October 15, 2013
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how AFM and advanced fluorescence microscopy is being applied in the study of biological membranes in the Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS, CNRS and INSERM affiliated) in Montpellier (France). The CBS includes a research group focused on [...]
October 15, 2013
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), and its subsidiary OncoCyte Corporation today announced that OncoCyte has entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement and a Material Transfer Agreement with The Wistar Institute to collaboratively develop lung cancer diagnostic products. As part of the collaboration, Wistar investigators are conducting a multi-center patient study in which [...]
Pall Opens New Life Sciences Centre of Excellence in Shanghai China
October 15, 2013
SHANGHAI - Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today inaugurated the Pall Life Sciences Centre of Excellence (CoE) at its new Zhangjiang site in Shanghai in the People’s Republic of China. The new Centre of Excellence, which offers biopharmaceutical process solutions, technical and validation support as well as training, extends [...]
October 15, 2013
PARSIPPANY, NJ and OMAHA, NE – PDI, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDII) and Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO), today announced the signing of a U.S. collaboration agreement to commercialize CardioPredict™, a molecular diagnostic test developed by Transgenomic. CardioPredict™ is a broad-based genetic assay which identifies a patient’s specific genes that influence the effectiveness and safety of many commonly [...]
Fluxion launches High Throughput Quattro Array for BioFlux™
October 15, 2013
South San Francisco, Calif. -- Fluxion Biosciences announced today that it has launched its BioFlux Quattro High Throughput Array System for physiologically relevant live cell analysis. The system is now commercially available and shipping to customers. The Quattro Array system is sold as a separate component and can expand the capabilities of any existing BioFlux [...]
Licensing deal marks coming of age for UAB-UW nanopore sequencing technology
October 15, 2013
The University of Alabama at Birmingham today announced that Illumina Inc. has licensed the rights to a DNA sequencing technology developed by a UAB microbiologist and a University of Washington physicist. The patent-licensing deal revolves around nanopores first studied as potential chinks in the armor of the tuberculosis bacteria, but now part of efforts to [...]
October 15, 2013
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Life Technologies Corporation has extended its collaborative agreement with Japanese firm DNAVEC Corporation to launch CytoTune™-iPS 2.0 Sendai Reprogramming Kit, the next-generation research technology that enables the most efficient method to develop induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from human somatic cells. The newest kit doubles the number of colonies that can be [...]
Wilsonart LLC to Acquire Durcon Incorporated
October 15, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas - Wilsonart LLC today announced an agreement to acquire Durcon Incorporated, the world's leading manufacturer of laboratory-grade work surfaces. The Taylor, TX-based Durcon provides laboratory tops, student tabletops, sinks and other work surfaces worldwide, and is best known for its durable epoxy resin surfaces. Durcon will operate as a new, independent business unit [...]
Rainbow Scientific, Inc. Announces Availability of Advanced Stem Cell Culture Systems
October 15, 2013
Windsor, CT -- Rainbow Scientific, Inc. (RSI) is pleased to offer advanced research products for human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) and human embryonic stem cell (hESC) culture from Biological Industries (BI). These chemically defined, non-animal origin culture media have been thoroughly validated to provide superior growth and maintenance of hMSC and hESC cell lines. Extensive [...]
Now an Environmentally Friendly Ductless Fume Hood
October 15, 2013
Air Science has introduced its NEW Purair ECO™ line of Energy-Saving Ductless Fume Hoods designed for both chemical and particulate protection over a broad range of laboratory and industrial applications. Development of the Purair ECO is in response to an increasing worldwide demand for safe, cost-effective and energy-efficient ductless containment cabinets that minimize stress on [...]

