Transgenomic Acquires Clinical Sample Biorepository from Gene Logic
May 24, 2012
Omaha, Neb.- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC/BB: TBIO) today announced it has entered into an agreement with Gene Logic, Inc., an Ocimum Biosolutions Company, to acquire its biorepository assets for $250,000 in cash. The biorepository contains thousands of human biological samples that can be used to validate diagnostic assays developed by Transgenomic. Transgenomic will use the samples [...]
Cepheid Receives FDA Clearance for GeneXpert Infinity-80 System for Initial Use with Xpert Flu Assay
May 24, 2012
SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its GeneXpert Infinity-80 System, a high-throughput automated molecular system designed to deliver around-the-clock results for a wide variety of clinical testing applications. The GeneXpert Infinity-80 has been initially cleared in conjunction with Cepheid's Xpert Flu test. "With [...]
May 24, 2012
Chemists can secure samples in a snap with a new system for automated high-throughput sampling. J.G. Finneran Associates, a manufacturer and supplier of unique and innovative products for the global chromatography, biotechnology, and environmental research communities, has adapted its Snap Seal Vials and 8mm Precision Fit Snap Top Caps for the 96 Well Multi-Tier Micro [...]
DNA2.0 Adds Piggybac™ Mammalian Expression System To Vector Line
May 24, 2012
DNA2.0, the leading bioengineering solutions provider, today introduced the piggyBac™ Mammalian Expression System, an efficient, one plasmid method to create stable transfectants in mammalian cells. Licensed from Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals Inc., the piggyBac transposon system includes reversible genetic modification and rapid insertion site characterization. DNA2.0 scientists have taken Transposagen’s best-in-class genetic modification system and optimized it [...]
Cole-Parmer Presents Fluid Handling and Lab Equipment at ACHEMA 2012
May 24, 2012
Attendees of ACHEMA 2012, 18-22 June, Frankfurt am Main, will have the opportunity to see a variety of Masterflex® pump systems live at the Cole-Parmer stand (Hall 4.2, N53). This selection of high-performance peristaltic pumps serves the biotechnology, chemical, industrial, research and development, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical industries, among others. In addition to the Masterflex® C/L® [...]
Sigma-Aldrich Pledges $150,000 to SIUE Arts and Sciences
May 24, 2012
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences Dean Aldemaro Romero today announced that Sigma-Aldrich Corporation has pledged $150,000 over a 5-year period supporting the College’s introduction of a new degree program along with contributing to the new science building on campus. The gift also will result in naming rights for a laboratory in [...]
Cellectricon Launches Cellaxess® Elektra Discovery Platform
May 24, 2012
Cellectricon Launches Cellaxess® Elektra Discovery Platform Cellectricon is pleased to announce the new Cellaxess Elektra Discovery Platform which represents a revolutionary development in automated electric field manipulation of adherent cells. Developed in close collaboration with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, the platform is highly diverse and can be applied to a wide variety of cellular [...]
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Joins the Illumina Genome Network
May 23, 2012
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has joined the Illumina Genome Network (IGN) to provide researchers with broader access to whole genome sequencing (WGS) services. IGN and CSHL will work in collaboration to bring together CSHL’s expertise in molecular biology and cancer genomics with Illumina’s industry-leading [...]
Lucigen Corporation Awarded $2.8M SBIR Grant for Point of Care Diagnostics
May 23, 2012
Lucigen Corporation announced today that it has recently been awarded its largest SBIR Phase II grant to date to fund research and development of a point of care diagnostic test for influenza. The National Institutes of Health has awarded Lucigen a total of $2.8M in a Small Business Innovation Research grant to be used to [...]
RUSNANO Board of Directors Approves Company’s First Exit from Investment Project
May 23, 2012
RUSNANO’s Board of Directors has approved the company's first exit from a previously-invested company. RUSNANO sells its 27.6 percent equity stake in Advanced Technologies Center, a leading producer of scanning probe microscopes and atomic scales. The sale to the project applicant, NPP CPT will generate IRR of 29.5 percent on RUSNANO’s investment. RUSNANO’s co-financing enabled [...]
