WHEATON Introduces CryoFeed – Valuable Help for Biobanking

WHEATON, the company that designs and delivers today’s most innovative solutions for the laboratory research, diagnostic packaging and specialty pharmaceuticals industries, announces the launch of a web-based information resource for researchers who cryopreserve biological specimens. CryoFeed (www.cryofeed.com) is a new microsite where scientists can find the latest biobank related news and technical tips for topics [...]

MOCON Announces Quarterly Dividend

MINNEAPOLIS -- MOCON, Inc., announced today that on December 15, 2011, its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of ten cents ($0.10) per share, payable on February 17, 2012, to shareholders of record on February 3, 2012. The Company has provided stockholders with quarterly dividends for the 94th consecutive quarter. Prior to the [...]

Genome Sequencing Assists Research into Major Public Diseases in France.

University of Strasbourg adopts Life Technologies' SOLiD™ sequencing platform to gain insight into diabetes, obesity, asthma, arterial hypertension and other common diseases. Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) announced that its instruments are supporting the 1.1 million Euro Genomax project at the Haematology and Immunology Research Centre led by Professor Seiamak Bahram at the University of Strasbourg. [...]

BioTime’s Subsidiary OncoCyte Corporation Announces Plans for the Novel Pan-Cancer Diagnostic Product PanC-DxTM

ALAMEDA, Calif.--BioTime, Inc., and BioTime’s subsidiary OncoCyte Corporation today announced plans for the development of PanC-DxTM, a novel diagnostic device discovered at BioTime and OncoCyte to detect the presence of various human cancers, including cancers of the breast, lung, bladder, uterus, stomach, and colon, during routine check-ups. PanC-DxTM would require only a simple antibody-based blood [...]

Implant Sciences Sells Over $200,000 of Quantum Sniffer Portable Explosives Trace Detectors for Building Security in Mexico

WILMINGTON, MA -- Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, announced today it has received an order worth over $200,000 for multiple units of its Quantum Sniffer(TM) QS-H150 portable explosives trace detector to be deployed for building security in Mexico. Implant Sciences has been selling the QS-H150 [...]

Sapphire Energy Installs Custom-Made Software from CLC bio for Biofuel Research

CLC bio, the market- leading bioinformatics sequence analysis software provider, today announced that Sapphire Energy, Inc. has installed a custom-made bioinformatics solution from CLC bio in their research center in San Diego. Sapphire Energy is at the forefront of the biofuel industry with the potential to radically change the world's energy landscape with 'Green Crude' [...]

World’s First Miniature NMR Spectrometer from picoSpin Introduced in Workshops around the Globe

Vernon Hills, IL - Business and academic leaders in China, Estonia, India, Lithuania, Latvia, and the United Kingdom recently received up-close demonstrations of the picoSpin™-45L Benchtop NMR Spectrometer during a series of presentations. Dean Antic, picoSpin Chief Chemist and Director of Marketing, traveled on 16 flights in 14 airports to lead the training and demonstrations. [...]

NuGEN® Technologies Sample Preparation Solutions Selected by Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository for Large Scale Alcoholism Study

SAN CARLOS, Calif. & PISCATAWAY, N.J.--NuGEN Technologies Inc., a market leader in the development of sample preparation solutions for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and Genomic Profiling applications, today announced that its Encore® NGS Library Systems and Ovation® WGA Amplification Systems will be used for genetic analysis of saliva samples in a large scale, multi-year study [...]

Sequenom Named to NASDAQ Global Select Market

SAN DIEGO -- Sequenom, Inc., a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced that the company has been upgraded to the NASDAQ Global Select Market, a segment of the NASDAQ Global Market with the highest initial listing standards of any exchange in the world. Sequenom will continue to trade under the ticker [...]

Laser etched 2D tube coding ensures secure traceable sample storage

Micronic Europe offers a comprehensive range of high quality 2D coded tubes Identifying your sample via a code on the tube can be done in a number of ways. However the most reliable in terms of long-term identification and tracking of samples is via a 2D coding on the bottom of the tubes. However not [...]

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