GeneCards® Version 3.07 Released
November 14, 2011
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Xennex Inc. (Xennex) announced today the release of GeneCards®, Version 3.07, available at www.genecards.org. The new GeneCards release includes 68,445 Entries, 32,088 of them with symbols approved by the HUGO gene nomenclature committee. It provides several new features, integrated from a variety of sources, including: Ensembl Pan Taxonomic Compara: Orthologs from non-eukaryotic [...]
Toray Announces the 3D-Gene (TM) COMPETITION AWARD 2011 For miRNA Microarray Analysis
November 14, 2011
Toray Industries, Inc. announces a competition award for groundbreaking research using 3D-Gene™, DNA microarray. It is donated to encourage further progress and achievements of scientists using DNA microarray technology in their research, leading to publishing papers of superior quality. This year, the award is focusing on the research related to microRNA expression, especially from blood [...]
Dynex Technologies to Showcase Agility™ ELISA Processor at MEDICA 2011 – Hall 3, Stand D45-6
November 14, 2011
CHANTILLY, Va. - Dynex Technologies, Inc., a global manufacturer of products designed to make diagnostic testing easier, more cost-effective, and less labor intensive, will feature its breakthrough Dynex® Agility™ ELISA microplate sample processing system at the MEDICA 2011 – World Forum of Medicine in Dusseldorf, Germany, from November 16 to 19, 2011. The Agility system [...]
Transgenomic Expands Cardiology Genetic Test Offerings
November 14, 2011
OMAHA, Neb.--Transgenomic, Inc. announced the launch of two innovative genetic tests at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Florida. The PGxPredict:CLOPIDOGREL Panel is a uniquely comprehensive test to predict a patient’s response to clopidogrel (Plavix®). The company has also expanded its FAMILION family of tests for inherited heart diseases with the [...]
Elsevier and PerkinElmer Informatics Announce Interoperability Between E-Notebook and Reaxys(R)
November 11, 2011
FRANKFURT, Germany and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, and PerkinElmer Inc. (PKI), a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, announced today that the chemistry workflow solution Reaxys is now interoperable with PerkinElmer Informatics industry-leading E-Notebook. The [...]
InnoCal® Calibration and Repair Services Earns Expanded Scope of Accreditation
November 11, 2011
Vernon Hills, IL - InnoCal Calibration and Repair Services announces another successful completion of accreditation in accordance with the recognized International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories as determined by the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). In addition to having its A2LA accreditation extended for two years, [...]
Fluxion Biosciences Launches the F1 Giga-Ohm Seal Plates for the IonFlux™ System
November 11, 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fluxion Biosciences today announced that it has introduced F1 giga-ohm seal plates for the IonFlux automated patch clamp system. The newly launched F1 plates complement Fluxion’s existing 20-cell ensemble recording plates and are fully compatible with all IonFlux systems. Users can operate both plate formats interchangeably on either the IonFlux [...]
November 11, 2011
Bluechiip Limited (ASX: BCT) – which has developed a ground-breaking wireless tracking solution for healthcare, security, defence and manufacturing industries – today announced that it has signed an evaluation agreement with Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW). The agreement provides Corning, through its Corning Life Sciences division, the opportunity to evaluate the bluechiip® tracking solution. The evaluation [...]
Syrris Process Chemistry Systems Support Scale-Up Experiments in Brazil
November 11, 2011
Valter Russo, director of Zirkon’s R&D department, explained: “We work with zirconium compounds, which are ink additives for the packing industry, and also perform drug discovery studies. We use a range of vessels – from 100 ml up to 2 l – with our Atlas Calorimeter which, like our 100 l pilot system, has been [...]
November 11, 2011
Wetzlar / Munich / Heidelberg, Germany. Leica Microsystems has signed an agreement with the Max Planck Society and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) for the development of the next generation of super-resolution STED (Stimulated Emission Depletion) microscopy. This gives Leica Microsystems the license to develop the new technology, called gated STED, into a commercial [...]
