Drug Safety, Efficacy, and Potential New Cancer Biomarker Predicted by NextBio
October 14, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--New research presented this week highlights the ability of NextBio to help life scientists and clinicians investigate publicly available genomic data to assess biological mechanisms underlying drug toxicity, as well as discover prospective cancer biomarkers for further validation. The unique capabilities of NextBio to search and make discoveries, not possible by other methods, [...]
Cytonome/ST, LLC Announces High-Speed Rare Event Detection Milestone
October 14, 2011
BOSTON -- Cytonome/ST, LLC, a developer and manufacturer of advanced cell cytometry and sorting systems, today announced a milestone in the high-speed detection of rare events. Cytonome/ST researchers have demonstrated robust identification of extremely rare target particles. Using Cytonome/ST's existing parallel detection technology and cross contamination-free sample system, the researchers were able to reliably identify [...]
Perten presents the Inframatic 9500 – the most modern NIT wholegrain analyzer
October 14, 2011
The IM 9500 NIT Grain Analyzer is based on industry standard scanning grating transmittance technology, incorporating the latest advances in technology and usability. Grain analyzers have not changed in many years, until now. With modern electronics and signal amplification for unsurpassed accuracy, and a large color touch screen to meet today’s expectations of easy handling, [...]
October 14, 2011
Palo Alto, California -- PREMIER Biosoft, as a part of its contract software development services, has delivered OligoArchitect™ Online v2.0 to Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich. Sigma-Aldrich, with operations in over 40 countries, is a life science and high technology company. Its chemical and biochemical products are [...]
October 13, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the Agilent 4100 ExoScan handheld Fourier transform infrared spectrometer was added to Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner service repair manual for its ability to evaluate thermal exposure of the aircraft's composite elements. The fuselage, wings and other major components of Boeing's much-anticipated 787 Dreamliner are [...]
ZEISS Microscopy Labs in Munich Open Their Doors
October 13, 2011
MUNICH/Germany - Dr. Michael Kaschke, President and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG and Dr. Ulrich Simon, Managing Director of Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH, opened the ZEISS Microscopy Labs in Munich on 11 October 2011. British Digital Artist Jo Berry exhibited her work alongside the event. She processes and transforms scientific images captured with the Carl [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Line of Roller Bottles for Cell Culture Production
October 13, 2011
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced an expanded portfolio of Thermo Scientific Nunc Roller Bottles for cell culture production. To address the rapid growth and expansion of the global bioproduction market, Nunc™ Roller Bottles are now available in a wider choice of materials and surface treatments. [...]
Pressure BioSciences Awarded $649,000 Grant From the Department of Defense (
October 13, 2011
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a $649,498 SBIR Phase II grant (W81XWH-10-C-0175) from the U.S. Department of Defense ("DoD"). Entitled "Development of a Universal Method for Diagnostic Sample Inactivation, Extraction, and Enrichment of Pathogens in Arthropod Hosts of Military Importance", this grant will help fund the [...]
October 13, 2011
FREMONT, Calif. -- WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), the provider of next-generation genomic analysis systems, announced that its SmartChip Real-Time PCR System was chosen by a German consortium to advance their research toward developing a reliable blood test for detection of cancer, cardiovascular and other diseases. The results of the multicenter study were published in Nature [...]
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation : Sigma® Life Science Enhances OligoArchitect™ Online qPCR Tool
October 13, 2011
St. Louis, Mo. - Sigma-Aldrich®, today announced that Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business, released a new version of OligoArchitect™, the comprehensive, easy-to-use online tool for automated design of primers and probes for quantitative real-time PCR assays. Powered by the industry standard Beacon Designer™ platform from PREMIER Biosoft, OligoArchitect is [...]

