February 2, 2015
Cambridge, UK -- Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), the international life science company supplying research tools and services to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, today announced that it has been selected to act as a core facility by the Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute (TDI). As a core facility, [...]
API and Luna Innovations Agree to Merge
February 2, 2015
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Advanced Photonix® (NYSE MKT: API), a leading supplier of optoelectronic sensors, devices, and test and measurement instrumentation for the telecommunications, defense, industrial, and medical markets and Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA), which develops and manufactures fiber optic sensing and test & measurement products for the telecommunications, aerospace, automotive, energy, and defense [...]
Merck Announces Personnel Changes in Finance Function
January 30, 2015
Darmstadt, Germany -- Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials, today announced that Andreas Stickler (43) has been appointed as new Head of Controlling of the Healthcare Business Sector. Roman Morten Werth (38) will succeed Andreas Stickler in his current position as Head of Mergers [...]
Eppendorf wins its first patent infringement case in China
January 30, 2015
Hamburg -- Eppendorf AG (“Eppendorf”) has successfully enforced its Chinese patent ZL200710079795.X, covering its vortexing technology for mixers used in the Eppendorf MixMate®. Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court issued judgment Yi Zhong Min Chu Zi No. 871 on December 10, 2014, finding that the manufacturer Hangzhou Allsheng Instruments Co., Ltd. (“Allsheng”) and its distributor Beijing [...]
HiLyte™ Your Antibodies Using One Universal Reagent
January 30, 2015
Fremont, CA -- AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of a product line of recombinant Protein A, conjugated with HiLyte™ Fluor dyes or Biotin. This universal reagent can be used to detect antibodies from different species, such as human, rabbit, mouse, rat and others. Protein A is available as labeled with HiLyte™ Fluor 488 [...]
New England Biolabs® Introduces Novel Cloning and DNA Assembly Method: NEBuilder® HiFi
January 30, 2015
Ipswich, MA -- New England Biolabs (NEB®) announces the introduction of the NEBuilder HiFi DNA Assembly Cloning Kit and Master Mix for one-step cloning and multiple DNA fragment assembly in as little as 15 minutes. The novel, proprietary DNA polymerase in the NEBuilder HiFi enzyme mix results in extremely accurate fragment assemblies and cloning junctions, [...]
Affymetrix Chairman and Founder to Retire from Board of Directors
January 30, 2015
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Affymetrix (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that Founder and Chairman, Stephen Fodor, Ph.D., will retire from the company’s Board of Directors effective January 30, 2015. He has served on the Board since the Company’s inception, and has been Chairman since 1999. The Board of Directors elected Jami Nachtsheimas Chairwoman of the Company’s Board [...]
January 30, 2015
Bibby Scientific Ltd announced today that Techne®, a leading UK manufacturer of laboratory benchtop equipment, has launched its revolutionary new qPCR system, the Prime Pro 48. The new system offers greater accuracy and higher quality data for a variety of applications, setting novel standards of performance, simplicity and versatility. The Prime Pro 48 has 400 [...]
The VWR Foundation Donated Dollars in Honor of the VWR’s Sales Force
January 29, 2015
RADNOR, Pa. -- During VWR's (Nasdaq: VWR) annual Americas Sales Conference, the VWR Charitable Foundation made significant charitable contributions in honor of the Company's sales force. The Foundation, dedicated to giving back to the science community, announced it was donating a total of $100,000 to two organizations. The VWR Foundation Donated Dollars in Honor of [...]
January 29, 2015
MADISON, WISCONSIN -- Promega Corporation announces the release of the PowerPlex® Fusion 6C System, a 6-color, 27-locus multiplex. The system combines common and informative loci to overcome typical challenges faced by laboratories, including sample inhibitors, low levels of input DNA, degradation, and mixtures. The PowerPlex Fusion 6C System includes the 23 loci in the expanded [...]
