PerkinElmer to Acquire Caliper Life Sciences for Approximately $600 Million
September 8, 2011
WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP), a Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based leader in imaging and detection solutions for life sciences research, diagnostics and environmental [...]
Smiths Detection Joins New Coalition of Security Manufacturing Companies
September 8, 2011
Washington, DC - Smiths Detection has joined with a new coalition of security manufacturing companies. The Security Manufactures Coalition, organized under the Airport Consultants Council (ACC), will focus on aviation and intermodal security issues, advocate for adequate government funding and transparency for security technology, and draw attention to the adoption of international standards and regulations. [...]
Pall Corp. Opens Latest Life Sciences Centre of Excellence in Singapore
September 8, 2011
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.--Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today inaugurated its Pall Life Sciences Centre of Excellence in Singapore, the latest addition to the company’s global customer support network. Located in Singapore’s Gemini Science Park II at the heart of Asia’s biosciences industry, Pall’s newest Centre of Excellence provides the [...]
ProImmune Introduces ProPresent Assay for Measurement of Antigen Processing and Presentation
September 8, 2011
Oxford, UK – ProImmune Ltd., a leader in services for understanding immune responses, has today launched ProPresent™, a new assay service for the direct identification of the portions of a protein (antigen) that are made visible to T cells by the immune system. The assay identifies antigens that are displayed to T cells by Class [...]
CLC bio in $4M Project on Molecular Prediction of Prostate Cancer
September 8, 2011
AARHUS, Denmark--The Department of Molecular Medicine at Aarhus University Hospital is heading a Danish research project on molecular prediction of prostate cancer risk and aggressiveness, where CLC bio will develop the underlying bioinformatics platform for integrated analysis of microarray data and next generation sequencing data. The USD $4M project is funded by the Danish Council [...]
Genetics ‘cloud’ to create new opportunities for researchers and clinicians
September 8, 2011
Eagle Genomics, a leading open-source bioinformatics service provider, is carrying out the research in collaboration with The University of Manchester, and Cytocell Ltd., with assistance from NGRL, based at the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre. The £500,000 project is part-funded by the UK’s national innovation agency, [...]
Clemex finalizes the strategic alliance with RAL Diagnostics
September 8, 2011
MONTREAL - Clemex Technologies Inc. announces it has received the TSX Exchange approval and has finalized the strategic alliance with its European partner RAL Diagnostics located in Martillac, France, to whom no previous business links existed. This alliance will notably support the marketing of its new instrument being developed for the Haematology sector. According to [...]
September 8, 2011
WOODBRIDGE, Conn. — Carestream Molecular Imaging is pleased to introduce the new Gel Logic 6000 PRO – a premium system for to imaging gel, blots, and plates using multiple modalities including chemiluminescence, UV and multi-wavelength fluorescence, and radioisotopic labels – all in a single, easy to use platform. These modalities can be captured in sequence, [...]
September 8, 2011
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., and FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Complete Genomics Inc. (NASDAQ: GNOM), a complete human genome sequencing company, and Inova Health System, a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Northern Virginia, today announced additional details about their partnership to sequence 1,500 genomes from 500 babies and their parents. The goal of this project is to [...]
AB SCIEX Expands Eksigent Chip Column Family for Nano and Micro LC Proteomics Analysis
September 7, 2011
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced the extension of its Eksigent line of column chips for the cHiPLC®-nanoflex system. Five new chips were introduced at HUPO (Human Proteome Organization) this week, expanding the flexibility and application of the system for high-performance proteomics analysis including biomarker discovery, [...]
