Illumina Applies CE Mark to Expanded MiSeqDx™ System
September 25, 2013
SAN DIEGO - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it declared conformity with the requirements of the IVD Directive and has applied the CE mark to expand the use of the MiSeqDx system in clinical laboratories. These laboratories are now able to develop diagnostic tests using Illumina’s new MiSeqDx Universal Kit on the MiSeqDx. The [...]
September 24, 2013
München -- The brand-new SyncroPatch 384 Patch Engine (PE) now released by Nanion Technologies propels ion channel drug discovery to a new level. Designed for seamless integration into process-automated drug screening environments, the Patch Engine is equipped with 384 patch clamp amplifiers and an advanced 384 channel liquid handling robot. The SyncroPatch 384PE is the [...]
September 24, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO & BANGALORE, India -- Metaome Science Informatics, a bioinformatics start-up based in Bangalore, India today announced the launch of DistilBio Enterprise, a revolutionary knowledge discovery and exploration platform for the Life Sciences. Built for the enterprise, it combines novel graph-based search and analytics with advanced data integration technology that cuts across data silos. [...]
Pall Corporation Announces Dividend Increase
September 24, 2013
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - The board of directors of Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL) today declared a 10-percent increase in the company's quarterly dividend from the current rate of $0.25 to $0.275 per share. The dividend of $0.275 is payable November 8, 2013 to shareholders of record on October 18, 2013. This is the tenth time the [...]
iGenomics to Purchase 32 Ion Proton™ Next-Generation Sequencers
September 24, 2013
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced that iGenomics, a privately held diagnostic service company based in Guangzhou, China, purchased 17 Ion Proton™ sequencers and plans to add 15 more instruments by the end of the year. iGenomics, which also signed a licensing and supply agreement with Life Technologies, will initially use [...]
PANalytical NIR partners TerraSpec® 4 with ALS Limited’s CoreViewer
September 24, 2013
PANalytical’s high-resolution mineral data will integrate with ALS’s geochemical data management system to streamline the collection and interpretation of mineralogical information BOULDER, Colo. - Sept. 24, 2013 - PANalytical NIR (formerly ASD Inc.) and ALS Mineral Services announced today that ALS’s geochemical data management system CoreViewer™ will incorporate near infrared (NIR) mineralogy data collected from [...]
Hamilton Robotics Delivers New High-tech Liquid Handling Platform
September 24, 2013
Reno, Nevada – Hamilton Robotics introduces the Hamilton VANTAGE™ for immediate release. The highly flexible, multi-purpose pipetting platform features a completely new, state-of-the-art linear motor design and contact-free NanoPulse™ pipetting technology covering a wide volume range (100 nL – 1 mL). This space-efficient and affordable liquid handler enables users to prepare samples with the utmost [...]
September 24, 2013
Sysmex Corporation (HQ: Kobe, Japan; Chairman and CEO: Hisashi Ietsugu) announces that it has reached agreements to acquire 100% of the shares of German Partec GmbH (hereinafter referred to as “Partec”) and Inostics GmbH (hereinafter referred to as “Inostics”), as outlined below. 1. Significance and Purpose of the Acquisitions The global healthcare market promises ongoing [...]
NuGEN Expands Portfolio of Clinical Sample Solutions
September 24, 2013
SAN CARLOS, Calif. -- NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a market leader in the development of sample preparation solutions for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) applications, has announced the release of the Ovation Human FFPE RNA-Seq Multiplex System. This kit, optimized for use with human samples, provides an end-to-end solution for strand-specific RNA-Seq library construction using very low [...]
SAGE Labs, Inc. Licenses CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering technology from Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
September 24, 2013
ST. LOUIS -- SAGE Labs, Inc., a leading provider of in vivo products, services and technologies in the field of genome engineering, announced today that it has entered into a partnership and licensing agreement with Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (Caribou Bio) for key intellectual property related to the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system. Under the agreement, SAGE [...]
