BioTek Receives European Patent for Microplate Washer Technology
June 11, 2012
BioTek announces receipt of European Patent EP 2 093 572 B1, covering the ultrasonic cleaning and maintenance feature used in their microplate washers. Known as Ultrasonic Advantage™, this unique cleaning technology is incorporated into most of BioTek’s microplate washers including the 405™ Touch, 405 LS, ELx405™ Select Deep Well Microplate Washers and the EL406™ Microplate [...]
SAFC Announces Launch of New Integrated Chiral Offer
June 11, 2012
ST. LOUIS, -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) today announced that its custom manufacturing and services business unit, SAFC® (www.safcglobal.com), will consolidate its global chiral chromatography screening and small scale purification operations and locate them at its Pharmorphix® Solid State Research Laboratories in Cambridge, UK, to support its new integrated chiral chemistry offer. The Cambridge facility [...]
June 11, 2012
SAN DIEGO, -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. in collaboration with BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), today announced the introduction of the first induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-related product resulting from the collaboration between the two companies. BD™ SMC4 is a patent protected, pre-formulated cocktail of small molecules for improving cellular reprogramming [...]
Syapse Launches Application to Make Omics Data Actionable in Clinical R&D
June 11, 2012
Palo Alto, CA -- Syapse announced today the commercial launch of Discovery, its cloud-based application for making omics data actionable in clinical research and development. Discovery combines a powerful platform for aggregating and structuring biomedical data with intuitive data mining, workflow, and reporting features, enabling biopharma and diagnostics companies to leverage the increasing amount of [...]
Accelerated Development of Crystallisation Methods
June 11, 2012
Asynt has supplied the Wilson Structural Chemistry Research Group at the University of Bath (Bath, UK) with a custom DrySyn heating block system. The adapted DrySyn system, designed by Asynt in conjunction with the University of Bath, is being used to help simplify and accelerate development of crystallisation methodology to selectively control polymorph formation, and [...]
Xylem showcases innovative analytical and water treatment solutions at AWWA ACE 2012
June 11, 2012
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.- Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, will present an exciting portfolio of water treatment and testing solutions at the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Annual Conference & Exhibition (ACE) 2012 in Dallas, Texas this week (June 10-13, 2012). “AWWA [...]
Knome Announces Early Access Program for knomeCLINIC™
June 11, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- Knome, Inc., today announced the start of its early technology access program for knomeCLINIC, a software suite designed to help medical researchers and clinicians interpret human genomes for biological relevance. Clinics accepted into the early access program will be given installation priority, access to pilot programs and pre-release prototypes, and the ability to [...]
June 11, 2012
Today’s announcement is the result of the collaboration between Genentech and Dako on a parallel US FDA approval process of Genentech’s cancer drug and Dako’s pharmDx™ assays. The Genentech cancer drug (pertuzumab) ? which has also received authorization from FDA ? will be marketed under the name Perjeta™. “The role of HER2 in diagnosis and [...]
CLC bio delivers specialized antibody engineering and selection software for Crucell
June 8, 2012
Leiden, Netherlands and Aarhus, Denmark -- Today CLC bio announced the completion and final implementation of a specialized antibody engineering and selection module for Crucell, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson,that integrates with CLC bio's bioinformatics platform. The specialized module is designed to optimize the end-to-end workflow and analysis pipeline when [...]
Corning® Synthemax® II-SC Substrate for Stem Cell Research to be Unveiled
June 8, 2012
CORNING, N.Y., -- Corning Life Sciences, a segment of Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), will introduce the Corning® Synthemax® II-SC Substrate, a self-coating synthetic surface for stem cells, June 13-16 at the International Society for Stem Cell Research’s 10th annual meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The material creates a unique synthetic surface that mimics the natural cell [...]
