Kewaunee Scientific Announces CFO Retirement

STATESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA -- Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (NASDAQ: KEQU) reported today that D. Michael Parker, its Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary, has announced his plans to retire by the end of calendar year 2015, completing a successful 25-year career with the Company, including the last 20 years as its CFO, Treasurer, [...]

DNAnexus and Intel to Deploy High-Performance Next-Gen Sequencing Analysis Software for Precision Medicine Research in the Cloud

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-- DNAnexus, the global leader in genome informatics and data management, today announced that it has worked with Intel Corporation, the world’s largest semiconductor company, to deploy elPrep, a high-performance software tool for the preparation of genomic data for large-scale sequence analysis. The first use is by Janssen Research & Development, a division [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Safer, Cleaner Method to Test Swine Carcasses for Trichinella

SCHLIEREN, Switzerland -- Abattoirs and meat packers have a cleaner, safer way to test swine carcasses for potentially dangerous Trichinella at meat inspection – new PrioCHECK™ Trichinella AAD from Thermo Fisher Scientific. The alternative artificial digestion (AAD) method has been validated and approved by the European Union and is now listed in commission regulation (EC) [...]

NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines for Breast Cancer Acknowledge Prosigna/PAM50 as Clinically Validated for Prediction of Prognosis

SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ:NSTG) a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for breast cancer have been updated to acknowledge that the PAM50 gene signature, commercialized as the Prosigna® Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature [...]

Illumina, Inc. has added a news release to its Investor Relations website

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced the launch of Illumina SeqLab, an integrated solution for customers with HiSeq XTM Systems to enable large-scale human whole-genome sequencing operations. Designed to increase laboratory efficiency for population-scale, human whole-genome sequencing (HWGS), this new offering provides a complete solution for Illumina customers who need streamlined workflows [...]

Agilent Technologies Presents Thought Leader Award to Renowned Systems Pharmacologist Lawrence Lesko

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced today that Dr. Lawrence J. Lesko has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in support of his research into preclinical toxicological assessments of new medicines. An internationally recognized pharmacologist, Dr. Lesko directs the Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology at the University of Florida's College [...]

Molecular Devices Introduces EarlyTox Cell Viability Assay Kits

Sunnyvale, California -- Cell viability assays are critical to a broad spectrum of research areas ranging from understanding the mechanisms of cell death to the development of apoptosis-related therapeutics. The EarlyTox cell viability assay kits have been optimized for highly sensitive and accurate microplate-based detection which provide a complete solution for evaluating cell viability. Tailored [...]

NanoScreen Awarded ISO 9001:2008 Certification

Charleston, SC -- NanoScreen, an industry leader in automated liquid handling, announced today that it’s quality management system processes have been certified as compliant under the ISO 9001:2008 standard. This certification applies to NanoScreen’s management system governing the product design, manufacturing and sales of instruments and consumables. “As one of the leading liquid handling providers, [...]

Biotage® ACT Plate Adapter Prevents Evaporative Cross-Talk

Uppsala, Sweden -- Biotage® (STO: BIOT), a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, announces the launch of Biotage® ACT (Anti Cross Talk) Plate Adapter, an innovative solution for prevention of well to well cross contamination during extract evaporation. Biotage® ACT Plate Adapter is an essential accessory for evaporation devices. [...]

BioLife Solutions Readies New BloodStor® 27 NaCl Cryopreservation Media to Support Customer Clinical Use of Frozen Platelets

BOTHELL, WA — BioLife Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLFS), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary clinical grade cell and tissue hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media and related cloud hosted biologistics cold chain management app for smart shippers today announced that manufacturing process validation has commenced to support the launch of a new product, [...]

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