Charter Members Join Appistry to Advance ‘Big Data’ Management and Genomic Research
February 8, 2012
Appistry, Inc., the world's best company at solving complex, data intensive problems, today announced the formation of a Scientific and Technology Advisory Board to support the company's development and commercialization of next-generation technologies for advanced data management. The advisory board includes leading influencers with extensive technical credibility and perspectives across disciplines as diverse as bioinformatics, [...]
BD Announces Results for 2012 First Fiscal Quarter
February 7, 2012
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today reported quarterly revenues of $1.888 billion for the first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011, representing an increase of 2.5 percent from the prior-year period, or 2.4 percent on a foreign currency-neutral basis. "We are pleased with our [...]
February 7, 2012
LA JOLLA, CA AND IPSWICH, MA, Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (SGI), a privately held company commercializing and developing genomic-driven solutions to solve a variety of global needs, and New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB), today jointly announced that they have entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement whereby NEB will commercialize the Gibson Assembly™ Master Mix. This product [...]
Introducing ATCC Tumor Cell Panels: Powerful New Tools for Cancer Research
February 7, 2012
Searching for appropriate tumor cell models often entails a time-intensive review of the literature and genomic databases. To enable cancer researchers, ATCC (American Type Culture Collection) has introduced a collection of Tissue-Specific Tumor Cell Panels. These powerful new tools combine well-characterized adherent cell lines that were selected for their genomic mutations as found in the [...]
Life Technologies Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2011 Results
February 7, 2012
CARLSBAD, Calif., Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2011 and provided financial guidance for 2012. "I am pleased with our performance in the fourth quarter and throughout 2011, even as we faced a number of challenges, including macroeconomic headwinds and constrained spending by some [...]
Alfa Laval AB (publ) Fourth quarter and full year 2011
February 7, 2012
“Order intake during the fourth quarter was SEK 6.8 billion, an increase with 6 percent compared to the corresponding quarter 2010. Compared to the third quarter order intake decreased with 15 percent, influenced by a lower demand from the shipbuilding industry and an awaiting attitude to making decisions concerning projects by certain customers. Order intake [...]
Brooks Life Science Systems and The Scripps Research Institute Initiate Partnership
February 7, 2012
POWAY, CA, Brooks Life Science Systems, a division of Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), a leading worldwide provider of automation solutions for compound and biological sample storage and management, today announced the initiation of a technology development and commercialization partnership with The Scripps Research Institute (Scripps Research). The cornerstone of this partnership will be an exclusive [...]
NANOINK ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF CONTRACT SERVICES PROGRAM FOR LIVE SINGLE CELL ASSAY WORK
February 7, 2012
CHICAGO, IL, NanoInk's® NanoFabrication Systems Division announced today that it introduced a new contract services program dedicated to the development of live single cell array assays. This offering supplements NanoInk's portfolio of Dip Pen Nanolithography® (DPN®)-based systems and tools used for micro and nanopatterning applications to include a service component. Life scientists now have even [...]
February 7, 2012
Glasgow, UK, Sistemic is delighted to announce that its proprietary technology (SistemQC™) has been chosen to form a key part of the research and production process for a landmark multinational collaborative project led by TiGenix, Belgium and including partners from Spain, France, the Netherlands as well as the UK and Belgium. The project, REGENER-AR, will [...]
February 7, 2012
Naarden, The Netherlands, BAC BV, the leading provider of antibody-based affinity purification technology together with Life Technologies Corporation has announced the launch of a range of POROS® CaptureSelect® affinity columns. By combining BAC’s CaptureSelect affinity ligand technology with Life Technologies’ POROS resin, the companies now offer a platform for high speed, high performance product-specific process [...]

