Illumina Announces New $250 Million Share Repurchase Authorization

SAN DIEGO - Illumina (Nasdaq:ILMN) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the company to repurchase, on a discretionary basis, up to $250 million of its outstanding common shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions and other factors. The company also announced the completion of the [...]

Tute Genomics Acquires Knome

PROVO, Utah – Tute Genomics, the leader in clinical sequencing informatics, today announced the acquisition of key assets of Knome, a renowned human-genome interpretation company whose systems and services helped spearhead several of the greatest commercial advancements in modern human genetics. Knome was co-founded in 2007 by renowned geneticist and Harvard professor George Church, who [...]

Agilent Technologies Completes Acquisition of Seahorse Bioscience, Industry Leader in Tools for Measuring Cell Metabolism

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced it has completed the acquisition of Seahorse Bioscience, a leader in providing instruments and assay kits for measuring cell metabolism and bioenergetics. Agilent announced its intent to acquire Seahorse on Sept. 9. Seahorse's leading technology enables researchers to better understand cell health, function and signaling, and [...]

Dynasil Appoints Gary J. Bishop EVP – Photonics

NEWTON, Mass. -- Dynasil Corporation of America ("Dynasil" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: DYSL), a developer and manufacturer of optics and photonics products, optical detection and analysis technology and components for the homeland security, medical and industrial markets, today announced the appointment ofGary J. Bishop, Ph.D., to the newly created position of EVP – Photonics. "We [...]

Sensorex General Purpose pH Probes for In-Line and Submersion Mounting

Economical S270 Series offers customized options for use in water and industrial applications Garden Grove, California (October 30, 2015) – Sensorex S270 Series pH sensors provide accurate pH measurement in plant water/wastewater treatment, chemical, food production, and other process environments. Economical and easy-to-clean, the pH sensors are compatible with virtually all commercially available transmitters and [...]

Enhanced Glycoselective Bioaffinity Proteins

AMSBIO has announced the introduction of a range of Recombinant Prokaryotic Lectins (RPLs). RPLs are enhanced glycoselective bioaffinity proteins that enable efficient detection, analysis and selective isolation of glycosylated biomolecules. RPLs offer many advantages over traditional plant and eukaryotic lectins. They also offer many advantages over current glycoanalytical and chromatographic methodologies that are not glycoselective [...]

University Science Experiments Move Into “The Cloud”

Wick, United Kingdom -- Sim4t have announced the launch of “Simulators for the Web” (Sim4Web) a suite of programs hosted on the company’s secure web site that can be used directly through your web browser. By using Sim4Web, you can enter a virtual laboratory containing a UV-Vis absorption spectrometer, wet bench, chemicals, solvents, glassware and [...]

Rubicon Genomics Announces Eurofins Scientific Will Distribute Its Suite of DNA Library Preparation Kits in U.S.

Ann Arbor, MI – Rubicon Genomics, Inc., today announced an agreement with Eurofins Genomics for U.S. distribution of its DNA library preparation products, including the ThruPLEX® DNA-seq kit and Rubicon’s new ThruPLEX Plasma-seq kit. ThruPLEX Plasma-seq has been optimized for cell-free DNA to enable the preparation of NGS libraries for liquid biopsies–the analysis of cell-free [...]

Adam Equipment Opens European Distribution and Service Centre in Germany

Felde, Germany -- Adam Equipment’s new German subsidiary, AE Adam GmbH, is pleased to introduce its office staff members. The AE Adam team will offer local service, including multilingual customer assistance and help with marketing documents such as instruction and service manuals, product descriptions, flyers, and catalogues. These professionals are committed to providing the highest [...]

Agilent Technologies Recognizes Australian Genome Research Facility as Certified Service Provider

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd—a nonprofit organization dedicated to enabling world-class genomics research throughout Australia—is now an Agilent Certified Service Provider for next-generation sequencing. Agilent certifies select laboratories that leverage the company’s market-leading technologies to provide analysis services of the highest quality. [...]

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