Leading Genomic Services Provider Selects Fluidigm Access Array™ System
February 16, 2011
IMGM Laboratories GMBH has purchased a Fluidigm Access Array™ System to use in its development and validation of targeted re-sequencing applications services. IMGM is the first Genomic Services Provider to offer the combination of the Fluidigm Access Array technology in conjunction with Roche's 454 Next-Generation Sequencing Systems to its customers in Germany. The Fluidigm Access [...]
February 16, 2011
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - ACEA Biosciences, Inc., a pioneer in the development of high-performance microelectronic systems for cell-based assays, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical research, is pleased to report the issuance of a new U. S. Patent for chemical compound screening, with important applications in the development of new pharmaceutical products. Testing and profiling of these candidate [...]
Fluidigm Corporation Announces Exercise of Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option
February 16, 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced that the underwriters of its initial public offering have exercised in full their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 833,750 shares of Fluidigm common stock at $13.50 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions. Together with the shares sold pursuant to the over-allotment option, Fluidigm [...]
METTLER TOLEDO Announces the Release of the New Excellence XA Balances Line for Academia
February 16, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio - METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to introduce a new line of Excellence XA Analytical and Precision Balances. Ideal for use in Academia, METTLER TOLEDO’s new Excellence XA Balance line combines fundamental functionality with high weighing performance to deliver a range of balances that are straightforward and easy to use but still excel in [...]
Genovis Acquires Exclusive License for Upconverting Nanoparticles and Plans Launch Within 1 Year
February 16, 2011
Genovis has acquired an exclusive license for a new technology that uses so-called upconverting nanoparticles as contrast agents in optical biomedical imaging. Genovis is acquiring the license from Lumito, a LUAB company, including an option to acquire the technology as a whole. The license grants exclusive rights to upconverting nanoparticles and to the technology required [...]
February 15, 2011
Bridgewater, NJ. - LABVANTAGE Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of browser-based laboratory information management solutions (LIMS), today announced that a global medical technology company (the Company) has extended a three-year preferred vendor agreement with LABVANTAGE. CENTRALIZED, BEST PRACTICES BASED DEPLOYMENT In an effort to realize a significant cost reduction and minimize potential risk, the Company [...]
WaferGen Announces High-Throughput SNP Genotyping Early Access Program
February 15, 2011
Fremont, Calif. - WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, today announced that it is offering an early access program for high-throughput Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Genotyping through its new SmartChip Real-Time PCR System. The offering is being made in response to customer demand to address the increasing speed and [...]
February 15, 2011
WILMINGTON, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the release of the Thermo Scientific TruScan RM, a handheld analyzer designed for rapid identification of raw materials and finished product inspection. TruScan® RM builds on the proven capability of the flagship TruScan analyzer, which is now used at hundreds [...]
OGT Awarded ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Accreditation, Signifying Technical Expertise
February 15, 2011
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, today announced that its Genefficiency™ and CytoSure™ array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) services have been accredited as meeting ISO/IEC 17025:2005 international standards by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The award underlines the superior level of expertise and quality [...]
Bruker Installs NMR Metabolic Profiling Systems at Norwegian University of Science and Technology
February 15, 2011
TRONDHEIM, Norway - Bruker has installed two nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers for metabolic profiling at the new MR Metabolomics Laboratory at the NTNU hospital campus in Trondheim. Metabolic profiling of tissue samples and biofluids has the potential to transform the way cancer diagnostics and treatments are optimized for individual patients. The new NMR systems [...]
