New Amino Acids from Avantor™ Performance Materials Complement Life Science Product Portfolio
October 8, 2013
Center Valley, PA (USA) –– Avantor™ Performance Materials has added three new amino acids to its portfolio of J.T.Baker® brand amino acids, used in cell cultures, drug formulations and nutritional products. The company now offers all 20 standard amino acids needed by the human body to produce proteins. The new J.T.Baker® L-alanine, L-aspartic acid, and [...]
Analytik Jena AG Repurchases All Shares in AJZ Engineering
October 8, 2013
Jena (Germany) — Analytik Jena AG (Prime Standard: AJA, ISIN: DE0005213508) has repurchased all shares in AJZ Engineering GmbH and holds 100.0 percent of the project company once again. Analytik Jena can thus now carry out urgently needed measures for restructuring the subsidiary, which in addition to its activities on the German market is particularly [...]
AxioMx Inc. Raises $2 Million in Second Round of Financing
October 8, 2013
BRANFORD, Conn. -- AxioMx Inc. announced today that it has completed its second financing round, raising $2 million in investment from Connecticut Innovations (CI), Elm Street Ventures, Vital Venture Capital and AxioMx company founders. "We are excited to add Vital Venture Capital to our group of investors, and we are inspired by the continued confidence [...]
Charm Sciences ROSA Quantitative Aflatoxin M1 Test Validated by ILVO-T&V Belgium
October 8, 2013
Lawrence, MA -- A report validating the Charm MRLAFMQ test for the detection of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) at the European Maximum Limit (EU ML) of 50 part per trillion (ppt) was issued today by the Belgium National Reference Laboratory, ILVO T&V, under the direction of Dr. Wim Reybroeck. The MRLAFMQ test is the only rapid, [...]
SAGE Labs Inc. Launches RNA-sequencing Services in Partnership with Cofactor Genomics
October 8, 2013
ST. LOUIS, MO. –– SAGE Labs Inc., a leading provider of In vivo products, services and technologies in the field of genome engineering, announced today that it will begin offering RNA-sequencing services as part of its SAGEspeed Custom Model Creation Platform. The sequencing and analysis portion of the RNA-seq studies will be performed by Cofactor [...]
Sony DADC and SCHOTT develop Glass-Plastic Hybrid Cell Imaging Slide
October 7, 2013
Salzburg, Austria and Jena, Germany – Sony DADC BioSciences, the world leader in the manufacturing of microstructured polymer products, and SCHOTT AG, an international technology group with more than 125 years of experience in the areas of specialty glass, materials and advanced technologies, have pooled their expertise to develop a novel glass-polymer cell detection slide [...]
Xylem Inc. appoints H. Balasubramaniam (“Bala”) as Managing Director for Xylem India
October 7, 2013
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Xylem Inc. today announced the appointment of H. Balasubramaniam (“Bala”) as the company’s new managing director for Xylem in India. He joins Xylem from General Electric, where he spent more than 15 years, most recently as Business Director of the company’s locomotive projects business, and prior to that as Chief Executive [...]
GENEWIZ, Inc. Launches Ion Proton(TM) Services as Ion AmpliSeq(TM) Exome Certified Service Provider
October 7, 2013
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - GENEWIZ, Inc., leading global genomic service provider, has now become an Ion AmpliSeq™ Exome Certified Service Provider. Administered by Life Technologies, "[the] Ion AmpliSeq™ Exome Certified Service Provider Program is a network of validated service providers that enables any researcher to get high quality exome sequence, using small amounts of input [...]
Illumina Launches TruSight One Sequencing Panel
October 7, 2013
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the launch of the TruSight One Sequencing Panel, the industry’s broadest sequencing panel that targets 4,813 genes with known associated clinical phenotypes. Clinical research laboratories can use this panel to expand existing menus, streamline workflows, or create an entire portfolio of sequencing options, with benefits including increased [...]
Sartorius Stedim Biotech announces offer to acquire UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc
October 7, 2013
Aubagne – Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading global supplier for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, today made a cash offer to acquire the UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc (TAP Biosystems) through its wholly owned subsidiary Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH. The proposed transaction, which is subject to customary closingconditions, including the approval of TAP’s shareholders, [...]
