Labcyte Advances Automatic Acoustic Liquid Handling With Dynamic Fluid Analysis™
February 6, 2012
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Labcyte has patented and released a novel software algorithm that enables a greater range of fluid types to be automatically transferred with acoustic energy. Dynamic Fluid AnalysisTM enables the Echo® liquid handling systems to adapt to fluid properties changes such as surface tension and viscosity, and adjusts sound energy in real time with [...]
LifeLines Biobank Buys New BiOS System from Hamilton Storage Technologies
February 6, 2012
Hopkinton, Mass., Hamilton Storage Technologies announced today the sale of one of the first -80°C BiOS third-generation automated storage systems to the LifeLines Study at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), The Netherlands. LifeLines is a major three-generation population-based study of 165,000 residents of The Netherlands' Northern Provinces. The study is based on UMCG's research [...]
Genedata Screener Debuts Interactive Time-Series Data Analysis at SLAS 2012
February 6, 2012
San Diego, Calif., Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced it will demonstrate the Genedata Screener® Time-Series Extension (TSE) at the first annual SLAS Conference and Exhibition. Genedata Screener TSE is the industry's first solution for integrated and interactive analysis of time-series data. It supports, [...]
Brooks Life Science Systems Introduced at the Inaugural SLAS2012 Conference
February 6, 2012
CHELMSFORD, Mass., Brooks Automation, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of automation, vacuum, and instrumentation solutions for multiple markets, today announced the presence of its Brooks Life Science Systems division at the inaugural Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) Conference in San Diego, CA. Brooks Life Science Systems is the leading worldwide provider of automation [...]
Luminex Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results
February 6, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas, Luminex Corporation today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. Financial and operating highlights include the following: • Consolidated fourth quarter 2011 revenue was $47.9 million, a 16 percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2010; full-year 2011 revenue was $184.3 million, a 30 percent increase over [...]
February 6, 2012
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has expanded its family of sub-2 µm particle 300 Angstrom pore columns for reversed-phase liquid chromatography with rapid-resolution, high-definition ZORBAX 300SB-C3 and 300-Diphenyl 1.8 µm columns. The columns extend the benefits of reversed-phase biomolecule separations to ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC). The C3 phase broadens [...]
TTP Labtech Showcases the New mosquito® HV at SLAS 2012
February 6, 2012
Cambridge, UK, TTP Labtech’s new mosquito® HV, launched today at SLAS 2012, has been developed to allow scientists to accurately handle low volume serial dilutions and assay plate preparations, across the 500nL to 5µL range. In addition, the mosquito HV can rapidly perform serial dilutions in the 2-8µL final volume range, and can stamp from [...]
February 6, 2012
LEXINGTON, Mass., and SALZBURG, Austria, RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ Company, and Sony DADC Austria AG, today announced that the companies have further developed proprietary methods for the manufacture of microdroplet-based smart consumables for high-throughput targeted DNA sequencing applications. This collaboration enables RainDance to further leverage Sony DADC’s advanced microstructure engineering and high-volume manufacturing [...]
February 6, 2012
Tokyo, Japan – On January 25, 2012, a ceremony incorporating a number of scientific seminars was held at the University of Tokyo to celebrate the establishment of an Industry-Academia Collaboration between Rigaku Corporation and the University of Tokyo. The ceremony was originally scheduled to occur in August of 2011 but was postponed in the aftermath [...]
Transgenomic Announces $22.0 Million Private Placement Financing
February 3, 2012
OMAHA, Neb.- Transgenomic, Inc. today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with institutional and other accredited investors to raise approximately $22.0 million in a private placement financing which includes an aggregate of $3.0 million in convertible notes issued in December to entities associated with Third Security, LLC, a leading life sciences investment firm, [...]

