Rapid Automated Scanning of Rack Barcodes
June 19, 2012
Micronic Europe BV, specialists in traceable sample storage solutions, announces the introduction of the new Tracxer BC210. The Tracxer BC210 is a linear barcode reader which allows you to scan 1D barcodes on racks. Operating as an accessory for the Micronic RS210 Tracxer Code Reader it is now possible to read both your rack barcode [...]
5AM Solutions Announces Release of the Ion AmpliSeq™ Designer v1.2
June 19, 2012
5AM Solutions is excited to announce the v1.2 release of the Ion AmpliSeq™ Designer assay design tool. The tool, co-developed by 5AM and Life Technologies Corporation, allows Ion Torrent users to design custom, ultrahigh-multiplex primer pools for use in targeted resequencing projects. The new release features enhanced usability, improved target coverage, and integrated viewing of [...]
Kitware Announces Opening of Santa Fe Office
June 19, 2012
Kitware, an open-source software services company that develops advanced research solutions, announces the opening of a third U.S.-based office in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The office will be headed by Patrick O’Leary, a widely-recognized specialist in high performance computing (HPC), who will be leading the office in the role of Assistant Director of Scientific Computing. [...]
Multiplicom’s BRCA MASTR™ Dx test accredited with CE/IVD mark
June 19, 2012
Niel,– Multiplicom, a molecular diagnostics company specializing in innovative molecular genetics tests based on massive parallel sequencing, has received CE/IVD mark accreditation for its first-in-class BRCA MASTR Dx test. The test identifies mutations in the coding regions of the BRCA 1&2 genes in individuals with increased risk for breast, ovarian and/or related cancers. The test [...]
Cancer Research Technology Selects the Labcyte Access™ Laboratory Workstation kstation
June 19, 2012
London, United Kingdom — Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the cancer?focused technology development and commercialization arm of Cancer Research UK, announced today the implementation of the Labcyte Access workstation to automate the production of assay?ready plates to be used in a high?throughput cell based screening program. The Access workstation incorporates the Labcyte Echo® liquid handler—a revolutionary [...]
June 19, 2012
Photon Machines and CETAC introduce the Excite Pharos FS, a unique, turn-key femtosecond laser ablation system for ICP-MS and noble gas mass spectrometry that is both rugged and compact. "Our scientists and engineers have been driving cutting edge innovation in laser ablation since 1996, the Excite Pharos FS is another in a long line of [...]
WHEATON Introduces a New Web Community for Scientists, Researchers, and Biopharmaceutical Packagers
June 19, 2012
WHEATON, the company that designs and delivers today’s most innovative solutions for the laboratory research, diagnostic packaging and specialty pharmaceuticals industries, proudly announces the launch of its new integrated website, www.WHEATON.com. Visitors to this web address will find all the products and expert capabilities that WHEATON presented on two former websites, wheatonsci.com and wheatonpkg.com, combined [...]
Complete Genomics, Inc. To Vigorously Defend Against Patent Infringement Suit
June 19, 2012
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.– Complete Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNOM), announced today that it intends to vigorously defend itself against the patent infringement suit recently filed by Illumina, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The complaint alleges that Complete infringes a single Illumina patent relating to a “Method for Sequencing a [...]
June 19, 2012
CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced it has partnered with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) to advance pediatric genomic research on the Ion Proton™ Sequencer. Under the agreement, the semiconductor-based platform will be the primary instrument on which multiple clinical research samples will be mapped daily on four sequencers in [...]
Asuragen Grants Armored RNA® Technology License to BD
June 19, 2012
Austin, Texas – Asuragen, Inc. announced today that it has granted BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a global medical technology company, non-exclusive worldwide rights to incorporate Armored RNA® technology into its in vitro molecular diagnostics products. Under the terms of the Agreement, Asuragen will develop and supply reagents for BD Diagnostics in Asuragen’s cGMP manufacturing [...]
