SomaLogic announces agreement to deploy SOMAscan assay at NIH Center
October 13, 2014
SomaLogic, Inc., announced today that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Human Immunology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation (CHI) will use the SOMAscan™ proteomics assay for research with collaborators across the NIH. It is expected that the SOMAscan assay will be installed and fully functional at CHI by the beginning of 2015, under the leadership [...]
SomaLogic announces agreement to deploy SOMAscan assay at NIH Center
October 13, 2014
SomaLogic, Inc., announced today that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Human Immunology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation (CHI) will use the SOMAscan™ proteomics assay for research with collaborators across the NIH. It is expected that the SOMAscan assay will be installed and fully functional at CHI by the beginning of 2015, under the leadership [...]
Genomics England names QIAGEN Bioinformatics one of the UK100K project assessment winners
October 13, 2014
Redwood City, Calif. -– QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today that its business area, QIAGEN Bioinformatics, has been named by Genomics England (GeL) an assessment winner for the UK100K project, along with other life science technology providers. The company will be providing project researchers access to Ingenuity® Variant Analysis™, a powerful [...]
Heating & Chilling Laboratory Equipment
October 13, 2014
Carlsbad,CA -- Torrey Pines Scientific, Inc®. announces its new line of multi-position analog stirring hot plates and stirrers featuring 5 or 9 stirring positions. The large 12” (305 mm) square ceramic heater tops have a temperature range to 450°C. The 5-position stirring units can stir 5-800ml beakers, and the 9-position units can stir 9-500ml beakers [...]
BD Acquires GenCell Biosystems
October 13, 2014
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.-- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today that it has acquired GenCell Biosystems, a privately-held Irish biotech company that has developed proprietary technologies that address key biological analysis protocols – from library preparation of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to genotyping for agricultural applications. "We [...]
RainDanceTechnologiesAppointsJohnA.LuckeyVicePresidentofProductDevelopment
October 10, 2014
BILLERICA, Mass. — — RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company simplifying the analysis of complex genetic diseases, today announced the appointment of John Luckey, Ph.D., as its new Vice President of Product Development. Dr. Luckey brings more than 20 years of experience leading teams tasked with developing biotechnology systems and technology platforms. During his [...]
Process up to 12 Western Blots Simultaneously with Precise Reproducibility
October 10, 2014
MANSFIELD, MA – “The functional simplicity of the BlotCycler™ design is convincing researchers that the time for automating their western blot assays is here,” says Russ Yukhananov, Ph.D., CEO of Precision Biosystems. BlotCycler™ delivers an affordable solution for busy labs demanding reproducible results. By reducing variables from slight variations in fluid delivery, timing and washing [...]
DNASTAR Lasergene 12.1 Software Integrates Cloud Capability with Ground Computers
October 10, 2014
MADISON, Wisconsin –– DNASTAR® announced the release of Lasergene 12.1 today, representing a major advancement in integrating traditional Lasergene desktop computer software with advanced capabilities on the cloud. Genomic scientists can now run multiple sequence assemblies on the cloud simultaneously without the need to invest in a large compute cluster. Lasergene 12.1 also introduces the [...]
October 10, 2014
JENA/Germany -- ZEISS congratulates Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and William Moerner on winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. All three underscored the value of microscopy in research with their discovery of methods to achieve superresolution. The limit of optical resolution calculated by Ernst Abbe, company founder Carl Zeiss's partner, in the 19th century has [...]
Carl Zeiss Research Award Winners and Partners Receive Nobel Prize
October 10, 2014
OBERKOCHEN/Germany -- The Nobel Prize was recently awarded for medicine, physics and chemistry. Customers and partners of ZEISS are also among the winners, including former Carl Zeiss Research Award winners Shuji Nakuamura and Stefan Hell. "We are very excited that these researchers have won the Nobel Prize," says Professor Michael Kaschke, President and CEO of [...]
