Partek® Wins Prestigious Illumina® iDEA Award
September 19, 2011
ST. LOUIS--Partek Incorporated, a global leader in bioinformatics software, announced today their receipt of the Most Creative Algorithm award, Commercial category, in the Illumina Data Excellence Award (iDEA) challenge for innovation in genomic data visualization and algorithmic analysis. According to the judges, Partek was awarded the prestigious award for their entire, comprehensive start-to-finish data analysis [...]
September 19, 2011
WALTHAM, Mass.--PerkinElmer Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the addition of its new Universal Operational Qualification (UOQ) offering, as part of its growing suite of compliance services for pharmaceutical, biotech, and other regulated laboratory environments. As part of PerkinElmer’s OneSource® Laboratory Service offerings, the [...]
September 19, 2011
Lewisville, TX -- In response to increased demand for custom molecular and cell biology products and services, Bio-Synthesis Inc, a U.S-based biotech company, is announcing a major expansion. During the summer of 2011, BSI created a dedicated molecular lab in its 25,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Dallas, Texas, adding an eighth division to BSI’s [...]
New Economy GC-MS System Provides High-Sensitivity Analysis with Environmental Benefits
September 19, 2011
COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces the GCMS-QP2010 SE, its advanced standard gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. Based on GCMS-QP2010S technology, the GCMS-QP2010 SE combines the benefits of economy, simple operation and enhanced performance. The GCMS-QP2010 SE features stable mass spectra that achieve high sensitivity and stability. The ion optical system is optimized with a [...]
Pacific Biosciences Partners With Cycle Computing to Bring SMRT DNA Analysis to the Cloud
September 19, 2011
MENLO PARK, Calif.--Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB), provider of Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT®) sequencing products, announced today that the company has partnered with Cycle Computing to optimize the PacBio RS SMRT Analysis software for the cloud. Preliminary demonstrations of the solution will be presented this week by Cycle Computing at the Bio-IT [...]
DHL Global Forwarding acquires 100 per cent ownership of LifeConEx
September 19, 2011
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and sea freight specialist within the Deutsche Post DHL Group, and Lufthansa Cargo have changed the ownership of their 50/50 joint venture LifeConEx. The end-to-end life sciences cold chain logistics provider is now a 100 per cent DHL subsidiary. "After running the innovative specialized logistics service together for six years, [...]
MTS Receives Notice of Lifting of Suspension by U. S. Department of the Air Force
September 19, 2011
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading supplier of test systems and industrial position sensors, today reported that it received notification from the U. S. Department of the Air Force (the "Air Force") that it has lifted its suspension of the Company imposed on March 11, 2011, effective immediately. The Air [...]
Quotient Bioresearch announces first use of Brucker MALDI Biotyper for Bacterial Identification
September 19, 2011
Quotient Bioresearch has today announced its adoption of Bruker’s MALDI Biotyper for bacterial identification, following a successful year-long trial. The announcement, made at the 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) (September 17-20, Chicago, US) where Quotient will be presenting a series of posters, places the company in a unique position as the [...]
Techulon Teams with BioConcept for European
September 19, 2011
BLACKSBURG, Va.--Techulon Inc., the leader in low-toxicity gene delivery has signed a distribution agreement with BioConcept of Allschwil, Switzerland. Glycofect is a polymeric nanoparticle-delivery transfection reagent designed to be particularly effective in primary cells of therapeutic interest. It is being used in over 20 countries by government, university and corporate laboratories for advanced research towards [...]
Ensuring Effective Freeze Dryer Vial Closure
September 19, 2011
SP Scientific, a world leader in freeze drying technology, has released an informative new technical brief, which discusses freeze dryer equipment and the considerations and alterations that may be required based on container-closure selection. Today many vials are stoppered by freeze dryers at sub-atmospheric pressure, with or without an inert gas layer over the product. [...]
