Corning Announces 2012 Recipients of its “Color the Community Orange”
July 27, 2012
CORNING, N.Y., -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced the recipients of its 2012 “Color the Community Orange” program. The annual program grants laboratory supplies to local area high schools where Corning Life Sciences employees work or live. This year, five schools each received about $4,000 worth of laboratory products. Each school is also eligible [...]
July 26, 2012
ALAMEDA, Calif -- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) and its subsidiary LifeMap Sciences, Inc. (“LifeMap”) today announced that LifeMap entered into a Share Exchange and Contribution Agreement with Alfred D. Kingsley and a company that he controls, Greenway Partners, L.P., pursuant to which Mr. Kingsley and Greenway agreed to contribute to LifeMap, in the aggregate, [...]
July 26, 2012
White City, OR – BioMed Diagnostics, Inc., an innovative manufacturer of microbiology devices that facilitate and enhance infectious disease diagnosis, today announced its patented InTray™ and InPouch™ product lines will now be available worldwide through a new agreement with VWR International, LLC, a global laboratory supply and distribution company with 2011 worldwide sales in excess [...]
RainDance Technologies Launches First Access Program for RainDrop™ Digital PCR System
July 26, 2012
LEXINGTON, Mass. -– RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ Company, today announced that it has begun accepting biological samples from participants of the RainDrop™ Digital PCR First Access Program. Institutions and researchers accepted into this program are being given first access to run their samples against their own assays, or several ready-made assays, on the [...]
VWR Announces Leadership Changes, As CEO John Ballbach Departs
July 26, 2012
RADNOR, PA, - VWR International, LLC, a global leader in distributing laboratory supplies and services, announced today that John Ballbach, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and its Board agreed on his departure from VWR. Mr. Ballbach's responsibilities will be retained by several of VWR's most senior leaders, effective immediately. Manuel Brocke-Benz, Senior Vice [...]
BREVAGen™ – Cleared for Sale in California
July 26, 2012
Melbourne, Australia; - Genetic Technologies Limited (ASX: GTG; NASDAQ: GENE) is pleased to announce that the Laboratory Field Services Unit of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has granted a license to the Company’s Australian-based laboratory. BREVAGen™ may now be offered for sale into the State of California. Based solely on incidence rates, California [...]
Whole Genome Sequencing Study Provides Key Insight Into Human Evolution and Origin of Short Stature
July 26, 2012
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. –– Complete Genomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNOM) today announced that its high-accuracy, whole-genome sequencing service has been used to study human evolution in three African populations. The findings, to be published online today, will be highlighted on the cover of the Aug. 3 issue of the journal Cell. The research team, led by [...]
New Pall GeneDisc® System For Rapid Microbiological Monitoring Solution In Beer Production
July 26, 2012
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., - Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) announced today that it has launched a quick, easy and affordable test for beer-spoilage microorganisms based on its GeneDisc® Rapid Microbiology System. Utilizing real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technology, Pall’s GeneDisc test provides a fast, reliable and user-friendly detection method to identify typical bacteria that are known [...]
BD and PEPFAR Launch Labs for Life to Strengthen Laboratories in Regions Heavily Burdened by Disease
July 26, 2012
Washington, D.C., and Franklin Lakes, NJ – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), today announced Labs for Life, a new collaboration to [...]
July 26, 2012
IMGM Laboratories GmbH (IMGM) launches full range of professional next generation sequencing (NGS) services harnessing the power of Ion Torrent’s new semiconductor sequencing technology. By passing all requirements to become a certified service provider, IMGM, clearly demonstrated its capability to provide customers with high quality sequencing data using the PGM platform. IMGM's service portfolio covers [...]

