December 8, 2011
SEATTLE & SAN ANTONIO, Texas, NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced positive results from the first clinical validation study of its first in vitro diagnostic product, a breast cancer assay based on the PAM50 gene expression signature. The study, which [...]
New Fully Automated Sample Prep Solution from Omni International
December 8, 2011
Replace your homogenizer, liquid handler, pipette & weighing platform, all in one automated machine! Kennesaw, GA (PRWEB) December 08, 2011 The Omni LH96 combines multiple sample prep steps into one versatile, efficient and automated device. Quite literally, what used to take hours can now be completed in a matter of minutes. The LH96 delivers significantly [...]
Genome Sequencing Reveals Previously Unreported Genetic Changes in Triple Negative Breast Tumors
December 8, 2011
DALLAS, PHOENIX, and THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Initial results from an ongoing clinical trial, the first designed to examine the utility of whole-genome sequencing for triple negative breast cancer, were reported today during the CRTC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The results indicate activation of targets not previously associated with triple negative disease and could point [...]
December 8, 2011
SELANGOR, Malaysia, Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Monash University Sunway campus today announced a collaboration to promote talent and skills development for genomics research in Malaysia. This partnership, the first of its kind for Agilent with a university in Malaysia, will help Malaysia assert itself as a leading center for life sciences research and [...]
Phenomenex Founder & CEO, Fasha Mahjoor Invited to Buckingham Palace
December 8, 2011
TORRANCE, Calif., Fasha Mahjoor, managing director of Phenomenex Ltd, UK and founder and CEO of Phenomenex, a global leader in the separation sciences, has been invited to dinner at Buckingham Palace next month for the 90th birthday celebration of His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, in support of The Duke of Edinburgh [...]
December 8, 2011
AMSTERDAM, Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, announced today the acquisition of the business assets of Ariadne Genomics, a provider of pathway analysis tools and semantic technologies for life science researchers. Ariadne will be integrated with Elsevier's Corporate Markets division. "Ariadne Genomics' pathway analysis tools and semantic technologies [...]
December 7, 2011
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting and Germantown, MD – December 7, 2011 – Earth NetworksSM, the operator of the largest weather, lightning and climate observation networks and owner of WeatherBug®, announces its collaboration with the State of California and leading atmospheric scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, and Lawrence Berkeley National [...]
December 7, 2011
BILLERICA, Mass., Bruker today announces the launch of the advanced, G4 ICARUS version C-HF, a new competitively-priced metals combustion gas analyzer designed for rapid and precise carbon measurements in metal casting and heat treatment applications. Carburization shim stocks, cast iron and other carbon applications now become easy with the G4 ICARUS C-HF. ICARUS C-HF has [...]
IDEX Corporation Appoints Andrew K. Silvernail Chairman of the Board
December 7, 2011
LAKE FOREST, Ill., IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Andrew K. Silvernail, IDEX’s Chief Executive Officer, to the additional position of Chairman of the Board. Mr. Silvernail’s appointment will become effective on January 1, 2012 upon the previously–announced resignation of current non–executive Chairman, Larry Kingsley, on December 31, [...]
December 7, 2011
ST. LOUIS, Sigma-Aldrich® Corporation SIAL +0.27% today announced that Sigma Advanced Genetic Engineering (SAGE(TM)) Labs, an initiative of Sigma Life Science, has made available three genetically modified rat models that exhibit features key to studying conditions such as obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, high cholesterol, hypertension and familial hypercholesterolemia. Details on the models are available at https://www.sageresearchmodels.com/research-models [...]
