Swedish government gives its backing to Qlucore as bioinformatics Company receives R&D funding
April 29, 2013
Qlucore, a world leader in the development of bioinformatics software, today announces it will develop an enhanced NGS-enabled release of Qlucore Omics Explorer. A recent grant awarded by VINNOVA, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, now makes it possible for Qlucore to implement its NGS solution. Genome research has advanced significantly in recent years, [...]
RainDance Technologies Closes $20 Million Series E Financing
April 29, 2013
LEXINGTON, Mass – RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ Company, today announced the closing of a $20 million Series E financing round. The company also announced that Myriad Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYGN) has joined as a new strategic equity investor. The two companies recently announced a multi-year commercial supply agreement whereby Myriad has adopted RainDance’s [...]
Porkka Announces Launch of New Scientific Product Range
April 29, 2013
HELSINKI, Finland — Porkka today announces the launch of a new scientific range of products to enhance its offering to the scientific and life sciences sectors. New large incubators for the growth of cultures or pathogens in a controlled temperature environment have cabinets that can be adjusted between +4 to +60°C and can be equipped [...]
Safe Heating of Larger Scale Reactions
April 29, 2013
Asynt - a leading provider of heating block technology to organisations worldwide has announced new versions of its DrySyn Maxi and DrySyn Super Maxi for labs tasked with larger scale reactions (2000 - 5000ml). Constructed in solid anodised aluminium - both the DrySyn Maxi and DrySyn Super Maxi deliver outstanding thermal and magnetic transfer efficiency [...]
Genedata Biologics for Biopharma R&D at Ninth Annual PEGS
April 29, 2013
Boston, Mass. -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced that the latest Genedata software solutions will be featured at the Ninth Annual PEGS. Genedata Biologics™, an end-to-end solution for biologics R&D, will be showcased in the PEGS Phage and Yeast Display of Antibodies and [...]
New Dimension Edge AFM Available with ScanAsyst
April 29, 2013
SANTA BARBARA, California – Bruker’s Nano Surfaces division announced today the expansion of its proprietary PeakForce Tapping™ technology to the Dimension Edge™ AFM platform. PeakForce Tapping is the enabling technology behind Bruker’s popular suite of proprietary imaging modes, including ScanAsyst®, which brings unprecedented ease of use to AFM operation. ScanAsyst guarantees highest imaging resolution in [...]
Michael Fitzpatrick joins Personalis as Vice President Worldwide Sales
April 29, 2013
Menlo Park, CA – Personalis today announced the appointment of Michael Fitzpatrick as Vice President Worldwide Sales. Mr. Fitzpatrick brings substantial experience in sales and sales operations in the life science industry, specifically related to DNA sequencing. In this newly created position, Mr. Fitzpatrick will be instrumental in helping drive the next phase of the [...]
April 29, 2013
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.-- PositiveID Corporation ("PositiveID" or "Company") (OTCBB:PSIDD), a developer of biological detection and diagnostics solutions, today announced it has launched the development of the Firefly Dx detection system ("Firefly"), a portable, hand-held, point-of-need molecular diagnostic system, which is being designed to provide test results from sample input through reporting of results in less [...]
April 29, 2013
Hilden, Germany, and Redwood City, California — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the acquisition of Ingenuity Systems, Inc., the leading provider of software solutions to efficiently and accurately analyze and interpret the biological meaning of genomic data. Ingenuity, a privately-held U.S. company based in California’s Silicon Valley, has created the [...]
Bruker Expands Capabilities of MALDI Biotyper Platform for Microbiology
April 29, 2013
BERLIN -- At the 23rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Bruker shows new capabilities of the MALDI Biotyper™ platform. The MALDI Biotyper (MBT) is the market-leading system for microbial identification based on MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. It is widely used in clinical microbiology, industrial microbiology, animal health and food safety and has [...]

