Surface zeta potential measurement used to require its own instrument. Now, Malvern Instruments has introduced the Surface Zeta Potential (SZP) cell, an accessory for Malvern’s Zetasizer Nano systems (the Nano Z, Nano ZS or Nano ZS90), which characterize nanoparticles and colloids. The cell allows the measurement of a sample in liquid. The cell began shipping […]
Company Announcements QuantuMDx Group received an exclusive license in October to several Nanosys patents and patent applications related to the use of nanostructures for biosensors, including field effect transistors biosensors, for the use for DNA sequencing and detecting nucleic acid biomarkers associated with disease. In October, Fluidigm appointed Research Instruments/RI Technologies as its distributor in […]
Company Announcements Certara announced in October that it will be the exclusive provider of Chemotargets’ software for predicting the off-target pharmacology of small molecules through the creation of customized ligand-based target models. In October, Accelrys agreed to market and sell SCYNEXIS’s Hit Explorer Operating System, a software-as-a-service workspace that supports real-time data sharing across multiple […]
Company Announcements In September, Verinata Health announced a three-year supply agreement to purchase Illumina’s HiSeq 2000 instruments and consumables for use in the commercialization of noninvasive prenatal testing for the detection of multiple aneuploidies. The companies will also collaborate on gaining regulatory approval for the testing service. In October, Illumina entered into a collaborative research […]
Corning, NY 12/1/11—Corning has acquired Mediatech, including its KD Medical subsidiary, for an undisclosed amount. Mediatech develops, manufactures and sells cell culture media and molecular biology reagents related to tissue and cell culture applications, including products under the cellgro brand. “By providing customers worldwide with greater access to Mediatech’s cellgro product portfolio, this acquisition supports […]
Company Announcements Horizon Discovery exclusively licensed in August new X-MAN (gene X-Mutant And Normal) cell lines from the University of Minnesota. Baseclick announced in August that it raised an additional €1.2 million ($1.7 million) from private investors and BASF Venture Capital in a second financing round. In September, ABR-Affinity BioReagents, a Thermo Fisher Scientific company, […]
Live cell-imaging incubators are designed to perform in vitro cellular imaging experiments imitating in vivo environmental conditions. They typically integrate an inverted microscope into an incubator, for which a variety of parameters, such as temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide/oxygen concentrations, can be controlled. The imaging technology utilized varies and determines each unit’s applications and capabilities. […]
Company Announcements A settlement agreement was announced in August in GE Healthcare’s 2010 German suit against Bio-Rad Laboratories for infringement of surface plasmon resonance–related patents. As part of the agreement, GE granted Bio-Rad access to a collection of its patents. Scientific Digital Imaging named Finance Director Mike Creedon acting managing director in August. Helicos Biosciences […]
Company Announcements Roche NimbleGen named the University of Iowa’s Roy J. Carver Center for Genomics as a Certified Service Provider for comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and gene expression. NanoInk named four new exclusive distributors: SciTech for Australia and New Zealand; Gaia Science for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam; NanoGulf for the United Arab […]
Gothenburg, Sweden 9/15/11; Paris, France 9/15/11; Paris, France 11/2/11; Paris, France 11/4/11—Publicly held genome-engineering firm Cellectis has acquired Sweden’s Cellartis for 1.93 million shares and €16.4 million ($ 22.5 million = €0.73 = $1) in cash. Cellartis is a provider of stem cell–derived products and technologies, including human embryonic stem cell–derived hepatocytes and cardiomyocytes used […]
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