Nanoscience Instruments Announces New PoroMetric Software for Phenom Desktop SEM
September 25, 2014
Phoenix, AZ -- The visualization and analysis of pores is easier than ever before with the Phenom desktop and integrated PoroMetric from Nanoscience Instruments. The combination of speed, ease of use and superb imaging quality of the Phenom and pore analysis software of PoroMetric creates a powerful tool for inspecting a wide range of samples [...]
Silicon Biosystems Appoints Farideh Bischoff, Ph.D. as Executive Director of Scientific Affairs
September 24, 2014
San Diego, CA -- Silicon Biosystems, Inc. announced the appointment of Farideh Bischoff, Ph.D. as Executive Director of Scientific Affairs. Dr. Bischoff has more than 20 years of experience in reproductive genetics and cancer research and diagnostics. Prior to joining Silicon Biosystems, Dr. Bischoff served as Vice President of Translational Research and Clinical Development at [...]
Bibby Scientific Ltd acquires PCRmax Ltd
September 24, 2014
Bibby Scientific, one of the largest manufacturers of quality bench top science equipment, has purchased 100% of the share capital of PCRmax, a UK based sales and distribution Company set up specifically to capture a significant market share of the standard (PCR) and quantitative PCR (QPCR) markets. They are also the registered owners of the [...]
Agilent Technologies Thought Leader Award Supports Cancer Stem Cell Research at Mount Sinai
September 24, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -— Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Carlos Cordon-Cardo, M.D., Ph.D., of the Mount Sinai Health System, has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in recognition of his groundbreaking work in molecular and translational pathology. Dr. Cordon-Cardo is the Irene Heinz Given and John LaPorte Given Professor and chair of [...]
New Epigenetic Kits for Demethylase and Methyltransferase Drug Discovery from BPS Bioscience
September 24, 2014
San Diego, CA -- FBXL11 (KDM2A) and FBXL10 (KDM2B) are F-box and Jumonji domain-containing enzymes that specifically demethylate mono- and di-methylated lysine 36 of histone H3 (H3K36) in a Fe(II) and ?-ketoglutarate (?KG)-dependent manner. Unlike most methyllysine histone modifications, methylation of H3K36 is associated with active chromatin and gene transcription. FBXL10 was also reported to [...]
Bibby Scientific Ltd acquires PCRmax Ltd
September 24, 2014
Bibby Scientific, one of the largest manufacturers of quality bench top science equipment, has purchased 100% of the share capital of PCRmax, a UK based sales and distribution Company set up specifically to capture a significant market share of the standard (PCR) and quantitative PCR (QPCR) markets. They are also the registered owners of the [...]
September 24, 2014
Buffalo, NY -- Reichert Technologies, a unit of Ametek Ultra Precision Technologies, today announced its offering of professional and support services for researchers performing surface plasmon resonance (SPR) experiments. Reichert’s global network of experts helps customers obtain the highest quality data from their SPR experiments by installing equipment, training researchers, performing contract services and consulting. [...]
September 24, 2014
Vienna/Brno/Berlin -- Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers being the second most common cause of cancer in women and the third most common in men. At the same time colon cancer is the fourth common cause of cancer related death. Early detection of this disease increases both the therapeutic success and the [...]
Biotech investment veteran Robert F. Johnston joins Hurel investor group
September 24, 2014
North Brunswick, NJ, USA -- Hurel Corporation (“Hurel”), a world-leading provider of in vitro liver models and microfluidic assay platforms that improve the predictive reliability of pre-clinical drug development, today announced that Johnston Associates, Inc. of Princeton, New Jersey (“JAI”) has become a participating investor in the Company’s Series A-3 Preferred Stock financing. Hurel’s lead [...]
Omixon Collaborates with G3 and Genomics England to Validate HLA Genotyping from WGS Data
September 24, 2014
Budapest, Hungary; Cambridge, MA & Richmond, VA -- Global biotechnology company Omixon, headquartered in Budapest with US offices in Cambridge, MA, has announced a collaboration with Global Genomics Group (G3) to validate its Target HLA™ software to determine HLA genotypes from whole genome sequencing (WGS) datasets. G3 is providing the WGS datasets and the corresponding [...]

