October 3, 2013
WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek’s Cytation™3 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader was recently honored with the first annual New Product Innovation Award, given by MipTec organizers at the 2013 MipTec Conference & Exhibition in Basel, Switzerland. Cytation3 was one of three winning products announced at the exhibition on September 25, 2013. Cytation3 combines automated digital microscopy [...]
October 3, 2013
BILLERICA, Mass. –– RainDance Technologies, Inc today announced that it has added one-step single molecule RNA detection capabilities to its RainDrop™ Digital PCR System. The new workflow provides researchers with a simple method of counting individual RNA target molecules. Available immediately to all current and future RainDrop customers, the new capabilities are compatible with existing [...]
October 3, 2013
London, UK -- MRC Technology, a technology transfer organisation, announced today it has entered into collaboration with Renishaw Diagnostics Ltd (RDL), developer of the RenDx® multiplex assay system, to identify and design novel clinical diagnostic tests for infectious disease. The agreement will benefit from the combination of RDL’s proprietary multiplex screening technology and expertise in [...]
Teledyne Signs German Aerospace Center as First Space Imaging Platform Partner
October 3, 2013
THOUSAND OAKS, California -- Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., in Huntsville, Ala., signed a memorandum of agreement with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for DLR to develop an instrument for Teledyne's digital imaging platform, the Multi-User System for Earth Sensing (MUSES) which will be mounted on the International [...]
Introducing the New Link+ Range at OTS
October 3, 2013
BELLSHILL, SCOTLAND - Link Technologies Ltd, a specialist manufacturer of oligonucleotide reagents, is launching its high-end Link+ range at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Society (OTS), which takes place in Naples, Italy, from 6-8 October. Manufactured to the highest available industry specification, Link+ will offer customers a collection of premium phosphoramidites to [...]
Synbiota Connects Hackers and Scientists to Revolutionize Biotech
October 3, 2013
Montreal -- Canadian startup Synbiota Inc., launched today its revolutionary web based collaborative biotech development platform, bringing increased security, transparency, and efficiency to life science research. Built on cutting edge web technologies and embracing open source, Synbiota hopes to radically accelerate life science research by providing both open science, and secure research tools. A key [...]
Babraham Institute Adopts DNASTAR Lasergene Software
October 3, 2013
MADISON, Wisconsin –– DNASTAR today announced that the Babraham Institute has chosen DNASTAR Lasergene software as its primary sequence assembly and analysis software platform for researchers within its organization. A spokesperson for the Babraham Institute said, “Many of our scientists have used Lasergene sequence analysis software for several years and been extremely satisfied with it. [...]
Air Products Applauds Approval of Helium Legislation
October 3, 2013
Lehigh Valley, Pa. -- Air Products (NYSE:APD) today applauded President Barack Obama and members of both the United States Senate and House of Representatives for their work in successfully passing vital legislation needed for the continuation of the critical helium supply from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Federal Helium Reserve. The BLM reserve [...]
Lawsuit against Enzymatics and three former NEB® employees
October 2, 2013
Ipswich, MA – New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB®), which filed suit against Enzymatics and three former NEB employees for stealing its intellectual property, intends to appeal today’s decision by the Massachusetts Superior Court after the court declined to rule on the merits of the case, because of a technicality about the timing of when the [...]
Cellular Dynamics Issued U.S. Patent Covering iPSC Episomal Reprogramming
October 2, 2013
MADISON, Wis. -- Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) (Nasdaq:ICEL), announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued Patent No. 8,546,140 entitled "Methods for the Production of iPS Cells Using Non-Viral Approach" on October 1. The newly issued patent relates to the method by which adult tissue cells, such as blood or skin, are [...]

