ZEISS Microscopy Labs in Munich Open Their Doors

MUNICH/Germany - Dr. Michael Kaschke, President and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG and Dr. Ulrich Simon, Managing Director of Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH, opened the ZEISS Microscopy Labs in Munich on 11 October 2011. British Digital Artist Jo Berry exhibited her work alongside the event. She processes and transforms scientific images captured with the Carl [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Line of Roller Bottles for Cell Culture Production

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced an expanded portfolio of Thermo Scientific Nunc Roller Bottles for cell culture production. To address the rapid growth and expansion of the global bioproduction market, Nunc™ Roller Bottles are now available in a wider choice of materials and surface treatments. [...]

Pressure BioSciences Awarded $649,000 Grant From the Department of Defense (

SOUTH EASTON, Mass. -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a $649,498 SBIR Phase II grant (W81XWH-10-C-0175) from the U.S. Department of Defense ("DoD"). Entitled "Development of a Universal Method for Diagnostic Sample Inactivation, Extraction, and Enrichment of Pathogens in Arthropod Hosts of Military Importance", this grant will help fund the [...]

WaferGen SmartChip System Chosen to Confirm Accuracy of New Blood Test Under Development for Detection of Cancer and Other Diseases

FREMONT, Calif. -- WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), the provider of next-generation genomic analysis systems, announced that its SmartChip Real-Time PCR System was chosen by a German consortium to advance their research toward developing a reliable blood test for detection of cancer, cardiovascular and other diseases. The results of the multicenter study were published in Nature [...]

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation : Sigma® Life Science Enhances OligoArchitect™ Online qPCR Tool

St. Louis, Mo. - Sigma-Aldrich®, today announced that Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business, released a new version of OligoArchitect™, the comprehensive, easy-to-use online tool for automated design of primers and probes for quantitative real-time PCR assays. Powered by the industry standard Beacon Designer™ platform from PREMIER Biosoft, OligoArchitect is [...]

BioTime Publishes Paper Describing First Complete Sequencing of the Nuclear DNA of Five Clinical-Grade Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines

ALAMEDA, Calif.––BioTime, Inc. announced today the publication in the peer-reviewed journal Stem Cell Research of the complete genome sequence analysis of five clinical-grade human embryonic stem cell lines. “Evaluating the Genomic and Sequence Integrity of Human ES Cell Lines: Comparison to Normal Genomes” is the first such analysis of the entire genome of human embryonic [...]

Real Time Genomics Adds Ion Torrent Support to RTG Investigator(TM)

San Francisco, CA - Real Time Genomics, Inc., today announced the immediate availability of RTG Investigator v2.3 sequence analysis software featuring native support for the Ion Torrent semiconductor sequencing platform. With this release, Ion PGM™ users with whole genome, exome and metagenomics data can generate world class genomic analyses in minutes, using the most advanced [...]

QuantuMDx Group Receives Exclusive Licenses from Nanosys for Advanced Materials to Improve Next Generation Diagnostic and Sequencing Technologies

NEWCASTLE, England -- QuantuMDx Group Limited, a handheld diagnostics and sequencing company, today announced that it has signed an exclusive license agreement with Nanosys Inc., an advanced materials architect, for several patents and patent applications related to the use of nanostructures for biosensors. The core intellectual property involves the use of nanowires and nanotubes in [...]

Custom, Optimized Antibody Panels Now Available from Beckman Coulter Flow Cytometry

BREA, CALIF. — Custom Design Services (CDS) from Beckman Coulter, Inc. provides researchers with single and multicolor custom-tailored conjugate configurations as well as purified antibodies. Beckman Coulter scientists having extensive experience in the design and optimization of multicolor reagent panels work with a wide variety of proprietary or customer-supplied human and non-human antibodies and use [...]

Introducing Thermo Scientific Orion Star A100 Meters from Cole-Parmer

Vernon Hills, IL - Simplicity meets accuracy in the new Thermo Scientific Orion Star A100 Meters—an excellent choice for environmental testing, water and wastewater treatment, quality control in food and beverage testing, and education. Affordable yet reliably effective, the meters feature a large LCD, simple button layout, and on-screen messages. Informative displays indicate measurement along [...]

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