Advanced Photonix, Inc. Continues Industrial Market Growth
June 29, 2012
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-- Advanced Photonix, Inc.® (NYSE Amex: API) today announces that it has received orders from its value-added reseller, Thermo Fisher Scientific, for its T-Gauge® industrial terahertz (THz) gauging system. These systems are scheduled to be delivered late in second quarter of this fiscal year and deployed on the factory floor shortly thereafter. The [...]
June 28, 2012
Ithaca, NY – Advion, Inc. a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, continues to expand its global coverage and appoints Scientifix Pty Ltd as the exclusive Australian distributor for the expression, a Compact Mass Spectrometer (CMS) approximately half the size, and half the price, of existing single quadrupole mass spectrometers on the market. The [...]
NuGEN Announces 2012 Genomics Grant Challenge
June 28, 2012
SAN CARLOS, Calif.-- NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a market leader in the development of sample preparation solutions for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and Genomic Profiling applications, announced the NuGEN 2012 Genomics Grant Challenge earlier this week. NuGEN’s focus has always been on providing novel sample preparation solutions to enable research,” said Alan Dance, VP of Marketing [...]
June 28, 2012
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine focused on developing tests to help deliver more effective therapies to cancer patients. The laboratory of Dr. Stefanie Jeffrey is utilizing Fluxion’s IsoFlux System to isolate, recover, and analyze rare circulating cancer cells at [...]
June 28, 2012
Phenomenome Discoveries Inc. (“PDI”) and Polymedco Cancer Diagnostic Products LLC. (“Polymedco CDP”) are pleased to announce a commercial licensing agreement for the US market, providing rights to Polymedco to commercialize PDI’s diagnostic blood test that assesses an individual’s risk of colorectal cancer (“CRC”). Using patented technology, PDI has discovered that approximately nine out of ten [...]
Smiths Detection and Optosecurity Offer Upgrades for Airport X-ray Scanners
June 27, 2012
Watford, UK,- Smiths Detection has signed a distribution agreement with Optosecurity to provide airports with advanced EU standard upgrades to Smiths Detection’s X-ray baggage scanners without the need to replace existing equipment or hardware. Installing the Canadian company’s OptoScreener device to the HI-SCAN 6040i, 6046si, or 7555i models will take them to the level of [...]
Sequenom Announces Appointment of Carolyn Beaver to Chief Accounting Officer
June 27, 2012
SAN DIEGO, -- Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced the appointment of Carolyn Beaver to Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. "Carolyn's strong background and financial acumen make her an extremely valuable complement to the Sequenom management team," said Paul Maier, Sequenom's Chief Financial Officer. "We [...]
IntegenX Unveils RapidHIT Human Identification System to U.K. Forensic Community
June 27, 2012
PLEASANTON, Calif., USA and WARRINGTON, UK –– IntegenX Inc., a privately held company and leading developer of rapid human DNA identification technology, DNA sequencing library preparation systems, and DNA/RNA room temperature stability and storage products, today announced the unveiling of its RapidHIT™ Human Identification System at the new Key Forensics Services Ltd (KFS) facility in [...]
June 27, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS, -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the launch in the U.S. and Canada of the cobas p 312 pre-analytical system, a front-end automation solution that offers comprehensive, vendor-neutral sample management for labs with limited floor space. The compact, stand-alone system performs sample registration, sorting, decapping and archiving of all sample tubes—including [...]
Imaxio boosts genomics capacity with new automated equipment
June 27, 2012
Clermont-Ferrand, France, – Imaxio, a biopharmaceutical company specialized in the areas of vaccines and genomics, announces today that it has reinforced its capacity to prepare samples for high-throughput sequencing through the acquisition of an Agilent Bravo automated liquid handling platform. The new equipment will enable Imaxio to process a large number samples in a fast [...]
