Advantest Corporation Receives Intel’s Preferred Quality Supplier Award

TOKYO, Japan,- Advantest Corporation has been recognized as one of 19 companies receiving Intel Corporation's Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in 2011. Advantest Corporation is recognized for their significant contributions providing Intel with testers, test handlers, and interface products, deemed essential to Intel's success. "Advantest is honored to be recognized once again [...]

Ambry Genetics Initiates Fluidigm-Based Genomic Research Services for Gene Expression, SNP Genotyping and Sample Prep for Targeted Sequencing

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Ambry Genetics, a global leader in clinical diagnostics and genomic services, announced today the launch of Fluidigm (NASDAQ:FLDM) BioMark™ HD and Access Array™ System-based genomic research services. These services provide gene expression, SNP genotyping, and sample preparation for targeted sequencing using next-generation sequencers, focused on the genomics [...]

Roche issues statement regarding Illumina offer

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) released the following statement regarding its pending offer for Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN): “We continue to believe that on the basis of the public information that has been available to us, our offer price of $51 per share is full, fair and extremely attractive by every conceivable financial metric. [...]

HighRes Biosolutions Selected as Finalist for 2012 New England Innovation Awards

The Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE) announced that HighRes Biosolutions is a finalist for the 2012 New England Innovation Awards, which are sponsored in part by Mass High Tech and Boston Business Journal. HighRes is one of only 20 companies out of 268 nominees throughout New England to be selected. HighRes Biosolutions was [...]

New England Biolabs Receives ISO 13485 Certification

Ipswich, Mass. – New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB), an industry leader in the discovery and production of enzymes for molecular biology applications, has been granted ISO 13485:2003 certification for its design, development and distribution of standard and custom molecular biology and related reagents across applications in academic and industrial research. ISO 13485:2003 is the established [...]

Rubicon Genomics to Supply OmniPLEX® Technology to Kreatech Diagnostics for Use in Manufacturing Repeat-Free™ Poseidon™ Fish Probes

Ann Arbor, MI – Rubicon Genomics, Inc., a company developing and commercializing pre-analytical processes to improve the capabilities and performance of DNA and RNA analytical platforms, today announced that it has signed a supply agreement with KREATECH Diagnostics for use of Rubicon’s OmniPLEX-D whole genome amplification technology. Under the terms of the agreement, Rubicon will [...]

Chiral Technologies Worldwide Launches New Microsite for Protein Stationary Phases and Columns

WEST CHESTER, Pa.— Chiral Technologies Worldwide, the world leading supplier of chirality tools, has launched a new website www.proteinchiralcolumns.com dedicated to our immobilized protein stationary phases. The microsite showcases CHIRALPAK® AGP, HSA and CBH, the protein stationary phases (PSPs), which are well recognized by researchers due to their wide applicability for separation and characterization of [...]

BioTime Board of Directors Forms Science and Technology Committee

ALAMEDA, Calif.-- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex:BTX) today announced that its Board of Directors has recently formed a Science and Technology Committee to oversee the development and commercialization of BioTime’s technology and products in regenerative medicine and oncology. The three-member committee will work with officers and employees of BioTime and its subsidiaries to oversee the execution [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces New Software Update for Handheld FTIR Chemical Identification Instruments

WILMINGTON, Mass.,— Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the latest software update for the Thermo Scientific TruDefender FT and TruDefender FTi instruments for field-based chemical identification. These handheld FTIR instruments enable hazmat teams, law enforcement, bomb squads and military personnel to quickly and accurately identify unknown chemicals and explosives. [...]

AB SCIEX announces new distribution agreement with Cluster in Serbia and Macedonia

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, has announced an agreement with a new distributor to laboratory scientists based in Serbia and Macedonia. The agreement with Cluster makes available AB SCIEX's complete portfolio of mass spectrometry and chromatography products to research and analytical scientists working in diverse application areas across the region, [...]

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