Studies at UT Southwestern to Leverage WaferGen’s SmartChip Platform to Evaluate Efficacy of ImmuneRegen’s Drug FREMONT, Calif. and SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 24 — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, and IR BioSciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IRBS), a development-stage biotechnology company focused on the research, […]

Thermo Fisher Scientific PCR kits now available with dNTPs Convenient Thermo Scientific PCR and RT-PCR kits contain everything required for successful DNA or RNA amplification EPSOM, England, (March 17, 2009) Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that all Thermo Scientific PCR and RT-PCR kits are now available with deoxynucleoside […]

System Uses Simple, Same-day Process to Give Researchers Global Gene Expression View Directly From Cell Lysate SAN CARLOS, Calif.–NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a leader in nucleic acid sample preparation, announced today that it has launched the first RNA amplification system enabling whole-transcriptome gene expression analysis from a single cell. Based on the company’s proven amplification technology, […]

Today Fluidigm introduced its new 48.770 Digital Array, the highest density commercially available integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) ever. This IFC is capable of testing up to 48 individual samples at a time and automatically partitioning each of the samples into separate sets of 770 reaction chambers – delivering a total of 36,960 simultaneous digital PCR […]

Promega Launches PowerPlex® 16 HS System MADISON, Wis.–Promega announces a new 16-locus STR system that makes it possible to get complete profiles from inhibited DNA samples. Forensic samples are very often compromised by substances like dirt, fabric dyes or blood. Analyzing these samples with the STR products currently available can mean inconclusive results. The robust […]

Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the introduction of a new line of genotyping assays that enable researchers to more closely study the significant role that DNA copy number structural variation plays in human health and disease. The TaqMan® Copy Number Assays are designed to detect and quantify copy number […]

NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a leader in nucleic acid sample preparation announced today that it has hired Erwin V. Estigarribia to serve as the company’s vice president of operations reporting to Elizabeth Hutt, chief executive officer. Estigarribia will lead manufacturing and quality initiatives, and direct the company in achieving cGMP compliance by the end of 2009. […]

Fluidigm Europe has announced the new EP1 system for genetic analysis that combines the efficiencies of integrated fluidic circuit (IFC)-based genotyping in a desktop-sized configuration, with a very affordable system price. The new compact benchtop system, with Fluidigm Dynamic Arrays, provides superior data quality, a fast and easy workflow, and significant cost savings for SNP […]

MADISON, Wis.–Promega Corporation, a global leader in DNA and RNA Analysis, will plant a tree for each GoTaq® Hot Start product purchased through May 31st. This green initiative is designed to compliment the mission of life scientists around the world – to improve the lives of others now and for generations to come. The benefits […]

GERMANTOWN, Md., March 5 — GeneCopoeia announces the launch of a suite of miRNA functional analysis reagents and tools. They include 1) miExpress(TM) vector based precursor miRNA expression clones; 2) miTarget(TM) miRNA target sequence (3′ UTR) expression clones; and 3) All-in-One(TM) miRNA RT-qPCR system. Constructed in a lentiviral vector system, miExpress(TM) precursor miRNA expression clone […]