TECHNE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES NEW TRADE NAME, BIO-TECHNE
February 10, 2014
Minneapolis. Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) announced today that it will be operating under the new trade name, Bio-Techne. The use of Bio-Techne will bring the company’s R&D Systems, BiosPacific, Tocris Biosciences, Boston Biochem and Bionostics products under one common brand name. “We are excited about our new trade name. The name solidifies the new strategic [...]
February 10, 2014
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-- Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. announced a new capability to include full-service clinical sample procurement that will expand Fluxion’s IsoFlux Discovery Services offering. Fluxion currently offers a broad range of analytical services using its IsoFlux System for circulating tumor cell (CTC) enrichment, including qPCR and next-generation sequencing (NGS) based assays. With this new [...]
B&W Tek Announces New Addition to NanoRam® Product Line
February 10, 2014
Newark, DE--B&W Tek, Inc., an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems, is proud to announce a new addition to the NanoRam® product line, the NanoRam FP. The NanoRam FP offers the same benefits of the original NanoRam but with even more versatility provided by a flexible fiber optic probe; making it perfect [...]
Bioline Launches High Performance SensiFAST™ cDNA Synthesis Kit
February 7, 2014
CINCINNATI -- Bioline, The PCR Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO), is proud to announce the worldwide release of the SensiFASTTM cDNA synthesis kit. Powered by a newly developed Reverse Transcriptase enzyme with enhanced properties and in combination with the unique TransAmp™ buffer; SensiFASTTM cDNA synthesis kit is the choice for scientists [...]
Agilent Technologies Names Guillermo Gualino as Vice President and Treasurer
February 7, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Guillermo Gualino has been named vice president and treasurer. Gualino, who has been assistant treasurer, replaces Robert Cantrell, who will move to Keysight Technologies, the new electronic measurement company to be formed by the separation of Agilent into two publicly traded companies. In his new [...]
Link Technologies invests in online support platform to serve the oligo community
February 7, 2014
BELLSHILL, SCOTLAND-- an ISO 9001:2008 certified specialist oligonucleotide reagent manufacturer, has invested in a comprehensive online customer support platform – the Link Help Centre (helpcentre.linktech.co.uk). Featuring three distinct components including an expansive resource knowledgebase, a ticketed technical support system and an interactive community forum, the Link Help Centre sets new standards in the industry for [...]
U.S. Patents Issued for Akonni Biosystems’ Novel Thermal Cycling Technology
February 7, 2014
Frederick, MD —— Akonni Biosystems, a developer of nucleic acid extraction products that are 2-fold to 5-fold faster than industry gold standards, and low-cost mid-multiplex platforms for genetic testing, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued two patents for its novel method for amplifying nucleic acids using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). [...]
SiliCycle Acquires the MiniBlock® Product Line from Mettler Toledo
February 7, 2014
Previously supported by Mettler Toledo, the MiniBlock® product line is now manufactured and supplied by SiliCycle Inc. With this exceptional synthesis tool, combined with our unique expertise in purification, metal scavenging, catalysis and silica-supported reagents, chemists can quickly screen for optimal reaction conditions and optimize critical process parameters. The SiliCycle MiniBlock® platform enables solution phase [...]
CyBio AG Delivers Major Contract to Boehringer Ingelheim
February 7, 2014
Jena (Germany, CyBio AG, the Jena, Germany-based manufacturer for liquid handling machinery and automation solutions, has delivered a robotics system to Boehringer Ingelheim for replicating plates for its compound management activities in its Biberach location as part of a major contract. For the company, a subsidiary of Analytik Jena, the contract comprised delivery of the [...]
Leading Industry Analyst Amit Bhalla Joins BD as Vice President, Global Strategy and Development
February 7, 2014
Franklin Lakes, NJ -– BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX), a leading global technology company, today announced the appointment of Amit Bhalla as Vice President, Global Strategy and Development. Mr. Bhalla will join BD in March, 2014 and will report to Vincent A. Forlenza, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. “I am pleased to welcome [...]

