BioLife Solutions Appoints Raymond W. Cohen as Chairman and Joe Schick to Board of Directors
November 19, 2013
BOTHELL, Wash. -- BioLife Solutions, Inc. (BLFS), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary clinical grade hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media for cells and tissues, and contract aseptic media manufacturer, today announced that it has appointed a new chairman of the board and also a new director. Current board director Raymond Cohen was [...]
November 19, 2013
ReadyToProcess WAVE™* 25 bioreactor system is an intuitive and easy-to-use cell culture device with advanced functionality designed to meet the evolving needs of bioprocessing. The innovative system allows precise, automated, and intelligent control of numerous process parameters through a user-friendly graphical operator interface, which provides real-time control and many data analysis and reporting options. ReadyToProcess [...]
November 19, 2013
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how the NanoWizard AFM is being applied in the study of nanostructures and nano-sized systems at the École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. The "Laboratory of the Physics of Living Matter"(LPMV) at the École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, [...]
MO BIO Laboratories, Inc. launches new kits for fast DNA and RNA clean-up
November 19, 2013
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- MO BIO Laboratories, Inc., the leader in microbial, stool, plant, and soil nucleic acid purification, announces the launch of the PowerClean® Pro DNA and RNA Clean-Up Kits, featuring a fast, 7 minute protocol for removal of amplification inhibitors including humic substances, polysaccharides, polyphenolics, heme, and lipids from purified DNA or RNA. The [...]
Repligen names Biogen exec to its board of directors
November 19, 2013
WALTHAM, MA –– Repligen Corporation today announced that it has elected to its Board of Directors John G. Cox, Executive Vice President of Pharmaceutical Operations & Technology for Biogen Idec Inc., a leading biopharmaceutical company. Mr. Cox has over 20 years of biopharmaceutical manufacturing experience and has supported the commercial launches of a number of [...]
FDA allows marketing of four “next generation” gene sequencing devices
November 19, 2013
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of four diagnostic devices that can be used for high throughput gene sequencing, often referred to as “next generation sequencing” (NGS). These instruments, reagents, and test systems allow labs to sequence a patient’s DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). The new technology also gives physicians the ability to take [...]
Biogas Consortium Using Genedata Selector for Metagenomics-based Process Optimization
November 19, 2013
Munich, Germany -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for industrial biotechnology, drug discovery, and life science research, today announced its collaboration with GOBI ("General Optimization of BIogasprocesses"), an interdisciplinary biogas research consortium consisting of leading academic and commercial members to improve the overall efficiency of biogas production. GOBI will be using Genedata [...]
November 19, 2013
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Arrayit Corporation (ARYC) announced today that the company has signed a Professional Services Master Agreement (PSMA) with Diagnostic Oncology Research Organization (DOCRO, Inc.). Arrayit and DOCRO will use the PSMA as a blueprint for the submission and approval of the company's OvaDx® Pre-Symptomatic Ovarian Cancer Monitoring and Screening Test, as well as [...]
LabCentral Launches Laboratory Operations; Signs American Laboratory Trading as a Gold Sponsor
November 19, 2013
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- LabCentral, an innovative, shared laboratory space designed as a launchpad for life-sciences startups, officially began laboratory operations on November 15th. Key to its on-schedule opening was the generous support that the nonprofit organization received from its sponsors in the form of financial contributions, equipment donations, and in-kind services. In that regard, LabCentral [...]
November 19, 2013
Salisbury, UK -- NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is being used to study extracellular vesicles in the research laboratories of Dr Gregory Gores of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The Gores Laboratory of the Mayo Clinic does basic research into liver disease. One of the main research areas of interest is [...]
