Integromics SL, a provider of software solutions for genomic and proteomics data management and analysis, joined Microsoft’s BioIT alliance in November 2006. Text-mining software company Clarabridge joined Microsoft’s BioIT alliance in January. Bioinformatics provider CLC bio became a member of Microsoft’s BioIT alliance in January. Thermo Fisher Scientific joined Microsoft’s BioIT alliance in January. GNI […]

PREMIER Biosoft released SimGlycan for predicting the structure of a glycan from mass spectrometry data. Biber Technologies launched FirstAlight ERP Laboratory Software for the small to medium-sized lab. TAL Technologies released WinWedge Pro 4.0 for interfacing RS232 and TCP/IP devices, such as lab equipment and instruments, to any Windows application. CLC bio released the CLC […]

Company Announcements In January, eGene entered into a distribution agreement with Fisher Scientific Canada for the HAD-GT12 system. eGene entered into a three-year distribution agreement with Gene Company for China. Under a value-added reseller agreement, Picometrics SA will provide Agilent Technology’s capillary electrophoresis system coupled with its laser induced fluorescence detector. In February, Advanced Analytical […]

Company Announcements Life Therapeutics spun out its LifeGels division, a manufacturer of electrophoresis gels, and Life Bioprocess division into a new company, NuSep, in late 2006. The divisions’ 2006 sales rose 95% to $793,000. Nu Sep is expected to list on the Australian stock exchange in late March. Under a partnership for sales, marketing and […]

Company Announcements Beckman Coulter signed an OEM and supply agreement in fall 2006 to provide the Agencourt RNAClean nucleic acid purification product for packaging in NuGEN Technologies’ WT-Ovation Pico RNA Amplification System. Finnzymes Instruments licensed key thermal cycler and PCR patents from Applied Biosystems in fall 2006. In January, Finnzymes Instruments and Bridge Biosciences formed […]

Company Announcements Proxeon appointed Mårten Winge CEO in 2006. He joined the company from Olink Bioscience. Cenix BioScience GmbH, Applied Biosystems and the Biotechnology Center of the Technische Universität Dresden established a joint facility to develop tools and methods to enable more detailed and probative analyses of the cellular functions of therapeutically relevant genes. Applied […]

Upland, CA 1/11/07—UVP, a suppler of laboratory imaging systems, was acquired by private equity investment firm Carlisle Enterprises on January 2. “Carlisle’s access to capital markets, their industry knowledge and their operating expertise represent significant support for UVP’s continued growth and development,” stated Leighton Smith, president and CEO of UVP. Carlisle’s previous laboratory-related investments include […]

Company Announcements NimbleGen Systems named Gregory McGuinness as vice president of International Business. He was previously director of European Business Development for Gene Logic. NimbleGen Systems obtained a license to the “Southern array patents” from Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) and will supply OGT with microarrays for use in its service business. Oxford Gene Technology granted […]