Real Time Genomics Enters Agribusiness Sector with RTG Investigator™
December 6, 2011
San Francisco, CA, Real Time Genomics, Inc., today announced that the Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) of New Zealand has signed a multi-year agreement to license RTG Investigator sequence analysis software for trait discovery in bovine genomes. Through an Early Access Program (EAP) relationship with LIC, Real Time Genomics extended its Bayesian variant analysis software to [...]
Gentel Launches CSA: Simian Expanded Product to Support Expanded SPF Colony Surveillance
December 6, 2011
MADISON, WI, Gentel Biosciences, a provider of animal health research products, announces the launch of the Colony Surveillance Assays (CSA) for Expanded SPF nonhuman primate colony management. Gentel officially launched the CSA: Simian Expanded panel on October 14, 2011 after extensive testing at several National Primate Centers. "We enjoyed working with Gentel on a beta [...]
Agilent Technologies Supports Russell Thomas’ Research at the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
December 6, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) and the Agilent Technologies Foundation today announced that Russell S. Thomas, Ph.D., of the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences has been selected for an Agilent Thought Leader Award to support his work developing methods to predict drug-induced liver injury. The award includes funding [...]
Richard T. Clark Named to Corning Board of Directors
December 6, 2011
CORNING, N.Y., Corning Incorporated today appointed Richard T. Clark, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Merck (NYSE: MRK), to Corning’s board of directors, effective immediately. Merck is a global healthcare leader that develops, discovers, manufactures, and provides prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and consumer care and animal health products. Clark, who qualifies as an [...]
Flexible Scientific Launches A. Kruess Optronic Laboratory Instruments in North America
December 6, 2011
San Diego, CA, Flexible Scientific, a licensed distributor for Benchmark Scientific, Hamilton, Hanna Instruments, and other laboratory brands has launched Kruess instrumentation geared toward the laboratory and lab testing enviromnent. German based A. Kruess Optronic, available through Flexible Scientific's website, is well known internationally as a quality manufacturer of high-precision, state of the art measuring [...]
PrimeraDx Appoints Leroy Hood to its Scientific Advisory Board
December 6, 2011
MANSFIELD, Mass., PrimeraDx today announced that Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, a world recognized leader in the molecular device industry, has been appointed to its Scientific Advisory Board. "High multiplex qPCR diagnostics is a key step in bringing personalized medicine to the clinic," commented Dr. Hood. "I am delighted to help PrimeraDx take the step from [...]
The Rapid Visco Analyser used in ground-breaking starch research
December 6, 2011
A collaborative project between the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and Perten Instruments has, for the first time, used neutron scattering to help unravel the changes that occur in starch structure at the molecular level during cooking. A Perten Rapid Visco Analyser (RVA) was specially modified to allow a beam of neutrons to [...]
December 6, 2011
PARIS, Biospace Lab and the ImaBio Group (IPHC, Strasbourg) are pleased to announce they are collaborating on the development of a new X-ray tomographic imaging module for use with the Biospace Lab PhotonIMAGER™ OPTIMA system, a fully modular and versatile preclinical optical imager developed for real-time in vivo luminescence or fluorescence studies. The new add-in [...]
December 6, 2011
WALTHAM, Mass., PerkinElmer Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the availability of the VectraTM 2 automated slide imaging system, adding AQUA® technology to Vectra’s unique multispectral and image analysis capabilities. The new platform provides labs with a robust, scalable and efficient system for [...]
PerkinElmer Introduces Porcine Detection Kits for the Halal Food Certification Industry
December 6, 2011
WALTHAM, Mass., PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the introduction of Porcine Detection Kits for the rapid detection of porcine meat traces by the Halal food certification industry, further expanding the Company's food analysis solutions portfolio. The new solution will make it [...]

