BioTime Announces the Issuance of 27 New Patents Protecting Stem Cell-Based Product Development

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT:BTX) today announced that 27 new patents have issued during the first half of 2015 that are owned or licensed to BioTime or its subsidiaries. These new patents add to the portfolio of over 700 issued and pending patents and patent applications world wide that are owned or licensed [...]

Optibrium and Integrated Chemistry Design Introduce Asteris 1.1 with Extended Range of Predictive Models and Enhanced Design Features

CAMBRIDGE, UK and OCEANSIDE, CA – Optibrium™ and Integrated Chemistry Design, providers of software solutions and services for drug discovery, today announced the release of Asteris 1.1, an updated version of the iPad app that delivers highly intuitive chemistry drawing tools with the most visually informative predictive modelling. The latest version of Asteris combines enhanced [...]

BioTek Synergy™ Neo2 Granted Cisbio HTRF® Certification

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments' new Synergy Neo2Multi-Mode Reader has received its Cisbio HTRF® certification. Synergy Neo2 joins several other previously certified readers from BioTek’s current lineup – Cytation™ 5, Cytation 3, Synergy H1 and Synergy 2. Cisbio and BioTek have a long history of collaborative development, most recently in cancer research where the [...]

ILIUM Technology Introduces Flow-through Conductivity Probe

Medford, MA -- ILIUM Technology announced today the availability of its new Model 1021 Smart Flow-through Probe – the ideal solution for real-time conductivity monitoring of any liquid system where the conductivity is best or most conveniently measured in a flowing rather than static environment. The new probe works with Ilium’s Model 2100 ultra-low, ultra-wide [...]

Henrietta-Based Diffinity Genomics Acquired by Chiral Technologies

Rochester, NY — Diffinity Genomics, a Henrietta-based biotech company backed by venture capital fund Excell Partners and High Tech Rochester incubator, has been acquired by global life science company Chiral Technologies, Inc. Both Excell Partners and High Tech Rochester are affiliates of the University of Rochester where the technology originated. Diffinity has developed DNA purification [...]

Sage Analytics Completes Final Round of Data Validation and Readies for Product Launch

BOULDER, Colo., Aug. -- Sage Analytics (www.sageanalytics.com), the developers of a new generation of laboratory-quality cannabis potency measurement systems, announced today the completion of their data collection and final application modeling of a highly anticipated, advanced cannabis potency testing system. The Luminary™ Profiler and the Luminary™ Beacon incorporate Sage Analytics' proprietary predictive models, which were [...]

FireflySci Expands Its Flow Through Cell Group With New HPLC Flow Cell Offerings

BROOKLYN, NY -- In August 2015, FireflySci will be launching a ground breaking HPLC Flow Cell line to complement its already expansive flow through cell lineup. This new HPLC flow cell line will help provide easy solutions to many researchers day to day tasks. In the past, researchers have been subject to strikingly long lead [...]

Amyris & Genome Compiler Launch Testing Program for Pharma and Biotech Companies to Explore DNA Design and Construction Solutions

EMERYVILLE and LOS ALTOS, Calif. -- Amyris, Inc. (AMRS), the industrial bioscience company, and Genome Compiler Corp., a synthetic biology platform company, today announced the availability of an open testing program for pharma and biotech companies to explore DNA design and construction solutions. The two companies announced a collaboration agreement in March 2015 to integrate [...]

Launch of a Revolutionary SDD – X-Max Extreme

Oxford Instruments, a world leader in microanalysis systems, has launched X-Max Extreme, a Silicon Drift Detector that promises to be a breakthrough solution for ultra high resolution FEG and FIB-SEM applications. This unique detector for the first time enables EDS data collection at very low kV (e.g. between 1kV and 3kV) and a very short [...]

Bruker Introduces Opterra II Multipoint Scanning Confocal Microscope

BILLERICA, Mass. -- Bruker (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced the release of the Opterra II™ Multipoint Scanning Confocal Microscope, which represents the next generation of quantitative live-cell microscopes. The Opterra II’s low photo-toxicity and photo-bleaching capabilities deliver significant advantages over today’s spinning disk confocal approaches, including enabling time-lapsed volumetric studies on previously inaccessible specimens. This performance [...]

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