Agilent Technologies Introduces SureSelect Strand-Specific RNA Library Preparation Kit
February 20, 2013
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the SureSelect Strand-Specific RNA Library Preparation Kit for whole transcriptome and targeted RNA sequencing. The new kit enables researchers to prepare high-quality, strand-specific libraries for next-generation sequencing. The ability to gain valuable strand-specific information from RNA-sequencing experiments allows researchers to more easily discern overlapping transcripts and investigate antisense [...]
Freeze Drying Helps Optimize Drug Formulation
February 20, 2013
Using a SP Scientific LyoStar Freeze Drying System - leading pharmaceutical process development experts - GILYOS GmbH (Wuerzburg, Germany) will participate in a research program called "FORMOsA*" which was recently funded with about two million euros by the German Bavarian Research Foundation. The project focuses on age-related muscle atrophy (sarcopenia). In this project, GILYOS will [...]
Industry Veteran Joins Centice Corporation as Vice President of Sales
February 20, 2013
MORRISVILLE, NC - Centice Corporation, a pioneer in chemical verification and identification using Raman spectroscopy and computational sensor technology, today announced Wayne Horvath has joined as vice president of sales. His 15 years of sales management experience is in the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) security sector. Horvath has previously worked as business [...]
Emerson upgrades automation for 800-MW unit at one of Europe’s largest thermal power plants
February 20, 2013
Chelyabinsk RUSSIA — Emerson Process Management has completed an automation upgrade for an 800-MW unit in Russia’s Surgut-2 Power Plant, one of the largest thermal power stations in Europe. Emerson, the main automation contractor for the project, completed the upgrade during a four-month shutdown. Unit 3 of the Surgut-2 Power Plant, owned and operated by [...]
February 20, 2013
Seattle, Washington —– Stratos Genomics Inc today announced that it has reached its next significant milestone by achieving single molecule DNA sequencing of 100+ base templates with its patented “Sequencing by Expansion™” (SBX) technology. Stratos Genomics also announced the addition of Tim Hunkapiller, co-inventor of four-color Sanger sequencing, to its Science Advisory Board (SAB). “Stratos [...]
February 20, 2013
Walkersville, MD (USA) – The National Institutes of Health Center for Regenerative Medicine (NIH CRM) has awarded Lonza Walkersville, Inc. a contract to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for research purposes. This is the second contract the NIH has awarded Lonza for the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). In October 2012, the [...]
February 20, 2013
Professor Vincenzo Busico of the Federico II University of Naples, in collaboration with Freeslate, Inc., the leading provider of high throughput research solutions, today announced the launch of HTExplore. HTExplore will utilize Freeslate high throughput research (HTR) tools to provide research services for polyolefin and organometallic catalysis research. Services will range from outsourced catalyst discovery [...]
February 20, 2013
SAN CARLOS, Calif.-- NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a market leader in the development of RNA and DNA sample preparation solutions for genomic analysis, today announced the launch of the Mondrian SP+ System. The new Mondrian SP+ Workstation extends the functionality of the previously popular Mondrian SP Workstation through the incorporation of Peltier heating and cooling into [...]
GenTech Scientific, Inc. Announces New Product Line for Custom Applications
February 20, 2013
Arcade, NY, -- For over 16 years, scientists with big dreams and small budgets have relied on GenTech Scientific, Inc. for quality refurbished instrumentation. Maintaining its trusted, “value-added,” service to the global scientific community, GenTech Scientific proudly introduces its new GenTech Solutions line, the answer for all applications. “With the launch of the GenTech Solutions [...]
Improving Reproducibility in Real-Time PCR
February 19, 2013
INTEGRA has reported how a leading US clinical diagnostic laboratory has, using a VIAFLO 96 handheld electronic pipette, significantly improved the reproducibility and productivity with which it carries out Real-time PCR assays. An important source of income for the clinical diagnostic lab is the screening of patient samples for the presence of disease markers by [...]
