May 17, 2012
SAN DIEGO, -- Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced that it has purchased the Web-based Hit Explorer Operating System (HEOS) from SCYNEXIS, Inc. The HEOS purchase is the final phase of a strategic agreement that began in 2011, which enabled Accelrys to market and sell HEOS [...]
May 16, 2012
2v technologies plc announces that it has agreed the sale of its non-core businesses, for a total cash consideration of £14.7m, to a newly formed company, SGX Sensortech Limited, backed by Baird Capital Partners Europe. Keith Attwood, CEO of e2v, said: “We are pleased to announce the successful sale of these non-core business areas which [...]
Australian Genome Research Facility Implements GenoLogics Preconfigured Package for Illumina NGS
May 16, 2012
VICTORIA, British Columbia ? GenoLogics, a leading provider of laboratory information management system (LIMS) software specifically designed for next-generation omics labs, announced today that the Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) has implemented the GenoLogics Preconfigured Package for Illumina NGS and is now in full production using the system. The LIMS will help the lab manage [...]
LGR Launches Unique Gas Analyzer for Quantitative Detection of Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS) Anywhere
May 16, 2012
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, -- Los Gatos Research (LGR), the leader in precision trace gas analyzers, has launched an ultra-sensitive analyzer that provides real-time, direct and automated measurement of carbonyl sulfide (OCS or COS) in ambient air samples with parts-per-trillion precision and at rates as fast as 10 Hz. This new OCS Analyzer also provides simultaneous [...]
May 16, 2012
Ann Arbor, MI – Rubicon Genomics, Inc., a leader in the development and commercialization of sample-specific pre-analytical processes to improve the performance and capabilities of DNA and RNA analytical platforms for research and clinical testing, today announced the launch of the first product in its innovative ThruPLEXTM family of sample preparation kits designed and optimized [...]
Novel Storage Tube Provides Space Savings
May 16, 2012
Micronic Europe announces that it has secured exclusive worldwide rights to market Octygen - the first externally threaded, 2D coded, 0.50ml screw cap sample storage tube. At just 25.6mm tall and offering a massive 475 microlitres working volume - Octygen uses just 60% of the space typical 0.50ml 96-well screw cap tubes use to store [...]
New Monoclonal Antibodies to the Dengue Virus NS1
May 16, 2012
Dengue Virus is endemic in tropical countries world wide. It causes an insect-borne (mosquitoes) infection that manifests as Dengue Fever. However the infection can progress to more serious conditions including hemorrhagic fever. There are 4 serotypes of the virus and all are capable of causing disease. A non-structural glycoprotein (NS1) is produced during acute infection [...]
NanoString Initiates Second Clinical Validation Study for Breast Cancer Assay
May 16, 2012
SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced the initiation of the second clinical validation study of its PAM50-based breast cancer assay. The new study will evaluate samples from more than 1,000 patients enrolled in the Austrian Breast & Colorectal [...]
Roche and HYCOR Sign Global Distribution Agreement
May 16, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS, -- HYCOR Biomedical, Inc., a leading manufacturer of diagnostic products, and Roche today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement of KOVA® urinalysis products. As part of the agreement, Roche will distribute KOVA urinalysis plastics and controls products with its urinalysis tests and platforms worldwide for the next five years. "Concurrent with our [...]
May 16, 2012
The Biodesign Institute® at Arizona State University has reached an agreement with HighRes Biosolutions to automate DNA sample preparation of Nucleic Acid Programmable Protein Arrays (NAPPA) using a flexible dual NanoCell™ laboratory automation system. The dual NanoCell system was selected by Dr. Joshua LaBaer, director of the Institute’s Virginia G. Piper Center For Personalized Diagnostics, [...]

