New platform to measure genetic variations in livestock

State-of-the-art testing to measure genetic variations in livestock, and to identify inherited diseases within herds, will soon be available in Australia at The University of Queensland's Animal Genetics Laboratory (AGL). The AGL in UQ's School of Veterinary Science has this week signed a service agreement with the Nebraska-based agri-genomics company, GeneSeek Inc, a Neogen Company, [...]

Integrating analyzers with ease: New developments extend the benefits of Malvern Link II

Malvern, UK: Malvern Instruments has added new functionality to its Malvern Link II product, the powerful software package that enables the integration of multiple analyzers within an automated control platform. The latest developments extend the benefits of Malvern Link II to the company’s Mastersizer and Zetasizer analyzer ranges, streamlining their use for applications in process [...]

IMGM Laboratories: First Service Provider to adopt Roche 454 GS FLX+ technology to offer advanced amplicon-based Metagenomics Services

IMGM Laboratories, a genomic service provider based in Martinsried/Munich, has recently upgraded its next generation sequencing-based Metagenomics services. Metagenomics - the study of genomic content in a complex mixture of microorganisms – is a currently very active field. With a fleet of Roche 454 instruments and specialized know-how, IMGM generates high information content data sets [...]

Agilent Technologies Authorizes New Share Repurchase Program and Increases Quarterly Dividend

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of the company's common stock during fiscal 2013. The new repurchase authorization replaces Agilent's existing stock repurchase program, which authorized the repurchase of shares to reduce or eliminate share dilution from equity programs. The [...]

Pall Corporation Board of Directors Declares Dividend and Increases Share Repurchase Authorization

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., - Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL) today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share. The dividend is payable on February 22, 2013 to shareholders of record on the close of business on February 8, 2013. The board also increased the company's authorization to repurchase shares of [...]

Cellular Dynamics Announces the Production of Human iPSC Lines Under cGMP Conditions

MADISON, WIS., –Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI), a leading commercial producer of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines and tissue cells for drug discovery and safety, today announced that it is producing human iPSC master cell banks from five individual donors under current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs). Manufacturing human iPSCs and ultimately human cells [...]

Biologically Intelligent Database Searching for Lead Identification and Patent Fortification

Welwyn Garden City, UK –– Cresset, innovative provider of chemistry software and services, announces the completion of its Cresset proV10 suite with the relaunch of its highly successful FieldScreen system as blazeV10 for ligand based virtual screening. blazeV10 uses the shape and electrostatic character of known ligands to rapidly search large chemical collections for molecules [...]

INTEGRA Biosciences Announces French Subsidiary

Following the 2012 acquisition of their long time French distribution partner - Valdea Biosciences SAS – INTEGRA Biosciences has announced, as of 4th January 2013, that all its operations in France will trade as INTEGRA Biosciences SAS (St Ouen l'Aumône, France). Leveraging an existing knowledgeable local sales and service team – INTEGRA Biosciences SAS has [...]

Emerson to apply Ovation™ technology at first U.S. commercial-scale solar power facility with fully integrated energy storage

PITTSBURGH — Emerson Process Management has been awarded a contract to apply its Ovation™ expert control system at the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, Nevada. When it comes online at the end of 2013, this 110-MW concentrated solar power (CSP) project will be the first commercial-scale solar facility in the U.S. to generate [...]

New England Biolabs’ New Website Adds Technical Information, Easy Ordering, and Better Search

Ipswich, MA – New England Biolabs (NEB), winner of the 2011 Life Science Industry Awards “Most Useful Website”, is pleased to announce the launch of its new website. Working closely with its customers, NEB set about renovating www.neb.com to make it even more useful and user-friendly for technical support and quick online ordering. “For many [...]

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