March 28, 2012
Madison, WI -- Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI) today announced an expansion of its existing distribution agreement with iPS Academia Japan, Inc. to include iCell® Neurons and iCell Endothelial Cells. The original distribution agreement, announced on June 8, 2011, covered the distribution of CDI’s iCell Cardiomyocytes, the first commercially available product based on induced pluripotent [...]
NSG Precision Cells Releases Unique Didymium Glass Wavelength Calibration Filter
March 27, 2012
Farmingdale, NY- NSG Precision Cells is proud to announce their latest wavelength calibration standards for spectrophotometers. The new WAV-7 Didymium Glass Calibration Standard is a unique stand-alone product on the market that never needs replaced or re-calibrated due to material aging. This innovative filter supports wavelength calibration precision of spectrophotometers in not just the ultra-violet [...]
NEW ALLIANCE LINKS GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTRE AND INDUSTRY LEADER
March 27, 2012
The agreement enables close collaboration between a research centre whose principal mission is the study of the genome and how it translates into characteristics that distinguish each individual, and an industry leader whose technology and products accelerate genetic analysis research and applications, paving the way for molecular medicine and ultimately transforming healthcare. “This is the [...]
TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Adds New Integrated Biology Capabilities to Bioinformatics Suite
March 27, 2012
SANTA CLARA, Calif.,- Agilent Technologies Inc. today released GeneSpring 12.0, a major expansion of its popular bioinformatics software designed to enable a new level of medical science breakthroughs. With the new release, GeneSpring users can now analyze next-generation sequencing data and conduct joint analysis at the pathway level across multiple "omics" platforms in a familiar [...]
Partek and Life Technologies Partner to Speed Genetic Analysis Validation
March 27, 2012
ST. LOUIS & FOSTER CITY, Calif -- Partek Incorporated, a global leader in bioinformatics software, and Life Technologies, a maker of systems, consumables, and services that enable researchers to accelerate scientific and medical advancements, announced a partnership to allow users of Partek® Flow™, Partek® Genomics Suite™, and Partek® Pathway™ a streamlined selection of Life Technologies [...]
AB SCIEX Announces Academic Partnership Program to Support Biological Research
March 27, 2012
AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced the AB SCIEX Academic Partnership Program to increase the number of scientists who benefit from the company's assistance and resources for advancing research in proteomics, metabolomics and lipidomics. The new wave of biological studies known as "network biology" and the -omics fields require [...]
Oxford Expression Technologies Launch Revolutionary Baculovirus Extraction and Quantification Kit
March 27, 2012
Oxford, UK, - Oxford Expression Technologies (OET), the award-winning specialist provider of baculovirus-based protein expression solutions, launches baculoQUANT ALL-IN-ONE™, a baculovirus extraction and titration kit. The new kit has been developed together with PCR reagent and equipment specialists Agilent Technologies as a continued theme to provide ease of use to scientists. baculoQUANT ALL-IN-ONE contains all [...]
March 27, 2012
COLOGNE, Germany -- At ANUGA FoodTec 2012 international trade fair for food and drink technology, Bruker introduces the WineScreener™, a high-resolution Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FT-NMR)-based screening system that delivers rapid and cost efficient quantitative targeted and non-targeted statistical analyses of wine. Based on the well proven JuiceScreener™, a solution introduced for various fruit [...]
March 27, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS – BioStorage Technologies, a global provider of comprehensive sample management solutions for the bioscience industry, including storage, cold chain logistics and virtual sample intelligence, is expanding its support to scientific and academic research activities, specifically in Northeast United States. Most recently, this included the hiring of Douglas King as the Senior Scientific Advisor and [...]
WHEATON Introduces the PluraScan™ 2D Barcode Reader for Biobanking Operations
March 27, 2012
The advent of large-scale screening in biomedical laboratories has led to the generation of vast quantities of samples requiring time and resource management. With this in mind, WHEATON, the company that designs and delivers today’s most innovative solutions for the laboratory research, diagnostic packaging and specialty pharmaceuticals industries, introduces the PluraScan. The new WHEATON PluraScan [...]

