December 6, 2010
Penzberg, Germany - Two new high-performance reagents deliver more viable cells, help accelerate cellular and molecular research efforts. Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the introduction of two new highperformance DNA transfection reagents for its innovative cellular analysis portfolio for life science research. Designed for commonly used and hard-to-transfect cell lines, the X-tremeGENE [...]
OGT Announces Major Role in Large Scale Diabetes Study
December 6, 2010
Genefficiency™ aCGH microarray service to process extensive sample set linking CNVs to disease susceptibility Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has today announced details of a major project with the University of Virginia Center for Public Health Genomics. In a groundbreaking study, Professor Stephen Rich, [...]
Cole-Parmer Earns Better Business Bureau Accreditation
December 6, 2010
Joins premier list of accredited companies meeting BBB Standards for Trust Vernon Hills, Ill. - The Better Business Bureau (BBB) serving Chicago and northern Illinois has added Cole-Parmer to their roster of companies that demonstrate high business ethics, standards, and practices. The BBB Standards for Trust, which are foundational to accreditation, include building trust, advertising [...]
Sheldon Manufacturing, Inc. Announces New Quick-Processing Humidity Test Chamber
December 6, 2010
Cornelius, OR - Sheldon Manufacturing, Inc. has announced the release of their latest offering to the Life Sciences, University, and Clinical Research labs with the HC6 Environmental Humidity Chamber for multiple industrial and biotechnology testing applications. The expert design replicates natural conditions to determine potential limitations a sample would experience when exposed to various temperature [...]
December 6, 2010
Company Intends to Commercialize In Vitro Diagnostic Products on its nCounter Platform SEATTLE, Wash. - NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced it has secured an exclusive worldwide license from Bioclassifier, LLC to develop in [...]
RIKEN Chooses Helicos Single Molecule Sequencing for Global Map of Human Promoters
December 6, 2010
Researchers in Japan have launched FANTOM5, Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome, an international effort to globally map transcription initiation in every human cell type. Joint research by RIKEN and Helicos BioSciences Corporation has played a key role in this project in adapting the Cap Analysis of Gene Expression (CAGE) technique, originally developed by RIKEN, [...]
FLSmidth Makes Offer for the Acquisition of ESSA Australia
December 5, 2010
Company Announcement to the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority No. 35-2010 FLSmidth has today announced an offer for the acquisition of the Australian listed company ESSA Australia Limited (ESSA). FLSmidth's offer corresponds to an enterprise value of approximately DKK 170m. The offer is unanimously recommended by the Board of Directors of ESSA, in the absence of [...]
Tecan’s HydroFlex™ Improves Plate Washing for ELISpot Assays
December 3, 2010
Männedorf, Switzerland - Tecan’s HydroFlex microplate washer has allowed hematologists at the Department of Oncology and Hematology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, to introduce automated washing for Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSpot (ELISpot) assays. The laboratory performs detailed studies on the immune response of patients to viral, fungal and tumor antigens. Dr Giovanni Riva, a postdoctoral [...]
Fluidigm Files S-1 Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering
December 3, 2010
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fluidigm Corporation announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of Fluidigm's common stock. Fluidigm develops, manufactures and markets microfluidic systems for growth markets in the life science and agricultural biotechnology, or [...]
Symbion Systems Becomes Oracle PartnerNetwork Gold Level Partner
December 3, 2010
TUSTIN, CA - Symbion Systems, Inc., a leader in providing process analytical instrument control, analysis, and connectivity software, today announced that it has become a Gold Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized program. By attaining Gold Level membership, Symbion Systems, Inc. will benefit from working with Oracle Database 11g to enhance the capabilities of [...]
