Bio-Rad Acquires GnuBIO, Developer of Droplet-Based DNA Sequencing Technology
April 10, 2014
CAMBRIDGE, MA –– GnuBIO, a privately-held life sciences company that has developed a droplet-based DNA sequencing technology, today announced that it was acquired by Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. With this acquisition, Bio-Rad will expand its Digital Biology Center and establish a research and development site in Cambridge, Massachusetts. GnuBIO has developed a DNA sequencing solution that [...]
Servomex Appoints Area Sales Manager to Head New Russian Office
April 10, 2014
Crowborough, UK – - Servomex Group Ltd. has announced the appointment of Chingis Lalaev as Area Sales Manager - Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to head its newly established office in Moscow. Servomex’s General Manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Luca Marinelli, said: "Russia has become a significant marketplace for Servomex [...]
Covaris, Inc. Opens New Office in Europe
April 10, 2014
BRIGHTON, England -- Covaris, Inc., an innovator in the life science tools and the clinical diagnostic market spaces, announced today that its European subsidiary, Covaris Ltd, which is located in the United Kingdom, will commence operations on May 1, 2014. Covaris Ltd has sales, service, and application representatives throughout Europe providing a high level of [...]
SQI Diagnostics Completes $4.2 Million Equity Financing
April 10, 2014
Toronto, Ontario -- SQI Diagnostics Inc. (“SQI” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: SQD), a life sciences and diagnostics company that develops and commercializes proprietary technologies and products for advanced microarray diagnostics, today announced that it has closed its previously announced public offering (the “Offering”). Pursuant to the Offering, SQI issued 8,400,000 units of the Company (“Units”) [...]
EMD Millipore and VWR Extend Western European Distribution Agreement
April 9, 2014
Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced a new non-exclusive, preferred distribution agreement for Western Europe with VWR a global provider of laboratory supplies, equipment and services. The contract includes a range of EMD Millipore products and reagents for chemical and microbiological analysis, which are mainly [...]
Bioptigen Introduces Image-Guided SDOCT Technology to Advance Preclinical Eye Research
April 9, 2014
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – Bioptigen announced today the availability of EnFaceTM color fundus technology delivering image-guided SDOCT into a single, compact, handheld scan head. The new color fundus system provides multiple, integrated modalities into each of Bioptigen’s EnvisuTM preclinical SDOCT systems, producing brilliant, color fundus images captured simultaneously with OCT images. The new color [...]
April 9, 2014
CHELMSFORD, Mass. and OXFORD, United Kingdom -- Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), a global provider of automated sample storage solutions to the Life Sciences industry, the University of Oxford and UK Biocentre announced today that Brooks has been selected to provide multiple automated sample management systems, which will form an integral part of a new Bioresource [...]
InstantLabs and the University of Guelph will jointly develop seafood identification test kits
April 9, 2014
BALTIMORE, MD - InstantLabs® announced today that the company has entered into an agreement with the University of Guelph to co-develop a portfolio of DNA-based seafood species identification tests to combat marketplace seafood fraud by providing rapid, definitive proof that seafood is correctly labeled. InstantLabs plans to launch the kits within four months. Recent studies [...]
Dassault Systèmes Extends Tender Offer for Accelrys until April 22, 2014
April 9, 2014
VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France -- Dassault Systèmes FR:DSY +1.59% (euronext paris:#13065)(euronext paris:DSY.PA), the 3D EXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions announces the extension of the tender offer by its wholly owned indirect subsidiary, 3DS Acquisition Corp., to purchase all outstanding shares of Accelrys, Inc. ACCL [...]
April 9, 2014
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Gen9, Inc., a pioneer in the development of scalable technologies for synthesizing and assembling DNA, today announced the appointment of Jennifer A. Camacho as Chief Legal Officer. In this new role, Ms. Camacho will be responsible for the company’s general legal affairs and intellectual property strategy. “Jennifer is widely regarded as one [...]
