Personalis Announces Illumina CSPro Certification for Sequencing
May 7, 2013
Menlo Park, CA – Personalis announced today that it has successfully completed Illumina CSPro™ certification for sequencing on HiSeq and MiSeq, gaining entry to an elite group of Illumina genomics service providers globally. Illumina Inc., a San Diego-based company, provides leading-edge genetic analysis tools to genomics centers worldwide. Illumina CSPro is the collaborative service provider [...]
RI Research Instruments GmbH Receives DESY Contract for 120 RF Cavities
May 7, 2013
BERGISCH GLADBACH, Germany--RI Research Instruments GmbH, a majority-owned subsidiary of Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST), today announced the award of an option valued at approximately $7.3 million, for an additional 120 superconducting radio-frequency (rf) cavities, on top of its on-going 300-cavity contract for the European XFEL, a new international research facility near Hamburg, [...]
May 7, 2013
Woburn, MA-- PathoGenetix, Inc. announced today that it has received the first of six “alpha” prototypes for its new rapid bacterial serotyping and strain typing system, and has begun internal testing of the instrument performance to specifications. Called the RESOLUTION™ Microbial Genotyping System, the fully automated system includes the instrument, bioinformatics software and database, and [...]
May 7, 2013
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) and subsidiary, LifeMap Sciences, today announced the release of the enhanced LifeMap BioReagents™ portal (https://bioreagents.lifemapsc.com/) featuring an improved user interface, product descriptions, and customer support options, as well as the addition of new PureStem™ progenitor cells to the site. These novel progenitors provide new and unique tools [...]
May 7, 2013
Matsudo, Japan,- Precision System Science, Co., Ltd. (PSS) has received a termination letter from Roche regarding the agreement that was concluded in December, 2012 to develop and manufacture a fully automated emulsion PCR instrument for next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms. PSS understands this action taken by Roche is in line with the announced reorganization related to [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific launches intuitive online tool for automation platform configuration
May 7, 2013
Burlington, ON, - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today launched its new online automation system configuration tool, the Thermo Scientific iAutomate. As a self-serve, free-to-use tool, iAutomateTM is designed to reduce the time associated with configuring and trialing an automation set-up. Users can quickly and easily build their own system [...]
Cepheid Welcomes Executive Vice President of Global Operations
May 7, 2013
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced that it has appointed Warren C. Kocmond to the position of Executive Vice President, Global Operations, effective May 6, 2013. Mr. Kocmond joins Cepheid from Lam Research Corporation, where he most recently served as Vice President of Global Operations, responsible for globally dispersed operations including a multi-billion [...]
Bioo Scientific Launches First Kit for Molecular Indexing in RNA-Seq
May 7, 2013
Austin, TX -- Bioo Scientific introduces the NEXTflex™ qRNA-Seq™ Kit for high precision gene expression analysis by RNA-Seq. Developed in conjunction with Cellular Research Inc., this new kit efficiently generates libraries equivalent to conventional RNA-Seq libraries, but with the added feature of Molecular Indexing™ technology. Similar to conventional RNA-Seq, sample RNA is converted to cDNA [...]
Ocean Optics Introduces Handheld Raman Spectrometer
May 7, 2013
Dunedin, Fla. – Ocean Optics has released the IDRaman mini handheld Raman spectrometer, a small, powerful instrument with exceptional performance for sample authentication and counterfeit detection, identification and verification. The palm-sized IDRaman mini is rugged and dependable, delivering fast, accurate Raman analyses ranging from chemical and explosive agent detection in the field to quality assurance [...]
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation Declares $0.215 Per Share Quarterly Dividend
May 7, 2013
ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and High Technology company (the "Company"), announced today at its 2013 Annual Shareholders Meeting that the Company's Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.215 per share. The dividend is payable on June 14, 2013 to shareholders of record on May 31, [...]
