August 27, 2013
CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced the first end-to-end sequencing solution for exon-level copy number variation (CNV) analysis, which combines the Ion Reporter™ CNV data analysis workflow, the Ion AmpliSeq™ Exome Kit and the Ion Proton® System. Inherited and de novo CNVs of chromosomal regions, in which large regions ( > [...]
Waters Corporation Announces CEO Transition Plan
August 27, 2013
MILFORD, Mass.-- Waters Corporation (NYSE/WAT) today announced that Douglas A. Berthiaume has communicated his intention to retire as Chief Executive Officer of the Company within the next twenty-four months. The Board of Directors has appointed a Succession Planning Committee that will guide the process of selecting a successor, and plans to engage an executive search [...]
August 27, 2013
London UK - Desktop Genetics Ltd (DeskGen), a UK bioinformatics company aiming to revolutionize the way genetic engineers work together, announced today that it has secured an equity investment of £275,000. The investment comes from Boundary Capital Ltd, Execute Technologies Inc, and angel investors Richard Youngman, Michael Martin (both of Anvil Partners LLP), Dr Jonathan [...]
University of Giessen Selects DNASTAR Genomics Software
August 27, 2013
MADISON, Wisconsin –– DNASTAR today announced that the University of Giessen has chosen DNASTAR Lasergene Genomics Suite software as its traditional and next-generation sequence assembly and analysis software platform for numerous departments within the university. DNASTAR’s software is now available to a wide range of university scientists, staff and students for any and all traditional [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Releases Next-Generation Benchtop NMR Spectrometer
August 27, 2013
MADISON, Wis. - Academic and industrial laboratories can now easily collect routine high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data on molecules in solution using the Thermo Scientific picoSpin 80, a portable, competitively-priced NMR spectrometer built for benchtop operation. The instrument’s magnet, rated at 2 Tesla, is designed to provide superior resolution of chemical and structural characteristics [...]
Porvair Launches Genuine 2ml Deep Well Plate
August 27, 2013
Porvair Sciences has developed the first 96-well round deep well plate that genuinely delivers 2.00 ml liquid capacity / well in an automation compatible SLAS / ANSI footprint. The revolutionary "common wall" design provides a full 2ml round well, round bottom well within a 45mm height limit, thus ensuring full compatibility with most plate handling [...]
August 27, 2013
Food and beverage industry managers and laboratory professionals can improve laboratory process mapping, management and automation with new Thermo Scientific SampleManager 11 tools and user-interface enhancements. The newest, most configurable version of one of the world’s most widely deployed laboratory information management systems (LIMS) is featured at the Palmer House Hilton during AOAC’s Annual Meeting [...]
WaferGen Biosystems Announces New Funding from Private Placement
August 27, 2013
FREMONT, Calif., — WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCBB: WGBS) announced today that it has commenced a private placement to accredited investors of up to $17.25 million of units consisting of shares of common stock, shares of Series 1 convertible preferred stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock. At the initial closing of the offering [...]
RUCDR Infinite Biologics Selects NuGEN as Corporate Sponsor and Genomic Sample Processing Partner
August 27, 2013
PISCATAWAY, N.J.-- RUCDR Infinite Biologics, the world’s largest university-based biorepository, has added NuGEN Technologies to its group of technology sponsors. A unit of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, RUCDR Infinite Biologics currently stores more than 12 million biosamples. Dr. Andy Brooks, chief operating officer of RUCDR Infinite Biologics, said: “The RUCDR corporate sponsorship [...]
Harvard Bioscience Announces Jeffrey A. Duchemin as New CEO
August 27, 2013
HOLLISTON, Mass., -- Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO), a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of tools to advance life science research and regenerative medicine, today announced that its Board of Directors has hired Jeffrey A. Duchemin, a veteran life science executive, as Harvard Bioscience's Chief Executive Officer. David Green, who has served [...]

