BioSurplus Hires Mark Abee as Business Development Manager, North Carolina/Southeast
July 9, 2013
SAN DIEGO -- BioSurplus announced today that it has hired Mark Abee as business development manager, North Carolina/Southeast. Mark will establish and grow relationships with pharmaceutical and biotech companies in the region, helping them to maximize the value of their laboratory equipment through services such as purchase, consignment, auction, inventory management and instrument service and [...]
AIBioTech® reaches 20,000 sample milestone on Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine™
July 9, 2013
RICHMOND, VA -- AIBioTech has reached the milestone of 20,000 DNA samples sequenced on its Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machines™ (PGMÔ) by Life Technologies. As an early adapter of this cutting edge technology, AIBioTech is one of the first companies to apply the Life Technologies Ion Torrent sequencing technology to the CLIA laboratory market place. [...]
Genomatica Licenses TeselaGen Software for DNA Design
July 9, 2013
San Francisco and San Diego, CA -- Genomatica and TeselaGen have signed a multi-year agreement to license TeselaGen’s software, which uses synthetic biology approaches to build and modify DNA. The two companies also will work together to enhance TeselaGen’s software to meet Genomatica’s objectives. By using TeselaGen’s technology, Genomatica expects to accelerate development of its [...]
July 9, 2013
Bishops Stortford, UK. Dotmatics Limited, a leading provider of scientific information management solutions announced today that the Grünenthal Group, a leading pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Germany, selected its state-of-the-art enterprise informatics solutions after a rigorous tender process and evaluating various vendors. Dotmatics’ Vortex is a world-class visualization and analytics platform for scientific data. It [...]
July 9, 2013
Amsterdam,- Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that Karo Bio, a developer of innovative drugs for large medical needs, has started to use Reaxys® and Reaxys® Medicinal Chemistry. Karo Bio has chosen the solutions to support its chemists in their research and development objectives, ensuring they [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs Distribution Agreement with MKI for Lipidomics Software
July 9, 2013
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has signed an agreement with Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd. (MKI) of Tokyo to become the exclusive worldwide marketer and distributor of MKI’s Lipid Search software for interpretation of lipidomic research data. Lipid Search software, developed by Prof. Ryo Taguchi of [...]
Industry Thought Leaders Join Assay Depot’s Board of Directors
July 9, 2013
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Assay Depot, the pharmaceutical industry’s leading marketplace for scientific services, today announced the addition of two industry experts to its board of directors. The appointments come at a pivotal time as the company positions itself to support the growing needs of an industry undergoing radical change. “By simplifying access to research [...]
July 8, 2013
Quantachrome Instruments is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Aquadyne DVS water sorption analyzer capable of analysis temperatures from 10°C up to 85°C. The Aquadyne DVS-2HT is the latest in the family of precision water sorption analyzers, joining the Aquadyne DVS-1, single-balance unit, and the Aquadyne DVS-2 dual balance unit. [...]
Agilent Technologies Enhances Sample-Prep Workbench for Consistent Precision and Safety
July 8, 2013
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a collection of new features to the 7696A Sample Prep Workbench chromatography sample-preparation system. These enhancements will enable laboratories to further minimize bottlenecks associated with sample preparation and maximize automation capabilities to prevent errors associated with manual sample-handling procedures, including weighing, diluting and making derivatives. "Sample preparation has [...]
July 8, 2013
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech), a cutting-edge technology company developing and manufacturing scientific and medical systems and Base4 Innovation Ltd. (Base4), the privately-owned Cambridge-based DNA sequencing company today announce that they have entered into a collaborative technology development agreement to develop a long read-length, single-molecule, nanopore-based DNA sequencing system. The system will be [...]

