Horizon Discovery Signs Distribution Agreement with Haplogen

Cambridge, UK --Horizon Discovery™ (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Haplogen GmbH (Haplogen), with immediate effect. Under the terms of the agreement customers can now access, directly from Horizon, Haplogen’s Haploid Gene Trap Mutant [...]

Kapa Biosystems Launches Suite of High-Performance DNA and RNA Products that Improve Next-Generation

WILMINGTON, Mass. & MARCO ISLAND, Fla.--Kapa Biosystems, Inc., a leading supplier of reagents for the life science market, today announced the launch of products that improve performance and workflows for genomic research. The new suite of products enables researchers to apply the latest next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies more effectively to millions of low quality and [...]

Reputation for Excellence Drives Sale of 21 More ETDs by Implant Sciences

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB:IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced its latest sale of 21 explosives trace detectors (ETD) including 11 QS-B220 desktop and 10 QS-H150 handheld units. Based on the reputation of Implant Sciences' ETDs for reliability and performance in critical [...]

Trevigen Awarded $1,500,000 Phase II SBIR Grant to Bring to Market the CometChip™

GAITHERSBURG, MD - Trevigen Inc., in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), has recently been awarded a $1,500,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to develop and commercialize the CometChip™ technology, licensed from MIT and pioneered by the Engelward [...]

NanoString Technologies Launches Commercial Reagents to Enable Laboratories to Rapidly Develop Tests from Translational Research Discoveries

SEATTLE and SAN FRANCISCO -- NanoString Technologies, Inc, a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced the global commercial launch of the nCounter Elements™ General Purpose Reagents (GPRs), a solution that enables clinical laboratories to independently develop multiplexed genomic assays and then rapidly translate those assays into clinical [...]

Successful Introduction of a Novel Patch Clamp-Based HTS-System Through Collaboration Between Nanion and Beckman Coulter

Munich, German -- Nanion recently introduced the SyncroPatch 384 Patch Engine (PE), an instrument for HTS-compatible ion channel screening. As a modular part of the Biomek FX, a state-of-the-art liquid handling robot from Beckman Coulter, the SyncroPatch 384PE allows stable and reliable recordings and ensures swift setup and integration into existing HTS-environments. Patch clamp is [...]

Porvair Expands Its Operations at New Milton

Porvair Filtration Group, specialists in filtration and separation technologies, has announced the expansion of its UK facilities in New Milton near Christchurch. The new factory purchased this month will allow a consolidation of Porvair’s business in the UK and provides much needed manufacturing capacity to support the future growth of the business. Porvair Filtration Group, [...]

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation Declares Increased Quarterly Dividend

ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and High Technology company (the "Company"), announced an increase of 7% in its quarterly cash dividend to $0.23 per share. The increased dividend was approved by the Company's Board of Directors on February 11, 2014 and is payable on March 14, 2014 to shareholders [...]

GenomOncology Collaborates With Roswell Park Cancer Institute on Informatics Solution for Next-Generation Sequencing

Westlake, OH. – GenomOncology today announced a collaboration with Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) to develop an informatics solution that enables the association of Next Generation Sequencing results with knowledge resources to define actionable mutations. “The challenges of translating the vast amounts of data from next-generation sequencing into a resource that can be easily and [...]

New SERVOPRO NanoChrome Ultra-trace Gas Analyzer Revolutionizes UHP Gas Analysis for Semiconductor industry

Crowborough, UK- Servomex, the world leader in gas analysis has launched the SERVOPRO NanoChrome, revolutionizing ultra-trace purity measurements for UHP gases by incorporating the latest advances in gas sensing technology and signal processing methodology. Designed specifically for the measurement of contaminant gases and hydrocarbons that can be present at ultra-trace levels in semiconductor manufacture, the [...]

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