Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Supports Clinical Researchers in The ONE Study

REGENSBURG, Germany -- Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is participating in the ONE Study, an international collaboration of scientists across Europe and the USA ? and holding its annual general meeting in Regensburg, Germany from19-21 November 2014. Beckman Coulter is contributing its flow cytometry expertise in cell therapy and diagnostic technologies to support the study’s specific [...]

Nikon Instruments, Inc. Announces Strategic Partnership with JEOL

Nikon Instruments, Inc. is pleased to announce a strategic partnership between Nikon and JEOL to research and develop solutions to address correlative light and electron microscopy Overcoming resolution limits imposed by the diffraction of light has been a major breakthrough in the field of light microscopy, as evidenced by the recent 2014 Nobel Prize in [...]

Riffyn Secures $1.8 Million Seed Financing to Advance Reproducible Research

OAKLAND — — Riffyn, Inc. has raised $1.8 million in a Seed financing round led by O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, with additional investments from Bioeconomy Capital and others. Riffyn provides experimental process design and analytics software to improve reproducibility and tech transfer in life science, chemical and materials research and development. The financing accelerates Riffyn’s efforts [...]

Dotmatics expands Global Operations with South Korean Country Manager

Bishops Stortford, UK -- Dotmatics, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services, announces the appointment of James (Jong-Soo) Han as South Korean Country Manager. The successful adoption of the Dotmatics Platform by the pharmaceutical, biotech and chemical industries prompted the setup of Dotmatics’ facilities in South Korea. Mr Han brings over a decade [...]

InstantLabs releases first DNA-based Seafood identification test for Atlantic Blue Crab meat

BALTIMORE – — InstantLabs® announced today the commercial launch of its InstantID Atlantic Blue Crab DNA verification test – the first in a series of seafood species identification tests to help the global seafood industry respond to the increasing challenge of seafood fraud. The new species verification assay was created through a partnership with the [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Prices Offering of Euro-Denominated Senior Notes

WALTHAM, Mass.-- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) announced today that it has priced its previously announced offering of €640 million aggregate principal amount of 2.000% senior notes due 2025 at an issue price of 99.680% of the principal amount. The issuance of the notes is expected to close on or about November 24, 2014, [...]

Horizon Discovery Group Signs Agreement with Top Ten Pharma Company

Cambridge, UK -- Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced that its Horizon CombinatoRx division has been contracted by a top ten pharma company to profile a lead oncology asset. Under the terms of the agreement, Horizon CombinatoRx [...]

Rockland Immunochemicals to Develop Synthetic Antibodies for Modified RNA Detection and Quantitation with $225,000 SBIR Funded Grant

Limerick, PA. -– Rockland Immunochemicals Inc. today announced that it has received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH). Rockland will use the grant to develop synthetic antibodies for detection and quantitation of modified RNAs. Also known as aptamers, synthetic antibodies can be used in basic [...]

Protagen AG signs collaboration with QIAGEN to develop novel protein based companion Diagnostics for autoimmune therapies

Protagen AG today announced that it has entered into a long-term collaboration agreement with QIAGEN targeting the development of novel protein-based companion diagnostics for autoimmune disorders. Under the terms of the agreement, QIAGEN will gain access to the proprietary SeroTag® technology platform of Protagen, which enables the discovery and validation of novel protein-based marker panels. [...]

Molecular Devices Introduces the Digidata 1550A with HumSilencer for Line Frequency Noise-Free Electrophysiology Research

Sunnyvale, CA -– Molecular Devices, a leader in bioanalytical systems for drug discovery, life science research, and bioassay development, today announced the launch of the Digidata® 1550A Low-Noise Data Acquisition System plus HumSilencer™ noise cancelling technology for the analog-to-digital conversion of biological signals measured in electrophysiology experiments. The Digidata 1550A is the first digitizer with [...]

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