HATFIELD, PA - Genisphere, LLC., a developer of life science technology solutions, today announced two agreements to exclusively license the company's RNA Target Amplification and FlashTag™ Biotin microRNA labeling technologies to Affymetrix®, Inc. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. Affymetrix will utilize the two technologies to further its position as the leader in [...]

SAN FRANCISCO - Caliper® Life Sciences, a Perkin-Elmer Company, launched their new Vectra™ 2 with AQUA technology, an integrated solution for quantification of protein biomarkers in tissue, at the Molecular Targets & Cancer Therapeutics meeting here this week. Caliper and HistoRx® collaborated on this new immunofluorescent imaging and analysis solution that will deliver objective, quantitative, [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Ron Nersesian has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Nersesian has been president of Agilent's largest business, the Electronic Measurement Group (EMG), since 2009. Nersesian, 52, will have day-to-day responsibility for Agilent's three businesses, Electronic Measurement, Chemical Analysis [...]

Monza, Italy - LABVANTAGE today announced the opening of the new training center in its Monza headquarters, located approximately 12 miles northeast of the capital city of Milan. The establishment of this training center facilitates travel plans for LABVANTAGE European customers and offers training conducted in Italian and English. “Inaugurating a strategic business development center [...]

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Funds Will be Used to Commercialize a Fully Automated, Compact Molecular Diagnostics System Designed to Drive the Widespread Adoption of Personalized Medicine and Other Diagnostic Applications Including the Fight Against Infectious Disease Biocartis, a company developing and commercializing compact molecular diagnostic (MDx) systems designed to drive the widespread adoption of personalized medicine [...]

Columbus, OH - Rescentris, Inc. today announced the release of Version 4.5 of its leading Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) software product CERF to its global customer base. CERF is a scalable, cross-platform ELN used by organizations to replace paper-based lab recordkeeping and enable controlled access and sharing of research knowledge. ELNs improve research productivity and [...]

PEABODY, Mass. - Carl Zeiss Microscopy, a company of the Carl Zeiss Group and leading provider of light, laser-scanning and electron and ion beam microscopes, today announced the celebration of its tenth anniversary of the CrossBeam© FIB-SEM technology. In honor of the tenth anniversary, a ceremony was held at the Center for Composite Materials at [...]

VICTORIA, British Columbia Canada - GenoLogics today announced that EdgeBio, a leading sequencing services provider, has deployed the GenoLogics Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), bringing an unprecedented level of flexibility and adaptability to its next-generation sequencing (NGS) core laboratory. The GenoLogics LIMS replaces EdgeBios existing commercial LIMS software. "We required a LIMS that was built [...]

MADISON, Wis. - Ideal for transfecting cells propagated in 3D cell culture, the new 3D Transfection System combines the technologies of Reinnervate's alvetex® 3D cell culture plates and Mirus Bio's TransIT®-3D Transfection Reagent, enabling scientists to conduct research that more accurately mimics the tissue environment. Under the agreement, Mirus will produce and sell the 3D [...]

ITHACA, N.Y.--Rheonix today announced the appointment of two individuals—Tom Karpen as Vice President of Operations overseeing engineering, production and quality teams and Terry Howell as Quality Manager. These two new members to the management team will be instrumental as the Company moves toward commercialization of its Rheonix CARD® system, a powerful automated microfluidic platform capable [...]