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 [...]
Sartopore® Platinum: Sartorius Introduces a New Generation of Sterilizing-Grade Filters
June 19, 2012
Goettingen, Germany, – Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharma and biotech supplier, presents a new generation of sterilizing-grade filters: Sartopore® Platinum. This product family sets new standards in sterile filtration and expands the comprehensive Sartorius filter portfolio. Higher product yields and more efficient manufacturing workflows The surface of the Sartopore® Platinum polyethersulfone filter [...]
Pacific Biosciences Releases Software to Detect DNA Base Modifications Using the PacBio® RS
June 19, 2012
MENLO PARK, Calif.-- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (NASDAQ:PACB) today launched a new and unique solution to detect DNA base modifications associated with epigenetic regulation and DNA damage using the PacBio® RS High Resolution Genetic Analyzer. DNA base modifications such as methylation have an important role in a wide variety of biological processes such as [...]
June 19, 2012
DataServices, LLC, a leading provider of Electronic Laboratory Results and Portal solutions, announced today the introduction of a new version of its Lab Connector product for SaaS computing environments. The new solution, Lab Connections, is a portal designed to work with facilities that provide thousands of medical lab tests, from multiple lab testing facilities. The [...]
June 18, 2012
BALTIMORE, -- InstantLabs Medical Diagnostics Corporation (InstantLabs®), developer of the portable Hunter Accelerated Real-Time PCR® system, today announced that its Salmonella Species Food Safety Kit has been certified as AOAC Performance-Tested(SM) (AOAC PTM Cert. No. 031202) by the AOAC Research Institute (AOAC-RI) across four key food matrices. The kit has been certified for the identification [...]

