Dolomite launches new microfluidic interface for quick and reliable PDMS chip connections
June 14, 2012
Microfluidics expert Dolomite has extended its world leading Multiflux® range to include an innovative PDMS Chip Interface which provides a flexible and fast solution for PDMS chip connections. PDMS chips are frequently used for academic work due to their low cost and short development time. However, it is often difficult and time consuming to make [...]
Cepheid Welcomes UNITAID Commitment To Broaden Access To “Ground-Breaking” Xpert MTB/RIF
June 14, 2012
SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today welcomed UNITAID's announcement that it has approved funding of $30 million to scale up access to the "ground-breaking" Xpert MTB/RIF in high burden developing countries (HBDC). According to UNITAID, the funds will be used to roll out Xpert-based programs in around 20 countries, in addition to supporting a [...]
Thermo Scientific Dionex IonPac AS11-HC-4µm Hydroxide-Selective Anion-Exchange Column
June 14, 2012
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is pleased to announce a new 4 µm ion chromatography capillary column--Thermo Scientific Dionex IonPac AS11-HC-4µm—for the determination of organic acids and inorganic anions in complex sample matrices. The new column has the same selectivity as the current Dionex IonPac™ AS11-HC capillary column so methods can be easily transferred to the [...]
June 14, 2012
Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: “EXQ”), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, today announced the launch of a new unique state-of-the-art online tool for design of LNA™ enhanced qPCR assays for quantitation of messenger RNA and ncRNA in combination with associated microRNAs The new design tool enables customers to readily access multiple databases [...]
Next-generation sequencing technology opens doors to discoveries
June 13, 2012
COLLEGE STATION – Discoveries unfathomable only a few years ago are reality today at the Texas AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service with the acquisition of next-generation sequencing technology on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, said the director of the service. “As we move into the genome-sequencing era, we are entering a truly [...]
Xylem opens new sales office in Vietnam
June 13, 2012
Hanoi, Vietnam - Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, today announced that it has opened a new office in Hanoi, Vietnam to promote and market its technologies and solutions, and support the growth of its business in Southeast Asia. Xylem’s expanded presence [...]
Link Technologies Launches New Products for Oligonucleotide Synthesis
June 13, 2012
BELLSHILL, SCOTLAND, -- Link Technologies Ltd, an ISO 9001:2008 certified specialist oligonucleotide reagent manufacturer, has launched two new modified phosphoramidite ranges to complement its existing extensive portfolio of products to support oligonucleotide synthesis. For triplex, antisense and gene targeting studies, the new RNA-type phosphoramidites provide nuclease resistance and stability, while the new ethyl phosphoramidites improve [...]
June 13, 2012
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and YOKOHAMA, Japan -– Fluidigm (NASDAQ:FLDM) today unveiled the details of its new C1™ Single-Cell AutoPrep System to attendees at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The C1 System, based on Fluidigm’s innovative microfluidic technology, enables a researcher to isolate and process individual cells rapidly [...]
SDIX STEC Food Safety Product Receives USDA MLG Designation
June 13, 2012
Newark, DE – SDIX (NASDAQ: SDIX), a leading supplier of rapid detection solutions to the $1 billion food pathogen testing market, today announced that its RapidChek® CONFIRM™ non-O157 STEC Immunomagnetic Separation (IMS) test kit has been reviewed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and has been listed in the recently updated USDA Microbiological Laboratory [...]
June 13, 2012
Co-cultivation can be used in a wide variety of applications, including cell signalling and toxicology testing. A key goal in drug discovery is to identify how to most effectively monitor cell-cell interactions when cells show pathology. Roche Applied Science is now providing the new E-Plate Insert 16 and E-Plate Insert 96, permitting continual impedance-based monitoring [...]
