Affymetrix Director Paul Berg to Retire
February 23, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) today announced that Paul Berg, Ph.D. and Nobel Laureate will retire from the Affymetrix Board of Directors in May 2011. Dr. Berg has been a board member of the company since its inception in 1993. "On behalf of the Board of Directors and all of us at [...]
Accelrys Enters Next Generation Sequencing Market with NGS Collection for Pipeline Pilot
February 23, 2011
SAN DIEGO - Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL), the leading scientific informatics software and services company, today announced at the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference its entrance in the rapidly growing next generation sequencing (NGS) market with the release of the NGS Collection for Pipeline Pilot. The NGS Collection, together with Accelrys' industry-leading Pipeline Pilot™ data pipelining software, provide [...]
Sherwood Scientific commits to ‘Update and Automate’ concept for all model 410 Flame Photometers
February 23, 2011
Operators of all model 410 Flame Photometers can now retrofit a digital interface/lineariser module and benefit from the new 410 BlueNotes software package, illustrating Sherwood Scientific’s ‘update and automate’ policy for instruments up to twenty years old. The latest Industrial and Clinical 410s come with the new module already fitted. With an extensive worldwide installed [...]
February 23, 2011
Avacta Group plc ("Avacta" or the "Company"), which provides innovative, high value proprietary technologies and services to the pharmaceutical and diagnostics markets, announces that it has signed a commercial agreement with Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL)("Pall"). As part of the agreement, Avacta and Pall will collaborate to develop and market products and advanced analytical services for the [...]
February 23, 2011
PRINCETON, NJ - Princeton Security Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: PSGY), which develops radiation isotope identifiers, Area Monitors and High Purity Germanium detector technology for the homeland security market, including National Research Laboratories , Major OEM systems integrators, hospitals and overseas Homeland Security entities, received sizeable new orders for its Radiation Detection technology including High Purity Germanium [...]
Baylor Research Institute, Eureka Genomics Corporation Reach Research, Commercialization Agreement
February 23, 2011
DALLAS and HOUSTON - Baylor Research Institute (BRI), the research arm of Baylor Health Care System, and bioinformatics pioneer Eureka Genomics (EG) have formed a strategic alliance to achieve a better understanding of the causes of colorectal cancer, potentially leading to advancements in the disease's prevention, management and treatment. Baylor Research Institute's contribution to the [...]
Thermo Scientific Nunc Conical Centrifuge Tubes
February 23, 2011
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced new 15 and 50ml Thermo Scientific Nunc conical centrifuge tubes. Incorporating a new plastic rack design that is reusable, collapsible and recyclable, the 15/50 ml tubes are offered with an environmentally friendly, space-saving storage solution. This design provides a cleaner [...]
Agendia Receives Fifth FDA Clearance for Industry Leading MammaPrint(R) Assay
February 23, 2011
IRVINE, California and AMSTERDAM - Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, today announced that the company has received its fifth U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for MammaPrint(R), its widely used breast cancer recurrence assay. The new clearance is comprised of two additional Agilent Microarray scanners and two Agilent Bioanalyzers, expanding laboratory [...]
February 23, 2011
San Francisco, CA - Swift Biosciences Inc., a developer of innovative genetic analysis tools for the diagnostic industry, today presented two applications of their myT™ Primer qPCR. Results were presented for quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays that can detect mutations in two cancer genes: KRAS and BRAF. These assays were evaluated for analytical sensitivity [...]
Fluidigm and Eisenberg Brothers Ltd. Join Forces in Israel Distribution Deal
February 23, 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., & AIRPORT CITY, Israel - Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has appointed Eisenberg Brothers Ltd. as its distributor in Israel. Eisenberg Brothers will offer Fluidigm’s complete portfolio of BioMark™, EP1™, and Access Array™ Systems and the complete line up of Dynamic Array™, Digital Array™ and Access Array [...]
