August 6, 2013
enzberg, Germany and Branford, CT, USA, - Roche announced today the global launch of a new software update that significantly extends the range of amplicon lengths available for targeted next-generation sequencing studies on the 454 GS FLX+ System. The latest software enables sequencing of amplicons up to 800 bp while maintaining >99% accuracy over the [...]
BGB Analytik USA opens its doors
August 6, 2013
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LifeMap Sciences, a Subsidiary of BioTime, Announces Release of MalaCards Version 1.04
August 6, 2013
ALAMEDA, Calif.-- LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc., announced today the release of MalaCards, Version 1.04. The new release is available at https://www.malacards.org. MalaCards is a new database of human diseases and their annotations that is modeled on the architecture and richness of the popular GeneCards® database of human genes (https://www.genecards.org). LifeMap Sciences [...]
Markes International prepares for further global expansion by strengthening management team
August 6, 2013
Markes International (Llantrisant, UK), a specialist manufacturer of innovative analytical instrumentation for trace organic analysis, has announced the appointment of two key new directors to strengthen its management team. Terry Buckland joins as Sales & Service Director after a successful 20-year career with some of the world’s biggest scientific instrumentation companies, including: Applied Biosciences, Varian [...]
The Oasis Tool Recommends Optimized Protocols Customized to Customer’s Samples
August 6, 2013
Milford, Mass. –– Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today unveiled its new web-based Oasis® Method Development Tools designed to help customers reduce their sample preparation method development time as part of Waters Simple Prep™ campaign. Based on the customers’ sample requirements, the Oasis Method Development Tools will recommend the optimized solid-phase extraction (SPE) protocol to develop [...]
3M Molecular Detection System Receives First AOAC Official Methods of Analysis Validation
August 6, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn.-- 3M Food Safety announced today that its 3M™ Molecular Detection Assay Salmonella has been validated through AOAC INTERNATIONAL as a First Action Official Method of AnalysisSM (OMA method number 2013.09) for the detection of Salmonella in selected foods. A complete review of the study conducted for this AOAC-OMA validation will be published [...]
Cornell University Adopts LabArchives for Management of Laboratory Data
August 6, 2013
LabArchives, LLC and Cornell University announced today that Cornell has purchased a subscription to the LabArchives platform for the storage, organization, sharing, and publication of research data. Effective immediately, LabArchives is now available at no charge to all Cornell faculty and students working at its main campus in Ithaca, New York. LabArchives is a browser-based [...]
Rare biorepository finds new home at Marine Science Center
August 6, 2013
Northeastern’s University’s Marine Science Center will soon house a tissue collection from the world’s most rare, strange, and remarkable ocean creatures. Based on the partnership between Northeastern, Ocean Genome Legacy and New England Biolabs, the university will be home to the Ocean Genome Legacy Center of New England Biolabs—a publicly accessible biorepository of DNA samples [...]
Certara Enhances SYBYL-X Drug Design and Discovery Software Suite
August 6, 2013
ST. LOUIS, MO –– Certara™, a leading provider of software and scientific consulting services to improve productivity and decision-making from drug discovery through drug development, today announced the release of version 2.1 of its SYBYL®-X molecular modeling and simulation suite. SYBYL-X is a comprehensive suite of computer-aided design tools developed to expedite drug design and [...]
FOSS partners with the UN, businesses, and NGOs in the fight against poverty
August 6, 2013
For the second year, FOSS has joined with the UN, Danida, businesses and NGOs in promoting progress made against the UN Millennium Development Goals. The eight goals were agreed to by all the world’s countries and are a plan for addressing issues such as education, world hunger, and healthcare in developing countries. The goals have [...]

