Ocean Optics Names Winner of 2015 Young Investigator Award
February 20, 2015
Dunedin, Florida, USA – Ocean Optics, the industry leader in modular spectroscopy applications and products, recently named Amelie Heuer-Jungemann from the University of Southampton, UK the winner of the 2015 Ocean Optics Young Investigator Award. Optics Young Investigator Award are co-chairs of the Colloidal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications conference Dr. Xing-Jie Liang of the National [...]
February 19, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. -– LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc., announced today the release ofGeneAnalytics™ v1.1, a powerful and easy-to-use gene set analysis tool that rapidly contextualizes RNAseq and microarray-derived gene expression patterns and function signatures. The tool leverages LifeMap Sciences’ comprehensive integrated biomedical knowledgebase, comprised of GeneCards®, MalaCards, andLifeMap Discovery®, to helpresearchers identify [...]
TeraPulse – The Next Generation Terahertz Spectrometer and Imaging System from TeraView
February 19, 2015
Cambridge, UK –- TeraView is pleased to announce the launch of its new Terahertz system, the TeraPulse 4000. Building on the success of the TPS Spectra 3000 which has become the industry standard in Terahertz instrumentation, the TeraPulse 4000 offers the same industry leading performance and reliability, all within a single, compact unit. Smaller, lighter [...]
Pressure BioSciences Awarded $1,000,000 NIH SBIR Phase II Grant
February 19, 2015
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) ("PBI" and the "Company") today announced it has been awarded a $1,020,969 SBIR Phase II grant (2R44HG007136) from the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health ("NIH"). Entitled "High Pressure Sample Preparation Instrumentation for DNA Sequencing", this grant will help fund the [...]
Distek, Inc. Awarded U.S. Patent for Modularity Design and Position Software Control
February 19, 2015
North Brunswick, NJ – Distek, Inc., an industry leader in pharmaceutical laboratory testing instruments, accessories and validation services, has been awarded U.S. Patent 8,903,673 for their modularity design and the individual position software control. Distek’s patented, self-contained, modularity design is configurable for up to 8 positions when in use on the symphony 7100 “Bathless” Dissolution [...]
February 19, 2015
FREMONT, Calif. -- WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WGBS) today announced that the Company has entered into a research collaboration with the Familial Breast Cancer Research Unit of the Women's College Research Institute at the University of Toronto. The Familial Breast Cancer Research Unit is a world leader in the field of breast and ovarian cancer [...]
AXT Extend Nanotechnology Offerings to Include NT-MDT AFM Solutions
February 19, 2015
AXT would like to announce their new partnership with NT-MDT, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM). NT-MDT has been involved in the producing instrumentation for nanotechnology research for over 20 years. This new agreement will see AXT represent NT-MDT in Australia and New Zealand, looking after both sales and service. [...]
Bio-Rad Adds Six New Genomes to Line of PrimePCR™ Assays for Real-Time PCR
February 19, 2015
Hercules, CA —- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today announced the launch of predesigned PrimePCR™ Assays for six of the most common model organism genomes used for gene expression analysis: rhesus monkey, zebrafish, yeast, cow, rabbit, and pig. Assay validation is one of the most important steps in qPCR but is sometimes overlooked [...]
February 19, 2015
Houston, TX. -- FEI (NASDAQ: FEIC) introduced its new HeliScan™ microCT advanced imaging system during the grand opening of its Digital Rock Lab in Houston today. HeliScan provides highly accurate, high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) images used by oil exploration & production (E&P) operators and research institutes to support the imaging, analysis, and modeling of reservoir rocks [...]
Fluidigm Debuts Newest State-of-the-Art Single-Cell System at AGBT
February 19, 2015
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) will provide attendees at the 16th annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting the first glimpse of PolarisTM, an integrated single-cell research system, in addition to other new products. This exciting new product is the first to integrate cell selection, isolation, dose, culture and molecular [...]
