – Swedish firm Addtech Life Science today announced it has acquired BioNordika Holding. Addtech Life Science is a business area in the Addtech Group. BioNordika Holding is the parent company of the BioNordika Group, which markets reagents and instruments for biomedical research, primarily to the pharmaceutical industry and public institutions. BioNordika Group has […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Life Technologies Corporation today announced that it has acquired Matrix MicroScience, a British manufacturer of large-volume, automated sample preparation systems and consumables for the food safety testing industry. Matrix MicroScience’s technology will be added to Life Technologies’ existing foodborne pathogen detection workflow. The complementary technologies will ultimately help reduce the cost of […]

Simplifying the transition from intercalating dyes to 5’ nuclease assays CORALVILLE, IA (20th January, 2012) – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, has introduced genome-wide PrimeTime® qPCR Primers, ideal for use with SYBR Green, EvaGreen, and other intercalating dyes in qPCR assays. The PrimeTime qPCR Primers are the same primer pairs […]

HAMBURG, Germany – Eppendorf AG has licensed patents covering gradient technology for thermal cyclers to Bibby Scientific for use e.g. in their TC Plus Thermal Cyclers, including US patent Nos. 6,767,512 and 7,074,367. Eppendorf utilizes the technology in its Eppendorf Mastercycler® pro gradient, Mastercycler nexus gradient and Mastercycler ep realplex models. Eppendorf AG, based in […]

FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), an emerging genomic analysis company, today announced that Scott R. Davidson and Joseph F. Pesce, CPA, have joined the company’s Board of Directors. Scott R. Davidson currently serves as Managing Director at Great Point Partners, Greenwich, CT. As part of his investment functions, he leads Great Point Partners’ […]