A project to drive forward the understanding of key biological processes by developing new microscope technologies has received a £2m funding boost. The new technologies will allow researchers to answer previously inaccessible questions related to cell biology, cancer, learning and memory, and molecular/cellular microbiology. Led by the University of York and the Cancer Research UK [...]

Hercules, California, and Lugano, Switzerland — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, and Inpeco, a leading company in the field of laboratory automation, today announced that they have entered into a development agreement to build interfaces between Bio-Rad’s clinical diagnostics platforms [...]

CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced a dozen innovative new products for the Ion Torrent™ platform that will make sequencing faster, simpler and more accessible for scientists, driving discovery and advancing clinical research around the world. "These new products continue the pace of relentless innovation that in just two years enabled [...]

Marco Island, Florida, and Hilden, Germany,— QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today provided new insights into its next-generation sequencing (NGS) initiative, unveiling an innovative sample-to-result NGS workflow designed to enable the routine use of this breakthrough technology beyond life sciences research in areas such as clinical research and diagnostics. QIAGEN’s NGS workflow [...]

Redwood City, CA – Ingenuity® Systems, a leading provider of biomedical information and analysis solutions, today announced that the company will complete comprehensive curation of all human phenotype-implicated mutations in the peer-reviewed biomedical literature. The comprehensive curation of hereditary, cancer and pharmacogenetic mutations will be integrated into the Ingenuity Knowledge Base and made available in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]