Company Announcements Cambridge Isotope Laboratories acquired the Spectra Stable Isotopes division of Spectra Gases, a subsidiary of Linde Gas, in July. Cambridge Isotope Laboratories agreed to distribute CellFree Sciences’ WEPRO Expression Kits and reagents for cell-free protein production for NMR and MS applications in North America and Europe. Anaspec licensed its HiLytePlus and HiLyte Fluor […]
Company Announcements Illumina partnered with Genpathway to provide whole-genome ChIP sequencing services. Illumina named its first certified genetic analysis service provider (CSPro) in Japan, Mitsubishi Chemical Safety Institute, and its first German CSPro, LIFE & BRAIN. Illumina named Fredrick Clerie vice president, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs. He was previously vice president of Global Quality […]
Company Announcements Caliper Life Sciences is bundling DiscovRx’s cell-based GPCR assays with its LabChip platforms. Amnis named Gene Company as the Chinese distributor of its ImageStream in May. Fluxion Biosciences signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Bucher Biotec AG for Switzerland. Accuri Cytometers licensed a time-limited, customized version of De Novo Software’s FCS Expression software […]
Company Announcements STARLIMS Australasia, which serves Australian and New Zealand, was established as a private company. STARLIMS established direct operations in Europe in August, following the May acquisition of its UK partner. Under a collaborative agreement, Thermo Fisher Scientific is bundling and selling NextDocs’ Document and Compliance Suite, an enterprise document, quality and compliance management […]
Is 2008 the year of the microarray scanner? It could very well be with at least five new scanners hitting the market by year end. The timing coincides with the introduction of higher density DNA microarrays. With more probes per chip, probe size is smaller, requiring higher resolution scanning. In addition, new software designed for […]
Company Announcements Syngene appointed Varelas SA as its Greek distributor in July. Applied Biosystems added InteRNA Genomics BV and Biotique Systems to its Software Development Community for the SOLiD System. In July, in vivo imaging firm VisEn Medical received $3.5 million in venture debt financing from GE Healthcare Financial Services. Genomic Vision, which is developing […]
Company Announcements The Beijing Genome Institute and PentaBase ApS are developing real-time PCR kits for the detection of clinical biomarkers. Roche Diagnostics granted a license to BIOTECON Diagnostics GmbH for the development, production and sale of kits for food and GMO analysis using the LightCycler instrument with melting curve analysis technology. Merck KGaA began selling […]
Company Announcements In June, LifeSpan BioScience announced plans to release 20,000 immunohistochemistry-validated reagent antibodies over the next four years. It currently offers 37,000 reagent antibodies. Embryome Sciences entered into a manufacturing and distribution agreement with Lifeline Cell Technology to produce standardized human and animal progenitor cell lines and corresponding reagents. Embryome Sciences acquired an exclusive […]
Company Announcements Pharmaceutical Services Corporation (PSC) will offer a complete solution of Geospiza software and PSC’s services to organizations that need to integrate genetic analysis into their manufacturing process. GenoLogics partnered with GenVault to introduce the BioVault Biospecimen Management Software. Simulations Plus and Northeastern University are collaborating to measure solubilities in biorelevent fluids. BIOBASE GmbH […]
Company Announcements In June, BioForce Nanosciences named NanoAndMore a US distributor. Cogenics, Roche’s 454 Life Sciences and Limagrain Verneuil entered into a collaborative agreement to develop solutions for large-scale crop SNP discovery, under which 454 will sequence 2GB of the wheat genome. Caliper Life Sciences gained limited access to certain optical imaging technologies owned by […]
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