February 9, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Quanterix Corporation, a company enabling a new generation of molecular diagnostic tests based on its revolutionary Single Molecule Array (SiMoA™) technology, announced today that it will apply its cutting-edge technology towards the development of an improved test to aid in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis (TB). In collaboration with the Forsyth Institute and [...]
February 8, 2012
JUPITER, FL, Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have designed and licensed a major new technology that dramatically improves the quality control and management of compounds used for high-throughput screening, a process that can be used to search for potential new drugs. The technology, which consists of an automated instrumentation platform [...]
Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Closes $800,000 Private Placement
February 8, 2012
SOUTH EASTON, Mass.,Pressure BioSciences, Inc. today announced that it has closed on an $800,000 private placement with the sale of units consisting of a total of 971,867 shares of restricted common stock and 485,937 warrants to purchase restricted common stock. Seven current investors, including the Company's CEO/President, the Company's Chairman of the Board of Directors, [...]
February 8, 2012
New York, Eagle Genomics and Cycle Computing today announced that they have jointly won a competitive bid by the Pistoia Alliance to support the development of a proof-of-concept (PoC) system to meet the future needs of pharmaceutical R&D IT. A four-month project, the Eagle Genomics & Cycle Computing proof-of-concept system is one of three accepted [...]
February 8, 2012
Madison, WI, BellBrook Labs today announced that Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will exclusively distribute the company’s iuvo™ Microconduit Array products, including the iuvo™ Microchannel 5250 and the iuvo™ Chemotaxis Assay plates. These products, coupled with Thermo Scientific’s high-content cellular analysis tools, enable scientists to build advanced cell models and [...]
Stefan Grote joins the Gerresheimer AG Management Board
February 8, 2012
Düsseldorf, Stefan Grote is joining the Gerresheimer AG Management Board on April 1, 2012. He will be responsible for the Tubular Glass and Life Science Research Divisions and takes over from Dr. Max Raster, who is leaving the company. The Supervisory Board has appointed Stefan Grote (42) to the Gerresheimer AG Management Board as of [...]
February 8, 2012
BRANFORD, Connecticut, Roche and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, DC announced today a collaboration agreement to use Roche's GS Junior benchtop sequencing system for research in SCBI's Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics. SCBI's state-of-the-art genetics laboratory, based at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, will house the next-generation sequencing instrument and will [...]
Roche disappointed by the actions of Illumina, Inc.’s Board of Directors
February 8, 2012
Basel, Roche released the following statement in response to the announcement by Illumina, Inc. that its Board of Directors has recommended that shareholders not tender their shares to Roche. On January 27, 2012, Roche commenced a tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Illumina for $44.50 per share in cash, or an aggregate of [...]
Turbo Mode Enhances High Throughput Petri Dish Filling
February 8, 2012
Media preparation labs can now benefit from the introduction by INTEGRA of a new Turbo mode option which significantly accelerates the filling rates of its MEDIAJET Automated Petri Dish Filling System and results in time-savings of more than 40%. With this option, the MEDIAJET sets new filling rate standards for high throughput Petri dish filling. [...]
Agilent Technologies Announces Launch of Next-Generation Pharmaceutical Compliance Service
February 8, 2012
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the latest generation of its Automated Compliance Engine for Agilent Enterprise Edition compliance services. The updated software enables delivery of even more reliable, secure and cost-efficient analytical instrument qualification services to the pharmaceutical industry. As a result, Agilent Enterprise Edition is able to get systems [...]
