Morpho Supplies 160 Itemiser 4DX Trace Detectors to Airports in Germany

HAMBURG, Germany – Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, today announced a contract with the German Federal Police for 160 Itemiser® 4DX explosives trace detectors (ETD). Under terms of the contract, Itemiser 4DX is currently deployed to screen passengers and baggage at airport checkpoints throughout Germany to ensure compliance with new EU legislation for [...]

Sidra Selects WuXi NextCODE to Power Population Genomics and Precision Medicine in Qatar

DOHA; SHANGHAI; CAMBRIDGE, Mass.; and REYKJAVIK – WuXi NextCODE, a precision medicine company using the genome to improve health worldwide, and Sidra Medical and Research Center (Sidra), a groundbreaking hospital, research and education institution, today announced a broad, long-term agreement to provide and co-develop comprehensive research and bioinformatics programs. “Understanding the genome is the key [...]

Affymetrix Introduces Axiom Transplant Genotyping Array for Genomic Profiling of Immune-Related Markers

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Affymetrix (NASDAQ: AFFX) introduces Axiom® Transplant Genotyping Array, designed in collaboration with an international team of surgeons and scientists for research studies to improve transplantation success and individualize donor/patient selection and treatment. The array comprises ~ 780,000 markers, including over 30,000 variants that may contribute to transplant rejection or other complications. [...]

Illumina Expands Use of HiSeq XTM Sequencing System to Include Non-Human Species

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it has expanded the rights of use for the HiSeq X Sequencing System to allow customers to perform whole-genome sequencing of non-human species. The updated rights of use will take effect immediately for existing customers of the HiSeq X Ten and HiSeq X Five, and will apply [...]

Al Pichelli Appointed Chief Operating Officer of Teledyne

THOUSAND OAKS, California -- Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) announced today the promotion of Al Pichelli, Executive Vice President, to the position of Chief Operating Officer of Teledyne, effective immediately. Mr. Pichelli, already having responsibility for Teledyne’s Instrumentation and Aerospace and Defense Electronics business segments representing greater than 70% of total sales, now also assumes operational [...]

New Innovations Address Research Needs Across Entire Genetic Analysis Workflow

BALTIMORE -- ASHG 2015--For attendees of the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), Thermo Fisher Scientific is unveiling a range of innovative products and solutions that span the entire genetic analysis workflow (booth #1415). The company is also featuring several poster presentations and a lunch seminar on Wednesday, Oct. 7 [...]

Sony DADC BioSciences and FIANOSTICS GmbH announce collaboration in development of a novel assay platform

Salzburg/Vienna, Austria – In course of the Basel Life Science Week 2015 Sony DADC BioSciences and FIANOSTICS GmbH announced a collaboration on highly sensitive and rapid fluorescence immunoassays using a novel polymer/metal hybrid for the use in metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF). Sony DADC uses its well established manufacturing processes derived from Blu-ray disc production. “The quantification [...]

Antibodies enable Immunoassays to be used in Methylation Regulation Research

AMSBIO has launched a unique series of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies against S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) that allows immunoassays to be used in methylation regulation research. Methylation is involved in nearly every aspect of life. SAM is the sole methyl donor for a variety of methyl-transfer reactions in DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids, phosphilipids, hormones [...]

GENOMICS PLC PREVIEWS ITS INTEGRATED PLATFORM ON GENETIC ASSOCIATION AT ASHG 2015 ANNUAL MEETING

Oxford, UK: Genomics plc (“Genomics”), a leading genome analytics company, is developing algorithms, curated data resources, and software solutions to uncover the relationships between genetic variation and human traits and diseases. Genomics is allowing delegates at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2015 conference to access part of its genetic association platform via a [...]

Repositive Secures GigaScience As Its Latest Partner

Cambridge - Repositive, a software company developing novel tools to improve access to genomic research data, has announced it is now partnering with GigaScience, an open access journal and repository with a focus on big data in biomedical sciences. The partnership will see Repositive use the range of data from biomedical sciences research from GigaScience [...]

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