November 7, 2012
Alterations in Wnt expression, surface receptors, signaling partners, and the battery of Wnt-regulated genes (collectively the canonical Wnt pathway) are known to manifest in a variety of clinically relevant disease states, including cancer, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and neurodegeneration. Development of Wnt pathway altering drugs requires the ability to rapidly screen the effect of compounds [...]
Fast 50 Technology Germany – ibidi Awarded for the 4th Consecutive Year
November 7, 2012
For the forth year in a row, ibidi has received an award from the “Deloitte Technology Fast 50” competition. The Fast 50 is an awards program that honours companies that demonstrate exceptional business growth, technological innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit. The program ranks the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in Germany, based on their percentage of revenue [...]
Roche introduces new GS FLX+ software for significantly improved long-read sequencing performance
November 7, 2012
Roche announced today the launch and immediate availability of a new software package (v2.8) that significantly improves long-read shotgun sequencing performance on its GS FLX+ System. This system is the first high-throughput sequencing platform to deliver one million reads with accuracy and length that are comparable to traditional Sanger-based methods. The improvements will allow researchers [...]
November 7, 2012
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. –– Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. Product revenue for the third quarter of 2012 was $12.6 million, an increase of 24% from $10.2 million in the third quarter of 2011. Product margin was a record 72% in the third quarter [...]
November 7, 2012
The NEW Centrifan™ PE Evaporator/Concentrator provides a low cost, safe, small volume evaporator for synthetic and medicinal chemists, as well as pharmaceutical, biotech, and university researchers. The Centrifan™ PE dries solvents directly in the vial, increasing evaporation efficiency in your laboratory. Proprietary self-generated blowdown technology (SBT) eliminates the potential problems with common evaporation systems such [...]
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 [...]
