DiscoveRx Corporation Acquires BioSeek
November 7, 2012
Fremont, California, - DiscoveRx today announced the acquisition of BioSeek, a drug discovery services company based in South San Francisco, California. BioSeek's phenotypic screening technology improves the success rate of pharmaceutical research and development by integrating primary cell profiling into the drug discovery process. The proprietary BioMAP? systems incorporate primary human cell-based disease models that [...]
Illumina Announces Winners of MiSeq® Grant Program
November 7, 2012
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the winners of its MiSeq grant program at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting in San Francisco. Illumina received almost 850 applications from researchers in over 40 countries in fields as diverse as microbiology, cancer, inherited disease, and evolutionary biology. The awardees are: • [...]
FOSS releases new version of Vision
November 7, 2012
FOSS NIRSystems, Inc. has introduced Vision 3.60. Vision is a software package specifically designed for use with the FOSS NIRSystems Near-Infrared (NIR) laboratory and process analyzers. Vision 3.60 replaces earlier versions of Vision and offers support for the latest NIR laboratory and process hardware. The main new features in Vision 3.60: • Vision 3.60 is [...]
Laser etched alphanumeric coded tubes
November 7, 2012
Micronic has introduced a range of laser etched alphanumeric coded sample storage tubes (0.5ml, 0.75ml, 1.1ml and 1.4ml). The new tubes have a flat polypropylene bottom on which the alphanumeric code is encrypted with a laser. Uniquely manufactured from a single component - the code of Micronic laser encrypted alphanumeric codes cannot fade or peel [...]
QUAN, CDS Negotiate Joint Venture Milestones
November 7, 2012
As Quantum International Corp. (OTCBB:QUAN) and Clelland DataSciences (CDS) close in on a new joint venture agreement, both companies are negotiating specific project milestones to be achieved once the JVA is executed. Quantum and CDS plan to work together to develop Clelland’s specialized imaging technology into portable hyperspectral camera and spectrometer system that can be [...]
BD Announces Results for 2012 Fourth Fiscal Quarter and Full Year
November 7, 2012
Franklin Lakes, NJ – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today reported quarterly revenues of $1.967 billion for the fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2012, representing a decrease of 1.1 percent from the prioryear period, or an increase of 4.7 percent on a foreign currency-neutral basis. For [...]
Fluidigm Files Lawsuit Against Nanostring’s Deceptive Marketing
November 7, 2012
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced it has filed litigation against NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately-held company in Seattle, Washington, for false advertising, unfair competition, and unlawful trade practice in violation of the Lanham Act and corresponding sections of the California Business & Professional Code. The complaint was filed in federal [...]
Corning’s New Microcarriers Improve Efficiency in Bioprocess Scale-Up
November 7, 2012
CORNING, N.Y.,-- Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today announced a new line of microcarriers for large-scale vaccine and cell therapy manufacturing. The microcarriers simplify the scale-up of attachment-dependent cells by providing a premeasured, sterile, ready-to-use product for direct transfer into bioreactors. This single-step microcarrier solution replaces several steps traditionally required and allows researchers to minimize lab preparation [...]
Unique Extracellular Matrix Combinatorial Library
November 7, 2012
AMSBIO is a leading supplier of innovative tools for growing cells in a physiologically relevant manner. A unique Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Mimetic Library for engineering surfaces to direct receptor binding specificity, signalling and growing cells in 3D has been launched. Containing nearly 300 biomimetics of Fibronectin, Vitronectin, Laminin and Collagen, for coating plates or creating [...]
NanoSight joins the EU Methods List relating to “Nanomaterials”
November 7, 2012
Salisbury, UK,: NanoSight, providers of unique nanoparticle tracking analysis technology (NTA) welcomes the publication of the European Commission report listing methods currently available for measurement of Nanomaterials, as defined by the EU in 2011. This report, from the Joint Research Centre of the EU, defining the measurement of nanomaterials is entitled: Requirements on measurements for [...]
