May 8, 2013
The new fraction collector and sample pump are specifically designed to enhance ÄKTA™* pure, the modular chromatography system for flexible, reliable and intuitive protein purification. Designed to handle both air and liquid, the sample pump together with the sample inlet valve, provides fast, automated, and complete loading of up to seven samples. The air-sensor integrated [...]
Bio-Rad Reports First-Quarter 2013 Financial Results
May 7, 2013
Hercules, CA —— Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announced financial results today for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. First-quarter reported revenues were $499.7 million, up 2.8% compared to $486.3 million reported for the first quarter of 2012. These [...]
May 7, 2013
SAN DIEGO, -- Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, announced today that Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has signed a three-year contract with Accelrys, extending the companies' long-standing strategic partnership. The agreement continues the global deployment of the Accelrys Enterprise Platform, Pipeline Pilot, Cheminformatics Suite and Modeling & Simulation [...]
Firefly BioWorks Awards Three Frontiers Grants for microRNA Research
May 7, 2013
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Firefly BioWorks announced today the awarding of three Firefly Frontiers Grants to leading researchers engaged in pushing the boundaries of microRNA research. The Frontiers Grant, a $10,000 award to be used on the company’s products, is designed to help scientists scale microRNA research from discovery to validation. Three of the Frontiers Grant winners are: [...]
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 [...]

