Biotage Introduces First Value-Priced, Full-Featured Flash Purification System
November 1, 2011
Uppsala, Sweden – Biotage® (STO: BIOT), a leading manufacturer of tools and technology for medicinal, organic, and analytical chemistry, introduced the new Isolera PrimeTM flash purification system. Isolera Prime represents a new standard in value-priced flash purification systems, delivering the broadest range of features and cost-saving benefits of any entry flash purification system on the [...]
November 1, 2011
Bristol, UK, Ascent Scientific together with Children's Medical Research Institute and The University of Newcastle today announced that they have entered into a license, supply and distribution agreement for the highly potent dynamin inhibitor Dyngo-4a™. This novel compound joins a range of dynamin inhibitors that can be used for investigating cellular processes such as endocytosis. [...]
Hitachi High-Technologies and Park Systems Sign Distribution Agreement for Japan
November 1, 2011
Tokyo, Japan and Suwon, Korea, Hitachi High-Technologies, (”Hitachi High-Tech”), a cutting-edge technology company of science & medical systems, and Park Systems, the leading nanotechnology solutions partner for nanoscale measurements, have announced that they have signed a distribution agreement for Japan. “We are delighted to have signed this agreement with Park Systems, which will help us [...]
Implant Sciences’ Explosives Trace Detector Deployed at Middle East Embassy
November 1, 2011
WILMINGTON, MA, Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced the sale of its Quantum Sniffer(TM) QS-H150 portable explosives trace detection device for deployment in the Middle East at an embassy of a U.S. allied nation. The QS-H150 is used in the protection of high-value critical [...]
NEB Tools for Restriction Enzyme Experiments Now Available for the Android Platform
November 1, 2011
Mass., New England Biolabs (NEB), a world leader in the production and supply of reagents for the life science industry, has made its popular web tools, Double Digest Finder and Enzyme Finder, available as the "NEB Tools" app for Android™ phones and tablets. These tools, designed to help set up restriction enzyme experiments, have already [...]
November 1, 2011
PHILADELPHIA - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it will showcase its turnkey biobanking solution within booths 13 and 14 at ESBB 2011, taking place from November 16-19, in Marseille, France. This comprehensive solution set ensures sample quality and addresses the complete biobanking workflow including biospecimen collection, processing, testing [...]
November 1, 2011
Emmen, NL – Spark Holland B.V., a leading supplier of analytical instrumentation, announced today the transfer its direct sales and service activities for the online SPE products and services in Germany to Axel Semrau GmbH & Co. KG. With this transition Axel Semrau® will be able to provide online SPE solutions to a wide variety [...]
November 1, 2011
WOBURN, Mass.--PathoGenetix Inc., today announced that the Company received $7.5 million in the second closing of its Series B financing to support the development and commercialization of its Genome Sequence Scanning technology for bacterial strain identification. Along with the $4 million raised in the first closing, announced August 1, 2011, the Series B round totals [...]
Affymetrix Announces Cancer-Profiling Collaboration
October 31, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with the Broad Institute to chart the genomic changes involved in more than 20 types of cancer as part of the Broad’s work in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). The agreement will involve the processing of 13,500 cancer samples on [...]
Illumina Names Dr. Daniel S. Grosu Chief Medical Officer
October 31, 2011
SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. today announced that it has appointed Dr. Daniel S. Grosu, M.D., as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. In this newly created position, Dr. Grosu will play a key role in building Illumina’s diagnostic capabilities through collaborations with regulatory agencies, internal product development teams, and Illumina’s CLIA-certified clinical laboratory. “Dr. Grosu brings [...]

