SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Dec. 1 — Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBIO – News; “PBI” or the “Company”) today announced a comprehensive restructuring program designed to significantly reduce costs, centralize core operations, and refocus the Company’s business strategy in specific areas where the Company’s products have found significant market acceptance. The restructuring program includes: — a […]

biOasis Technologies Inc. (the “Company”), (TSX.V: BTI) is pleased to announce that it has engaged the Anderson Forchung Group LLC (“Anderson Forchung”) of Washington, DC to develop a new SISCAPA Assay to measure the levels of p97 in human blood samples. Anderson Forschung is the developer of SISCAPA Assays, a new proteomics platform that allows […]

Canadian Physicians and Surgeons Can Now Diagnose MRSA and SA Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Less Than One Hour, Leading to More Effective Treatment SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 24 — Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD – News) today announced that Health Canada has issued a medical device license for its Xpert(TM) MRSA/SA Skin and Soft Tissue (SSTI) […]

The study of microbial communities from environmental samples, known as metagenomics, has been propelled forward by technological advancements in high-throughput, low-cost sequencing such as 454’s Genome Sequencer FLX System. With the recent use of sequencing approaches for metagenomic analysis, the major research challenges have shifted from generating to analyzing data. To resolve these analysis bottlenecks, […]

NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a privately held company that develops and commercializes nucleic acid amplification and sample preparation systems, announced today that it has hired Daniel Benetz to serve as the company’s chief financial officer, and Dr. Yan Zhang to fill the newly created role of vice president of marketing. Both will report to Elizabeth Hutt, […]

An unusual microorganism discovered in the open ocean may force scientists to rethink their understanding of how carbon and nitrogen cycle through ocean ecosystems. A team of researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz characterized a novel species of cyanobacteria by sequencing the metagenome of an ocean sample with the new GS FLX Titanium […]

Lexington, MA November 13, 2008 – Protein Forest®, a leading developer of state-of-the-art sample fractionation technology and bioinformatics software for protein research, today announced that it has commenced shipments of its new digital ProteomeChip™ (dPC™) protein separation system. The ProteomeChip system fractionates and concentrates proteins or peptides by isoelectric focusing. It provides higher resolution, greater […]

Torrance, CA (November 12, 2008) – Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the manufacture of separation science consumables, introduces blood alcohol columns for GC-FID analysis in forensic and toxicology applications. The new Zebron ZB-BAC-1 and -2 column pair is optimized for ethanol separation with a run time of less than two minutes. The Phenomenex columns […]

NEWBURY PARK, Calif.–Electronic Sensor Technology (EST) (OTCBB:ESNR), a leading provider of innovative homeland security and environmental solutions, announced it has developed a procedure for detecting melamine in milk powder using the fast zNose®. Dr. Teong Lim, Chairman and CEO, reports that a method for detecting and measuring melamine without the need to derivatize or modify […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2008 — Dionex, Inc. (NasdaqGS:DNEX – News), a leading provider of liquid chromatography analysis instrumentation has entered into an agreement with Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., to purchase Caliper’s AutoTrace(r) line of products, which had sales of $3.1 million in 2007. The AutoTrace SPE workstation automates the extraction of large volume aqueous […]