Company Announcements Under a May collaboration agreement, Affymetrix’s QuantiGene ViewRNA In Situ Hybridization Tissue Assay will be automated on Leica Microsystem’s BOND RX staining platform for research applications. In June, Affymetrix announced a research collaboration licensing agreement with Massachusetts General Hospital to codevelop new cancer biomarker tests using its QuantiGene ViewRNA Assay platform. Affymetrix expanded […]
Company Announcements In June, STARLIMS acquired its Asia Pacific distributor, STARLIMS Australasia. Global Helix opened an office in Japan in June and selected Filgen as its exclusive distributor for the country. NextBio and the Cancer Care Institute formed a strategic partnership in June focused on the clinical use of genomics. Certara named the University of […]
Patch clamp is a technique used to measure the ionic currents of cells. Traditionally, patch clamp experiments have been performed manually using a single, hollow electrode that is brought into contact with the cellular membrane. Using gentle suction, a tight seal is made between the cell membrane and the electrode, which allows researchers to record […]
Stem cell research is steadily moving forward. As the award this month of the Nobel Prize in Medicine to Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, who created the first induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), shows, the ability to create stem cells from somatic cells has changed scientific research. Contributing to the research’s advancement has been rapid progress in […]
La Jolla, CA 9/17/12—Synthetic Genomics (SGI), which is focused on developing genomic solutions for global challenges, has purchased three families of patents and patent applications from Febit Holding, including the know-how, equipment and technical support for implementation. The intellectual property is related to synthetic genomic technologies with the potential to reduce the cost of DNA […]
Bruker Adds to In Vivo Imaging Offerings Rochester, NY and Billerica, MA 9/21/12—Bruker has entered into an agreement to purchase the preclinical in vivo imaging equipment product portfolio and related assets of Carestream’s Molecular Imaging business. The purchase price was not disclosed. The majority of employees at the business will be offered the opportunity to […]
Company Announcements In June, Gyros named Bio Laboratories its sole distributor for Singapore. Life Technologies announced in June R&D collaboration with Boston Children’s Hospital to develop an end-to-end genetic sequencing lab workflow based on the Ion Proton Sequencer. Life Technologies began in June collaboration with the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Institute for […]
Company Announcements BioDot agreed in March to comarket Quantiscientific’s A2 Micoarray System. Protagen announced in April a partnership with Scienion, which will produce protein microarray batches for clinical validation of Protagen’s biomarker panels. The companies also plan to jointly evaluate new platforms for multiplex analytics and codevelop new approaches. In September, Scienion agreed to distribute […]
Company Announcements Surety integrated in April its AbsoluteProof data integrity service with KineMatik’s electronic lab notebook. In April, Real Time Genomics appointed Steve Lombardi, former president and CEO of Helicos BioSciences, president and CEO. IDBS added ChemAxon’s Reactor engine parallel-synthesis add-on to its ChemBook electronic lab notebook. IDBS partnered with Thomson Reuters’ Intellectual Property & […]
Darmstadt, Germany 8/22/12—Merck KGaA has agreed to acquire Germany-based Biochrom, a producer and marketer of cell culture media and buffer solutions, for an undisclosed amount. In 2011, Biochrom had sales of €13 million ($18 million = €0.72 = $1) and 60 employees. Biochrom will join Merck Millipore’s Process Solutions business unit, adding liquid cell culture […]
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