Emerson awarded $15 million contract to modernize controls at Colorado’s second-largest power plant
April 7, 2014
PITTSBURGH — Emerson Process Management has been awarded a $15 million contract to engineer and install its Ovation™ control system at Craig Station, the second-largest power generating facility in Colorado. The three-unit, 1,311-MW plant is an important regional baseload resource that is operated by Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a wholesale electric power supplier serving [...]
April 7, 2014
BILLERICA, Mass and SAN DIEGO —— RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company simplifying the analysis of complex genetics, today announced the availability of its ThunderBolts™ Cancer Panel, a comprehensive next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS)solution that enables researchers to profile a wide range of tumor samples in fewer than two days for as low as $100 [...]
Ex-Vivo Device for Removal of Dying and Dead Cells
April 7, 2014
AMSBIO announces ClioCell™ - an ex-vivo device for removal of dying and dead cells, improving viability and quality of cell populations and their subsequent productivity. The system comprises super-paramagnetic nanoparticles which have been coupled with proprietary elements that bind to dead and dying cells and cell debris. The resultant product selectively initiates dead-cell removal, emulating [...]
Roche acquires IQuum to strengthen offerings in molecular diagnostics
April 7, 2014
IQuum’s unique products will allow Roche to quickly enter the point of care segment of molecular diagnostics Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the acquisition of IQuum, Inc. (IQuum) based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA. IQuum is a privately held company focused on developing point of care offerings for the molecular diagnostics market. Under [...]
HTG Molecular Diagnostics and OvaGene Oncology Partner on Gynecologic Cancer Tests
April 7, 2014
TUCSON, Ariz. -- HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc., (HTG) and OvaGene Oncology have entered a manufacturing supply agreement where OvaGene will design and develop their proprietary gene expression assays on HTG’s fully automated, extraction-free Edge Platform. The HTG Edge System is the only extraction-free, automated gene expression platform that delivers affordable, multiplexed results on lysed samples [...]
Life Technologies Releases New Research Tool: Oncomine NGS RNA-Seq Gene Expression Browser
April 7, 2014
SAN DIEGO -- Knowledge of driver mutations is essential to research and development in the pharmaceutical industry for the identification of novel populations and discovery of new cancer drug targets. Gene over-expression is one of the prevalent cancer driver events, but cancer transcriptome expression data generated in labs around the world are difficult to collect, [...]
New Content Screening Platform Advances High-Content Analysis for Cancer Applications
April 7, 2014
SAN DIEGO -- A new high-content screening software platform enables cancer researchers to uncover more about basic and advanced cellular function to accelerate cell-based research. The Thermo Scientific HCS Studio 2.0 is a high-content quantitative imaging and analysis software platform for a range of cancer research applications, including angiogenesis and migration/invasion, as well as the [...]
April 7, 2014
SEATTLE & SAN DIEGO - NanoString Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ:NSTG) a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced the launch of the nCounter? PanCancer Pathways Panel, a highly-multiplexed, digital gene expression assay that offers a unique way for translational researchers to investigate cancer biology across all major cancer pathways. [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Chromatography Portfolio Integrated to Waters Empower CDS
April 7, 2014
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Analytical laboratories standardized on the Waters® Empower® Chromatography Data System (CDS) now have a wider choice of Thermo Scientific chromatography systems and modules which can be integrated into this environment. Users of Thermo Scientific Dionex UltiMate 3000 series UHPLC and HPLC systems can now drive Thermo Scientific Dionex Corona Veo charged [...]
FLIR Systems Announces Hiring of Chief Marketing Officer
April 7, 2014
WILSONVILLE, OR -- FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced that Travis Merrill will join the Company in the newly-created position of Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Reporting to CEO Andy Teich, Merrill will be tasked with developing and leading FLIR's global marketing and brand building efforts. Mr. Merrill served most recently as [...]

