Eppendorf Licenses Technology for Thermal Cyclers to Agilent
February 13, 2012
HAMBURG, Germany, Eppendorf AG has licensed patents covering gradient technology for thermal cyclers to Agilent Technologies, including US patent Nos. 6,767,512 and 7,074,367. Eppendorf utilizes the technology in its Eppendorf Mastercycler® pro gradient, Mastercycler nexus gradient and Mastercycler ep realplex models. Eppendorf AG, based in Hamburg, Germany, develops, produces and distributes instruments and consumables for [...]
Provides Automation Platform to Offer Integrated Microbiology Lab Solutions
February 13, 2012
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today that it has acquired KIESTRA Lab Automation BV, a Netherlands-based company that designs, develops, manufactures, markets and sells innovative lab automation solutions for the microbiology lab. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The transaction [...]
SeraCare Announces Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Linden Capital Partners
February 13, 2012
MILFORD, Mass., SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc., a global life sciences company providing vital products and services to facilitate the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Linden Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm that focuses [...]
CDEX Inc. Commences Debt Restructuring to Strengthen Company’s Future Competitiveness
February 10, 2012
TUCSON, AZ, CDEX Inc. today announced that to achieve a debt structure that would allow the Company to continue to develop its leading edge products in the healthcare markets with the ValiMed G4 medication safety system and in the security market with its ID2 Meth Scanner and Pocket ID2 Meth Scanner it has retained the [...]
MBL International Corporation Introduces AngioPhase™ Angiogenesis Kit
February 9, 2012
MBL International Corporation, a leading life science company focused on providing high quality products and solutions for life science research and clinical diagnostics, today announced the launch of AngioPhase™, an angiogenesis kit which allows for the analysis of all known phases of the angiogenic process in a convenient and flexible format. Angiogenesis is the multistep [...]
Easy-To-Use Electronic Pipette Filler
February 9, 2012
The Ultrajet pipette controller from Porvair Sciences is an easy-to-use electronic pipette filler. Ergonomically designed the Ultrajet is quick and simple to operate and can be used for extended periods of time without discomfort. Large buttons on the hand grip enable precise fine control of aspiration and dispensing of liquids. An integral LCD display displays [...]
CLC bio and VIB agree on an academic regional site license
February 9, 2012
CLC bio and VIB, a life sciences research institute in Flanders, Belgium, announced the signing of an academic regional site license agreement for CLC bio's sequence analysis software CLC DNA Workbench. The software will be used across academic institutions in the Flanders region in Belgium, including Universiteit Gent, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University of Antwerp, and [...]
Integrated DNA Technologies Acquires 1st BASE Oligonucleotide Business in Singapore
February 9, 2012
CORALVILLE, IA – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has acquired the oligonucleotide business of Singapore’s top supplier in the field, 1st BASE Pte. Ltd (1st BASE). Already the world leader in custom nucleic acid synthesis, IDT will now offer locally-manufactured oligos to researchers in Singapore and throughout the region from the company’s first synthesis facility in [...]
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 [...]

