Luminex Corporation and EMD Millipore Extend Their Global Supply and Distribution Agreement
May 29, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas, -- Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced it has extended their global supply and distribution agreement with EMD Millipore—the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. This long-term agreement strengthens the partnership and facilitates development of life science and protein assays by EMD Millipore for Luminex's flexible platform. "We are very pleased [...]
Agilent Technologies and Shimadzu to Exchange Chromatography Instrument Drivers
May 28, 2013
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Shimadzu Corp. today announced they will exchange RapidControl.NET (RC.Net) instrument drivers. Shimadzu's adoption and support of Agilent's RC.Net driver standard strengthens RC.Net as an emerging open industry standard for instrument control across multiple data systems. Through this exchange, Shimadzu LabSolutions and Agilent OpenLAB Chromatography Data Systems will control both [...]
Purdue Researcher’s New ‘Tool for the Organic Chemist Toolbox’ Licensed to Sigma-Aldrich
May 28, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. & ST. LOUIS -- A Purdue University researcher's U.S. patent for a safer, easier and "greener" method to incorporate fluorine into organic compounds - a common step in materials processing, drug discovery and synthesis of agricultural treatments - has been licensed to a subsidiary of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, a St. Louis-based life science [...]
OGT launches ground-breaking 58-gene tumour profiling service
May 28, 2013
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative genetics research and biomarker solutions to advance molecular medicine, has furthered its commitment to fighting cancer with the launch of a new solid tumour profiling next-generation sequencing service to advance vital research into personalised cancer care. OGT is the first commercial facility in the UK to offer this [...]
Agilent Technologies Announces Cash Dividend of 12 Cents Per Share
May 28, 2013
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that a quarterly dividend of 12 cents per share of common stock will be paid on July 24 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 2. Agilent’s board of directors approved the initiation of quarterly cash dividends to its [...]
Agilent Expands Presence in Vietnam with the Opening of Two New Offices
May 28, 2013
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the opening of two new offices in Vietnam. Located in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the offices will be fully equipped and staffed to provide customers in Vietnam with sales, applications and support services. Each of these offices will have specific centers to deliver greater levels of [...]
Custom designed long and highly modified mRNAs
May 28, 2013
AMSBIO offers a proven service for synthesis of custom-designed, long mRNA and highly modified mRNAs. Working from customer supplied target sequence data - AMSBIO has the experience, expertise and facilities to provide a complete, high quality mRNA custom design service. Synthetic mRNA from AMSBIO is supplied highly purified and ready-to-use. Following chemical synthesis of the [...]
May 28, 2013
Sunnyvale, California, – Molecular Devices®, market leader in the electrophysiology and biophysical research markets for over 30 years, announced today it has made an agreement with Fluxion Biosciences to become global distributor for the IonFlux™ portfolio of instrumentation and consumables. Molecular Devices will also provide support for all IonFlux Systems users through its recently expanded [...]
May 28, 2013
Salisbury, UK,: NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is being used in the research project "Engineering of Biomolecules" at the Lorraine University, based in Nancy. Dr Jordane Jasniewski works at the Laboratory of Biomolecules Engineering (LIBio) at Lorraine University, Nancy, and teaches in Food Chemistry at ENSAIA, an engineering school. He is a [...]
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, Illumina Automate Next Generation Sequencing Applications
May 28, 2013
INDIANAPOLIS – Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, through a partnership with Illumina, offers automated methods to improve processes and throughput in next generation sequencing (NGS) sample preparation. Under the agreement, Beckman Coulter will use its extensive experience in automated NGS sample preparation to develop, distribute and support automation for Illumina’s TruSeq® and Nextera® sample preparation kits [...]

