Fluxion Biosciences introduced the BioFlux platform, which automates and combines microfluidic chambers, for automated biofilm analysis. Lab901 launched the ScreenTape system for fully automated gel electrophoresis. It consists of the TapeStation system, ScreenTape consumables and software.
Reichert Analytical Instruments licensed the University of Buffalo’s technology for the creation of a cell volume cytometer for research and diagnostic applications. Amaxa AG is one of eight companies involved in the EU’s MODEST-EU project to develop devices for ultra high-throughput delivery and screening of primary cells. Accuri Cytometers named George Dunbar, president and CEO […]
Tokyo, Japan 9/25/07—Japan’s Nikkei News reports that Toshiba, Canon, Toray Industries, Yokogawa Electric and seven other Japanese firms, supported by the Kazusa DNA Research Institute, will form a consortium to develop microarrays for applications in diagnostic medicine, food and environmental analysis. According to Nikkei, the Japanese microarray market will total ¥100 billion ($869.2 million) by […]
Horiba Jobin Yvon gained exclusive distribution rights to GenOptic’s SPRi-Lab+ detector, and the companies are comarketing the SPRi-Plex system. GE Healthcare granted Applied Biosystems and NorDiag ASA licenses to its patents for the biomagnetic isolation of nucleic acids. FujiFilm Life Sciences entered the North American market earlier this year with an agreement to market and […]
Applied Biosystems launched the Variant Reporter Software for resequencing applications. Tripos released Chemistry Extensions v.1.0 for KNIME. PerkinElmer introduced LABWORKS Green, a LIMS designed specifically for the biofuels industry. LABTrack launched the low cost LABTrack Personal electronic lab notebook. In July, Waters began shipments of SDMS Vision Publisher for its NuGenesis Scientific Data Management System, […]
Csols, a provider of implementation domain expertise, partnered with Starlims Technologies in June. Chenomx integrated its Chenomx NMR Suite with GeneGo’s MetaCore and MetaDrug Discovery platform. Genomatix GmbH formed Genomatix Software, a North American subsidiary headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ariadne Genomics opened a European sales and support office in June. India’s Optra Systems opened […]
Founded in 2001, the Canadian firm GenoLogics is based in Victoria, British Columbia, and develops laboratory information management systems (LIMS). The company’s first product was a LIMS for proteomics that grew out of a collaboration with the University of Victoria Genome BC Proteomics Center. As Tanis McSween, manager of marketing communications, explained, these collaborations gave […]
GE Healthcare introduced illustra plasmidPrep Midi Flow and Mini Spin plasmid DNA purification kits, illustra blood genomicPrep Mini Spin and Midi Flow genomic DNA purification kits, and illustra GFX PCR DNA and Gel Band Purification kits. QIAGEN launched the QIAplex PCR multiplex assays, consisting of the ResPlex I, ResPlex II and StaphPlex Panels, which allow […]
Precision System Science licensed Hitachi’s bead array technology for commercializing new capillary bead tips. Digilab BioVisioN GmbH licensed GenWay Biotech’s Seppro IgY technology for proteomic sample preparation and will become the Official European Seppro Center. In July, Sigma-Aldrich promoted Gerrit van den Dool to the newly created position of vice president of Sales and Dr. […]
Epigenetics, which is the study of different factors that influence gene regulation, has become one of the hottest applications in genomic research. Basically, researchers in epigenetics are trying to understand the mechanisms that govern cell activity and differentiate cell phenotypes. For example, eye and skin cells behave differently despite having the same genetic makeup. This […]
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