CPI International Announces New President and Chief Executive Officer

Santa Rosa, CA - CPI International a leading manufacturer and distributor of analytical chemistries, consumables and small instrumentation is pleased to announce the appointment of Jarrett Wendt as new President & Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Prior to his appointment as the new President & CEO, Mr. Wendt spent 4 years as General Manager of [...]

Life Technologies Announces Flagship PCR Instrument that Enables Cost-Effective, High-Throughput Screening Applications

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Life Technologies Corporation today announced the Applied Biosystems QuantStudio™ 12K Flex Real-Time PCR system, a highly versatile genetic analysis instrument that enables cost-effective and efficient interrogation of hundreds of target genes over thousands of samples in a single run. The growing demand of biomarker screening experiments, particularly in the early research phases [...]

WaferGen Customers to Present Novel Applications of SmartChip System at 2011 ICHG/ASHG Customer Symposium

FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc., the provider of next-generation genomic analysis systems, will demonstrate the success of its SmartChip Real-time PCR System in enabling new research applications at the premier human genetics meeting, the combined 12th International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG) and the 61st American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting, in [...]

MorphoSys AG : AbD Serotec, Moredun Research Institute and Roslin Institute Announce Grant Funding to Establish Veterinary Research Reagents

MARTINSRIED, GERMANY and MUNCHEN, GERMANY - MorphoSys AG / MorphoSys AG : AbD Serotec, Moredun Research Institute and Roslin Institute Announce Grant Funding to Establish Veterinary Research Reagents . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) [...]

Ion Torrent Cancer Panel Finds Mutations in One Day

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced the launch of the Ion AmpliSeq™ Cancer Panel, enabling scientists to sequence dozens of genes in cancer research samples using a simple workflow. Mutations are confirmed within just one day, starting with a single-tube reaction and 10 ng of DNA extracted from fixed, frozen or [...]

Accelrys Announces New Unified Product Suite for Biology Assay and Study Management Needs

ATHENS, Greece--Accelrys, Inc., a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced a strategic collaboration with The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd. to offer new assay, study management and analysis software solutions that improve R&D efficiency and productivity for biopharmaceutical organizations engaged in early-stage screening through ADME, DMPK, pharmacology and in vivo experimentation. Under [...]

Agilent Introduces CGH+SNP Cancer Microarrays and Cytogenomics Software for Cancer Research

MONTREAL--Agilent Technologies Inc., (NYSE: A) today introduced SurePrint G3 CGH+SNP cancer catalog microarrays, addressing the growing need of researchers to detect both copy number and copy-neutral aberrations in cancer tissue samples in the same experiment. The new microarray release is accompanied by the release of Agilent CytoGenomics 2.0 software, which now includes support for CGH+SNP [...]

Illumina Introduces Revolutionary Workflow Enhancements for MiSeq™

MONTREAL -- Illumina today announced three innovative workflow solutions to support its MiSeq personal sequencer system. Designed for an optimal user experience, these products deliver a sequencing ecosystem that is unique in its level of integration and ease of use. The three additions to the MiSeq ecosystem are: -- TruSeq Custom Amplicon Kits, offering a [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases Innovations at Biotechnica 2011

HANNOVER, Germany – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will showcase its latest technological innovations in analytical instruments, laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents within Thermo Scientific Stand G53, Hall 9 at Biotechnica 2011, being held Oct. 11-13, in Hannover, Germany. In addition, as part of the Innovation Forum during [...]

Roche Licenses Nanopore Sequencing Technologies from Arizona State University and Columbia University for Rapid, Affordable DNA Sequencing

Roche and Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE) announced today an agreement to license several technologies developed by Dr. Stuart Lindsay at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University and Dr. Colin Nuckolls of the Columbia University Nanoscience Center for the development of a revolutionary DNA sequencing system. The licensed technologies include specialized approaches for DNA base [...]

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