Cambridge Global Services to Appeal Verdict against Concentric Methods, LLC

Firm cites ‘unjust enrichment’ among other relevant factors as grounds for appeal CHANTILLY, Va. - Cambridge Global Services, Inc. (CGS), a leading provider of medical and laboratory products to the Federal Government, announced today that it is appealing a recent verdict in its case against Concentric Methods, LLC of Alexandria, VA. On December 17, a [...]

Promega Expands “Glo” Reporter Technology Beyond Firefly Luciferase

MADISON, WISCONSIN - The new Renilla-Glo™ Luciferase Assay brings the convenience of the "add, mix, measure" assay format to applications using the sea pansy (Renilla reniformis) luciferase. The assay is ideal for screening in applications where a smaller molecular size reporter gene, compared to the typical firefly luciferase, is desirable. The extended signal half-life and [...]

Dynacare Selects Bruker’s MALDI Biotyper for Next-Generation Microbial ID

MILWAUKEE - Bruker today announced that Dynacare Laboratories in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (www.dynacaremilwaukee.com), after careful internal evaluation, has purchased a Bruker MALDI Biotyper system as their next-generation rapid microbial identification system. The MALDI Biotyper has obtained the IVD-CE Mark in selected European countries, and Bruker is planning to submit the MALDI Biotyper to the U.S. FDA [...]

Biogemma, GenomeQuest, and SGI Create First High-Performance Computing Solution Deployed for Agriculture Genomics

Biogemma, GenomeQuest, and SGI today announced a collaboration that has resulted in the first high-performance computing solution deployed for agriculture genomics. Westborough, MA & Clermont-Ferrand, France - Biogemma, GenomeQuest, and SGI today announced a collaboration that has resulted in the first high-performance computing solution deployed for agriculture genomics. Specifically, here at their research headquarters and [...]

AnaSpec Offers Double-Dye Oligo Synthesis Service

San Jose, CA - AnaSpec, Eurogentec Group is pleased to highlight our Double-Dye Oligo Synthesis Service. With over 20 years expertise of oligonucleotide synthesis, and Eurogentec production facilities in San Diego, California and Liege, Belgium, AnaSpec now offers the largest number of fluorescent reporters and quenchers available in the industry. Furthermore, for applications such as [...]

Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Announces Tax Incentives Targeting Growth at 30 Companies

Center Awards $23.9 million to foster job growth in the Massachusetts Life Sciences sectors Waltham, MA – The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center announced today that the Center’s Board of Directors has awarded $23.9 million in tax incentives to 30 life sciences companies. The recipient companies have committed to creating nearly 1,000 new jobs in the [...]

GE Healthcare Completes Tender Offer for Clarient Inc.

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) announced today that it has completed the tender offer by GE’s wholly owned subsidiary, Crane Merger Sub, Inc., for all outstanding shares of common and preferred stock of Clarient Inc., a leading player in the fast-growing molecular diagnostics sector. Chalfont St Giles, UK and Aliso Viejo, [...]

GENEART AG: Squeeze Out of Minority Shareholders and Domination Agreement with Applied Biosystems Deutschland GmbH Effective

Regensburg - The extraordinary general meeting of GENEART AG, Regensburg, on November 12, 2010 resolved upon the transfer of the shares of GENEART AG's minority shareholders to the majority shareholder Applied Biosystems Deutschland GmbH, Darmstadt, in accordance with §§ 327a et seq. German Stock Companies Act (AktG) against payment of an adequate cash consideration. The [...]

BioTime, Inc. and the University of California System Sign Cell Transfer Agreement for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines

ALAMEDA, Calif. - BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex: BTX) today announced a material transfer agreement (MTA) with the University of California (UC) system to make five research-grade human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines available to UC system researchers. These lines are genetically identical to a bank of GMP-compliant hES cell lines that will be made available [...]

BellBrook Labs Awarded Patent on Transcreener® HTS Assay for Glycosyltransferases

BellBrook Labs announced today that they have been awarded a fourth U.S. patent for their innovative line of Transcreener® HTS Assay kits. This new patent, U.S. 7,847,066, describes the invention of a universal assay for UDP-glycosyltransferases based on direct detection of UDP in a high-throughput format. Madison, WI - It was announced today that the [...]

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