MultiFlo™ FX Multi-Mode Dispenser with RAD™ technology Expands Capabilities

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek’s MultiFlo™ FX is now available with optional RAD™ (Random Access Dispense) technology to further extend its application range and flexibility. RAD technology offers single-channel dispensing to random individual microplate wells along with rapid reagent dispensing into large volume wells of 6- to 24- well microplates. MultiFlo FX can also be [...]

NanoString Technologies Announces $45 Million Term Loan Agreement With Capital Royalty

SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that it has entered into a term loan agreement with Capital Royalty L.P. and certain of its affiliates. The agreement provides NanoString with up to $45 million of available borrowing capacity. "Together with the [...]

APPISTRY RELEASES COMMERCIAL VERSION OF BROAD INSTITUTE’S GATK 3

ST LOUIS, MO – Appistry, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance computing and analytics solutions for next-generation medicine, today released the latest commercial version of the Broad Institute’s Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK). GATK 3 provides new functionality and best practices to tackle modern challenges in next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis. “The Broad Institute has described [...]

Biolytic Lab Performance Inc. Launches the Dr. Oligo Synthesizer Platform: The World’s Fastest and Most Efficient High Throughput DNA, RNA, Oligonucleotide Synthesizer

Fremont, CA -- Boasting a total of 23 amidite delivery systems with up to 19 capable of low volume, 192 oligos can be synthesized as 20 bases in as little as 2 hours. The overall synthesis time can be further cut by up to 35%**** when enabling the double reagent dispensing option. This increases reagent [...]

ALPCO Expands EuroFlow™ Product Offering with the Addition of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias Screening Tube

Salem, NH -- On April 1, 2014 ALPCO began offering a new specialized panel of flow cytometry reagents from Cytognos S.L., a supporting participant of the EuroFlow™ Consortium. The Plasma Cell Screening Tube (PCST) can be used to help discriminate between aberrant and clonal plasma cells. Also included in this suite of products are ASR [...]

DANI Instruments Announces new subsidiary in North America

As leading manufacturer in the front-end autosamplers for volatiles and semivolatiles serving GC and GCMS, DANI Instruments is pleased to announce that effective January 1st 2014, it is entering directly into the US market with the opening of the new USA subsidiary located in New Jersey. The new office will enable DANI Instruments to better [...]

QIAGEN expands product portfolio for next-generation sequencing with QIAxpert® system and CLC bioinformatics suite for cancer research

SAN DIEGO, California, and HILDEN, Germany — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced two important new product launches which address workflow challenges in next-generation sequencing (NGS) applications. QIAGEN will present these and several other innovative solutions for NGS applications at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting from April [...]

3D Biomatrix and Cayman Chemical Launch 3D Cell Culture Optimized Cytotoxicity Kit

Ann Arbor, MI -- 3D Biomatrix, a leader in three-dimensional cell culture products, is pleased to announce expansion of their 3D cell culture kit line, developed with Cayman Chemical, to include a new assay, Perfecta3D® LDH Cytotoxicity Assay Kit, for measuring the viability of 3D spheroids. Researchers have long tested drug compounds and other factors [...]

RainDance Technologies Closes Series E Financing with GE Ventures

BILLERICA, Mass. –– RainDance Technologies, Inc., an innovative genomics tools company making molecular testing of complex diseases more standardized and readily available, today announced that it has closed a $16.5 million Series E financing round extension. New investors include GE Ventures and Northgate Capital; all existing financial investors also participated in this round of financing. [...]

New application of TAP’s Automated Cell Culture System on Booth 1846 at the AACR Offers Rapid Production and Consistent Quality of NCI 60 Cancer Cell Line Panel

Cambridge, UK: TAP Biosystems, (now part of the Sartorius Stedim Biotech Group), a leading supplier of innovative cell culture and fermentation systems for life science applications, today announced a new NCI 60 application for its CompacT SelecT™, a system that automates cell culture and processing in T-flasks and microplates. The details of the application, which [...]

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