July 17, 2012
Lexington, KY,-- Transposagen announced that XTN™ site-specific nucleases targeting each gene in the human genome are now available. Utilizing the FLASH™ high-throughput system (FLASH assembly of TALENs for high-throughput genome editing. Nature Biotechnology 30, 460-465 (2012)), Transposagen can produce a site-specific nuclease targeting nearly any gene in any genome with the fastest delivery time in [...]
NETRIX Licenses “Qualiphi” Polymerase to QIAGEN
July 17, 2012
Genetrix, the Spanish biotechnology holding company, through its X-Pol Biotech subsidiary, has signed a global and exclusive licensing agreement for its “Qualiphi” polymerase product with QIAGEN, the global sample and assay technologies company. Qualiphi is a DNA polymerase that was licensed from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in 2010. Due to its unique properties, [...]
Pamela Morley Joins Real Time Genomics as Vice President of Worldwide Commercial Operations
July 17, 2012
Real Time Genomics, Inc., a leading developer of biocompute technology, today announced the appointment of Pamela Jeffers Morley, Ph.D., as Vice President of Worldwide Commercial Operations. As an accomplished life science industry sales executive, Morley adds extensive field operations experience to the management team as it prepares to ramp up its commercial activities. “I am [...]
SJF Participates in Oversubscribed Round in BioSurplus, First Investment for Fund III
July 17, 2012
SJF Ventures announced today it has invested in BioSurplus, a company providing turnkey services for managing the entire life cycle of laboratory instruments in the life sciences industry. SJF’s investment completes BioSurplus’ $2.4 million Series A financing, which also includes KI Investment Holdings. The financing is being used to fund an East Coast expansion into [...]
July 17, 2012
WILMINGTON, MA, --As it continues to increase the global reach of its explosives trace detection equipment, Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced it has received the grant of a new patent by the Patent Office of the Russian [...]
Illumina Introduces NexteraR Exome and Custom Enrichment Sample Preparation Kits
July 17, 2012
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today introduced Nextera Exome and Custom Enrichment kits, the Company's latest targeted resequencing solutions offering sample preparation and enrichment in a single, integrated workflow. Leveraging the speed of Nextera technology and supporting the industry's lowest DNA sample input requirements (50 ng), the new kits enable researchers to quickly [...]
Praxair Debuts Innovative High Purity Oxygen Generator
July 17, 2012
DANBURY, Conn., – Praxair Distribution, Inc. a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX), announces the debut of its new Ultra-High Purity (UHP) StarGen™ Oxygen Generator. The uniquely designed system can generate 99.9999% purity oxygen from ambient air, providing an alternative to cylinders for UHP oxygen that saves customers valuable time recalibrating laboratory equipment. Praxair’s proprietary [...]
Genedata Biologics Releases Advanced Support for High-throughput Protein Expression Workflows
July 16, 2012
Basel, Switzerland -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced the release of Genedata BiologicsTM 2.5, the latest version of its enterprise solution for biologics R&D. The new Genedata Biologics features expanded functionality that improves process flexibility and enables high-throughput workflows in biologics screening, engineering, [...]
HEL and Shengyang Sciencreat Chemicals Ltd Launch a Joining Chemical Safety Lab
July 16, 2012
HEL is proud to be joining hands with Shenyang Sciencreat Chemicals, a member company of the Sinochem Group, to create a joint chemical safety lab. This joint lab initiative focuses on study of materials stability, reaction thermal hazard and runaway hazard, which in addition to serving member companies of the Sinochem Group, but also offers [...]
Sequenom, Inc. Files Notice Of Appeal Of Preliminary Injunction Denial
July 16, 2012
SAN DIEGO,-- Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced that it has filed a Notice of Appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the July 5, 2012 Preliminary Injunction Order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denying [...]
