March 20, 2012
Pion Inc. introduces the Skin PAMPA Test System, specifically designed to predict the permeability of drugs and dermal formulations through the human skin. The Skin PAMPA Test System excels as a complimentary screen prior to Franz Cell testing due to the lower cost, enhanced usability, higher throughput and reduced sample requirements. Pre-coated with a proprietary [...]
New appointments at Izon Science support international growth
March 20, 2012
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand,– Leading nanotechnology instrument manufacturer Izon Science today announced appointments in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand to support their expanding client base in 30 countries. Kris Bolen has been appointed as Director of Americas and will be based in the Massachusetts office. Kris has a background in sales of high-tech [...]
Heat Sealer Reproducibly Seals Microplates of All Types & Sizes
March 20, 2012
The new MiniSeal Plus heat sealer from Porvair Sciences operates with a very high force thereby ensuring high integrity sealing of deep well or even irregularly shaped microplates. Building upon the proven track record of Porvair's trusted MiniSeal semi-automatic microplate sealer - MiniSeal Plus offers users even greater comfort and safety in use, together with [...]
Transgenomic and MD Anderson Collaborate on Circulating Tumor Cell Study using ICE COLD-PCR
March 20, 2012
Omaha, Neb.– Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC/BB: TBIO) today announced that it has begun a collaboration with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to evaluate the use of the Company’s very high sensitivity ICE COLD-PCR mutation detection technology in analysis of DNA isolated from circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in blood samples from patients with advanced [...]
StarDrop 5.2 Adds New FieldAlign Plug-in Module
March 20, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, UK, – Optibrium, developer of software solutions for drug discovery, today announces a new version of its StarDrop™ platform. StarDrop 5.2 features a new plug-in module that provides users with access to Cresset’s FieldAlign™ technology, which offers a unique, 3-dimensional insight into the biological activity of their compounds. This new development is the first [...]
Brookfield Names Hebert to Product Manager – Powder Flow Tester
March 20, 2012
Middleboro, MA – Brookfield Engineering Laboratories is pleased to announce the appointment of Vincent Hebert to the position of Product Manager - Powder Flow Tester (PFT). Vinnie will assume responsibility for sales of the PFT in the Americas and will coordinate worldwide sales with Brookfield’s international offices. Vinnie has been the lead sales engineering specialist [...]
March 20, 2012
SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- Cepheid today announced that, together with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), it has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop sample processing and amplification methods for highly-sensitive detection of bloodstream bacteria using nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on the GeneXpert System. The $1.3 [...]
March 20, 2012
NEWARK, Calif.,-- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) and genOway (NYSE:ALGEN) announced today that they have entered into a license agreement under which StemCells has granted genOway a worldwide, exclusive license to StemCells' Internal Ribosome Entry Site (IRES) technology for use in the development and commercialization of genetically engineered mice. Financial conditions were not disclosed. The IRES technology [...]
March 19, 2012
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. and MILPITAS, Calif., — Pressure BioSciences, Inc., a leading sample preparation tools company for the research market and Sage-N Research, Inc. (“Sage-N”), a world leader in computational proteomics, today announced a collaboration to develop software applications on Sage-N’s SORCERER™ Integrated Data Appliance platform. The new software will be designed to work with [...]
March 19, 2012
Irvine, CA -- Quantiscientifics LLC, an Irvine, California company has selected BioDot Inc to co-market and sell their A2® MicroArray System. The A2® (pronounced “A-Squared”) product, originally developed out of Beckman Coulter allows for multiplexing in a proprietary 96-well plate format. To reduce complexity, the technology utilizes DNA attached to the plate surface to link [...]
