Genomic DNA Purification:100,000+ PCRs from 10 ml Blood Using ProCipitate™
January 5, 2014
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. -- A requirement of massively parallel SNP analysis is to have high quality DNA suitable for target amplifications, and prepared economically from practical blood volumes. ProPrep™ Genomic is a blood DNA purification system based upon the unique protein binding reagent, ProCipitate™. Data is presented demonstrating as little as 1-2 ng of template [...]
January 3, 2014
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- DNAnexus, a pioneer in cloud-based solutions for large-scale DNA data management and analysis, today announced that it has closed a $15 million Series C funding led by Claremont Creek Ventures, Google Ventures, TPG Biotech, and First Round Capital. The company’s innovative Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), is experiencing rapid customer adoption and delivers a [...]
New HPLC Column from Thermo Fisher Scientific Separates Wide Variety of Pharmaceutical Counterions
January 3, 2014
Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce the expansion of the Acclaim™ Trinity™ family of HPLC column with new Acclaim Trinity P2 columns. The new columns are designed to screen a wide range of counterions, including cations, anions, mono and multi-valent ions with one analysis, thanks to advanced mixed-mode Nanopolymer Silica Hybrid (NSH™) technology. Simple [...]
January 3, 2014
MILWAUKEE -- CEO Cynthia (Dohmen) LaConte announced today that Dohmen has acquired three technology companies; Red Arrow Labs, Clinical Path Consulting and ChemWare. Founder of two of the companies, Mark Grosskopf will join Dohmen as the CIO of Dohmen Life Science Services and will continue to serve as president of all three companies going forward. [...]
ANSYS Closes Acquisition of Reaction Design
January 3, 2014
PITTSBURGH and SAN DIEGO -- ANSYS (Nasdaq:ANSS), a global leader and innovator of engineering simulation software, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Reaction Design, a leading developer of chemistry simulation software. The Company will provide further details regarding the transaction and its impact on the 2014 financial outlook at the time of [...]
January 2, 2014
LANSING, Mich. — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has acquired the stock of Chem-Tech Ltd., a manufacturer of insecticides for the animal and food industries. The 35-year-old company, which is wholly owned by Pat and Kelle Rolfes, operates an extensive manufacturing and distribution facility in Pleasantville, Iowa. Chem-Tech's highly effective insecticides utilize [...]
January 2, 2014
The Tracxer Code Reader RD235 CRYO offers a high-end solution for scanning whole racks with 2D Data-Matrix or TraXis coded tubes. Featuring a CCD image sensor the new reader provides unmatched high resolution image quality, ensuring the highest accuracy 2D code reading. The Tracxer Code Reader RD235 CRYO features an anti-frost system which minimizes condensation [...]
TECHNE ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER GREGORY MELSEN
January 2, 2014
Minneapolis, Minnesota - Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) today announced that Gregory J. Melsen will resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer, effective February 3, 2014, to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Melsen has served as Techne’s Chief Financial Officer since 2004. Techne has begun the process of identifying a successor to Mr. Melsen and expects [...]
AMSBIO has expanded its portfolio of stable cell lines
January 2, 2014
AMSBIO has expanded its portfolio of stable cell lines. The new cell lines express endogenous or recombinant proteins and are available in a ready-to-use format to facilitate your research efforts. Using AMSBIO stable cell lines not only provides an optimized solution for manufacture of therapeutic and diagnostic protein, but also for applications in drug screening, [...]
Epigenetics Researchers Enthuse Over Chromatrap ChIP technology
January 2, 2014
Porvair Sciences reports strong growing demand for their Chromatrap® chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay technology from academic groups and biopharmaceutical organisations involved with epigenetic research. Stephen Knight, Sales and Marketing Director commented "An expanding number of proven application solutions and the introduction of the Chromatrap® 96 HT solid-state ChIP high throughput platform has enabled us to [...]

