Droplet Digital™ PCR Improves Detection Sensitivity of Telomerase Activity Assay
April 11, 2013
Washington D.C. —— New research shows that Bio-Rad’s Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR™) technology can dramatically improve the sensitivity, precision, and throughput of a popular assay for telomerase activity, according to a presentation today at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. [...]
Ocean Optics Introduces Miniature Spectrometer for Process and OEM Applications
April 10, 2013
Dunedin, Fla. – Ocean Optics has expanded its line of customized products for optical sensing with the EMBED miniature spectrometer. EMBED is a small-footprint optical bench with minimal electronics targeted at industrial process control and OEM optical measurement systems. Designed around a next-generation optical bench, EMBED provides excellent thermal stability and measurement reliability, yet is [...]
Extreme Peptide Launches All New Website with Enhanced E-Commerce Features
April 10, 2013
San Francisco, CA -- Laboratory chemicals have to come from somewhere, and often these are created in bulk by manufacturers in China and East Asia, which can lead to problems with quality and purity. The demand for research liquids and peptides of approved quality and American manufacturing is so significant that Extreme Peptide, who exclusively [...]
April 10, 2013
Roka Bioscience announced today that Marshfield Food Safety, LLC (MFS) has integrated the Atlas® System into its food safety testing operations. MFS, an independent testing laboratory owned by Marshfield Clinic and headquartered in Marshfield, Wisconsin, has implemented the Atlas System at two of its eleven locations. With adoption of the Atlas System MFS has the [...]
Ocean Optics Introduces Miniature Spectrometer for Process and OEM Applications
April 10, 2013
Dunedin, Fla. – Ocean Optics has expanded its line of customized products for optical sensing with the EMBED miniature spectrometer. EMBED is a small-footprint optical bench with minimal electronics targeted at industrial process control and OEM optical measurement systems. Designed around a next-generation optical bench, EMBED provides excellent thermal stability and measurement reliability, yet is [...]
LifeMap Sciences Adds Products Through Partnership with ProSpec-Tany TechnoGene
April 10, 2013
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), announced today that it is now offering 100 selected ProSpec-Tany TechnoGene (ProSpec) manufactured recombinant proteins related to stem cell research in its recently launched LifeMap BioReagents™ portal (https://bioreagents.lifemapsc.com) to researchers worldwide. ProSpec’s innovative recombinant proteins, including growth factors, signaling molecules, differentiation [...]
April 10, 2013
Sheldon Manufacturing has introducted the BactronEZ, an ideal first anaerobic chamber or replacement chamber for users who desire to upgrade their existing chamber. The BactronEZ has a 13.7 cu.ft. workspace and a 300 plate capacity incubator. Specifically designed for use by smaller laboratories, it may also serve as an economical set-up for larger labs. Bactron [...]
Daigger Joins Gilson in North Carolina to Take Science on the Road With GOlab
April 10, 2013
Daigger, a leader in laboratory supply and equipment distribution, is excited to announce that they will be joining Gilson, an industry leader in purification systems for HPLC, SPE and GPC cleanup, on the GOlab tour at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in Research Triangle Park on April 16th and 17th. The GOlab mobile laboratory is [...]
April 10, 2013
SANTA CLARA, Calif -- Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) and BioDiscovery announce the availability of the Nexus for OncoScan® Software for analysis of whole genome copy number data generated from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) solid tumor samples using the OncoScan® FFPE Express 2.0 Service. Through a joint arrangement, this software, based on BioDiscovery's flagship Nexus Copy Number™, [...]
Drug Discovery Unit (DDU), University of Dundee licenses GVK BIO Online SAR database (GOSTAR)
April 10, 2013
Hyderabad, INDIA –– GVK Biosciences (GVK BIO) today announced that it has licensed its Online SAR Database – GOSTAR to the Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) at the University of Dundee. GOSTAR, a manually curated database, has been developed over the span of a decade by a team comprising of more than 200 curators. The product [...]
