June 6, 2013
Worcester, MA. – Agilux Laboratories, a key provider of pharmaceutical and biotech drug discovery and development services, is pleased to announce its recent purchase of two AB SCIEX Triple Quad 6500 LC-MS/MS Systems, designed to provide even greater levels of sensitivity and increased limits of quantitation to its bioanalytical services in support of pharmacokinetic (PK) [...]
Thermo Fisher Announces $2.2 Billion Common Stock Offering
June 6, 2013
WALTHAM, Mass -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO) (“Thermo Fisher” or the “company”) today announced an underwritten public offering of $2.2 billion of its common stock in connection with the forward sale agreements described below. J.P. Morgan and Barclays are acting as joint book-running managers and as representatives of the underwriters for the offering. BofA [...]
June 6, 2013
Mountain View, CA and Ann Arbor, MI ——Clontech Laboratories, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc.,and Rubicon Genomics, Inc. announced today that they have partnered to integrate Clontech's SMART technology with Rubicon'sThruPLEX technology to increase the efficiency and quality of RNA sample preparation for a variety of next generation sequencing (NGS) applications. The launch [...]
June 6, 2013
Paris, – Cellectis (NYSE Alternext: ALCLS), the global genome engineering specialist, announced today that Luc Mathis, Cellectis plant sciences CEO, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the French Association for Plant Biotechnology (Association Française des Biotechnologies Végétales, AFBV). The French Association for Plant Biotechnology (AFBV) is an independent NGO established in 2009. [...]
June 6, 2013
Hillsboro, Ore — FEI (NASDAQ: FEIC) and University of Oklahoma (OU) have commenced a research collaboration agreement to establish an oil and gas center of excellence, the “FEI-OU Pore Scale Characterization Laboratory,” at the OU Mewborne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering (MPGE). The research will focus on the development of routine quantitative methods to [...]
Biolog’s Phenotype MicroArray Technology Unlocks Critical Clue in Understanding Autism
June 5, 2013
Biolog, Inc., creator of powerful cell analysis technologies for biomedical research and development, announced today a breakthrough in autism research made by using its advanced Phenotype MicroArray (PM) cell scanning technology. In a paper published in the journal Molecular Autism, researchers from the Greenwood Genetic Center reported a 100 percent correlation (87/87) of decreased metabolism [...]
June 5, 2013
Empire Genomics, Life Technologies Corporation and the University at Buffalo will embark on a new partnership to develop world-class gene sequencing facilities for genetics-based clinical research on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. The collaboration capitalizes on each organizations strengths to help establish a new standard for genomic research in Western New York and continue to [...]
Advantest Develops Terahertz Wave Spectroscopy and Imaging Analysis Platform
June 5, 2013
TOKYO-- Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE) announced today that it has developed a terahertz wave spectroscopy and analysis platform, a new entry in the company’s line-up of non-invasive analysis equipment utilizing terahertz waves. By breaking out the terahertz source and detector into modules connected to the mainframe by optical [...]
June 5, 2013
MADISON, WIS.,–Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) today announced that it has expanded its MyCell® Products line, offering access to a number of human disease models and licensing key genetic engineering patents from Life Technologies and Sigma-Aldrich. CDI’s MyCell Products include custom cell products manufactured using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology to make stem cells or [...]
Angstrom Scientific and DENSsolutions announce partnership
June 5, 2013
Delft, the Netherlands, - DENSsolutions and Angstrom Scientific today announced a partnership to enable top quality in-situ (S)TEM research in the US and Canada territories. "By bringing proven sample management solutions for dynamic (S)TEM research to the North America market, DENSsolutions and Angstrom Scientific will expand the application space of scientists and engineers to enable [...]
