Announces Closing of $5.1 Million Financing FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today highlighted progress with its SmartChip™ Real-Time PCR System and announced that it raised total gross proceeds of approximately $5.1 million in a private placement that the company completed in late […]
WOBURN, Mass.–Kapa Biosystems and VWR International, LLC announced today that they have entered into a non-exclusive North American distribution agreement for Kapa Biosystems’ line of next-generation PCR reagents. Kapa Biosystems employs a high-throughput molecular evolution technology platform to engineer DNA-modifying enzymes for applications in DNA amplification, next-generation sequencing, and molecular diagnostics. Under the terms of […]
CleanAmp(TM) Product Line to Expand Life Science Research in Western Europe SAN DIEGO — TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. (TriLink), a leading provider of custom nucleic acid-based compounds, announced it has signed a distribution agreement permitting tebu-bio SA (tebu) to sell its CleanAmp(TM) products. tebu-bio is a European based distributor that supplies over 750,000 reagents and lab […]
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced availability of the AffinityScript One-Step RT-PCR Kit. The launch of the AffinityScript One-Step RT-PCR Kit represents a re-entry into the one-step RT-PCR market for Agilent’s Stratagene Products Division with a market-leading solution for researchers performing end-point RT-PCR. The AffinityScript One-Step RT-PCR Kit is a high-performance system for convenient, […]
Microfluidic Systems is Awarded New Patents in the Area of Automated Biological Agent Identification
FREMONT, Calif. — Microfluidic Systems (MFSI), a privately-held company, announced today that it has been awarded a series of patents covering both the components and integrated systems that perform fully automated sample collection through identification of air-borne pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and toxins. Patent number 7,618,588 covers a low-cost, flow-through, thermal cycling component of […]
PENZBERG, Germany & SHIGA, Japan–Roche Diagnostics (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) and Takara Bio (TSE Mothers: 4974), the Shiga (Japan)-based supplier of systems for use in life science research, announced that they have entered into a license agreement for use of the melting curve analysis technology and SYBR Green techniques in their Kits and Instruments […]
Fluidigm Corporation has announced the release of its 48.48 Access Array™ integrated fluidic chip (IFC) for 454 FLX™ users active in Amplicon Tagging. This Access Array IFC automatically generates emPCR-ready libraries by simultaneously combining 48 samples and 48 primer sets to produce 48 uniquely-barcoded samples per chip for approximately $7 (U.S.) per sample. Fluidigm’s Access […]
For Service Using the SmartChip(TM) Real-Time PCR System FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced that it will be launching the Human MicroRNA Panel for its innovative service for gene-expression profiling using its SmartChip™ Real-Time PCR System. The Human MicroRNA Panel provides […]
CARLSBAD, Calif.–Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of BioTrove, Inc. for an undisclosed amount. BioTrove’s primary technology is the OpenArray® platform, a high throughput gene expression and genotyping analysis system based on a flexible array format that enables researchers to […]
SALT LAKE CITY–Idaho Technology, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Kapa Biosystems, Inc., covering reagents or methods using SYBR® Green I technology and melting curve analysis for real time PCR. This extends Idaho Technology’s ongoing program to license its broad and valuable intellectual property portfolio in cooperation with Roche Diagnostics GmbH. The agreement follows […]
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