September 17, 2013
Champaign, IL, USA - ANDalyze bolsters its DNA-based sensor/Fluorimeter platform solution for simplifying the on-site testing and analysis of water for heavy metal contamination with the addition of a cadmium (Cd) sensor. This expands its capabilities which already include sensors for lead (Pb), copper (Cu), Mercury (Hg), uranium (U) and zinc (Zn). The product, which [...]
EMD Millipore Launches Eshmuno® A Chromatography Media and Chromabolt™ Prepacked Columns
September 17, 2013
Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today introduced two additions to the Company’s comprehensive chromatography portfolio to further accelerate downstream purification and improve process efficiency. Eshmuno® A is a rigid, high capacity, acid and alkaline resistant Protein A affinity chromatography media for the purification of monoclonal antibodies [...]
Gen9 Announces Call for Entries in Annual Contest Recognizing Innovation in Synthetic Biology
September 17, 2013
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Gen9, Inc., a pioneer in the development of scalable technologies for synthesizing and assembling DNA, today announced that it is now accepting entries for its second annual G-Prize. The G-Prize award, conceived and exclusively sponsored by Gen9, was launched to reward innovators and disruptors who are interested in transforming industries such as [...]
September 17, 2013
CHELMSFORD, MA – Spectro Inc. has introduced the latest evolution of its SpectroVisc Q3000 series of portable kinematic viscometers that enable immediate determination of lubricant viscosity in the field. The measurement range of the new SpectroVisc Q3050 model extends from 1cSt-680cSt at 40?C; the new functionality is the result of a new polished cell that [...]
September 17, 2013
Tokyo, JAPAN – Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corporation (MCM) today announced that the company enters into an exclusive license agreement of Energy Resolved Oxonium Ion Monitoring (Erexim) Technology [PATPEND], jointly-developed by RIKEN (RIKEN) and Shimadzu Corporation (Shimadzu), in glycomics analysis services. By use of Erexim technology, MCM starts up evaluating the usefulness of Glycomics Analysis Services [...]
ForteBio Launches Octet HTX System for Accelerated Drug Development
September 16, 2013
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - ForteBio, a division of Pall Life Sciences and a leading supplier of instrumentation for accelerated drug discovery and development, today announced the launch of the Octet® HTX system, the new flagship member of the Octet line of label-free interaction analysis systems. The Octet HTX system addresses the acute industry need for [...]
Corning Expands Microcarrier Product Line for Bioprocess Scale-up
September 16, 2013
CORNING, N.Y. -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today announced it has expanded its microcarrier product line for bioprocess scale-up with the addition of four new Corning® Microcarriers for large-scale vaccine and cell therapy manufacturing. Corning Life Sciences will showcase its latest microcarrier innovations in booth #800 at the upcoming Bioprocess International Conference in Boston, Sept. 16-19. [...]
September 16, 2013
SEATTLE — NanoString Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: NSTG) a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that a study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute demonstrated that the PAM50 gene signature, which is the basis for the Prosigna™ Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay, provides [...]
EAGLE – Ibsen launches 822 – 978 nm high resolution spectrometer for Raman solutions
September 16, 2013
Farum - Ibsen Photonics (www.ibsenphotonics.com), the global leader in fused silica transmission gratings and industrial grade spectrometer modules, today announced the new EAGLE SWNIR spectrometer platform for OEM supply to manufacturers of analytical instruments. The EAGLE platform consists of compact, robust, and high resolution spectrometers, suited for OEM integration into industrial grade Raman systems at [...]
DNAnexus Launches Platform-as-a-Service for Growing NGS-Based Diagnostics Market
September 16, 2013
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- DNAnexus, a pioneer in cloud-based DNA data management and analysis solutions, today announced a specialized platform-as-a-service (PaaS) designed to eliminate the common challenges and costs that enterprises face when building clinically compliant analysis pipelines for next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. DNAnexus provides a configurable API-based platform that enables clinical testing labs to [...]

