Easy and Thorough STR Profiling Service from ATCC
August 5, 2011
ATCC (American Type Culture Collection), the world’s largest and most diverse bioresource center, provides an STR Profiling Service for human cell line authentication. With over 20 years of experience performing short tandem repeat profiling (STR profiling) on its extensive biorepository – more than any other provider – ATCC offers investigators the easiest and surest solution [...]
LGC Genomics gains Illumina CSPro certification for sequencing
August 5, 2011
LGC Genomics is pleased to announce that it has successfully gained Illumina CSPro™ certification for sequencing, gaining entry to an elite global group of Illumina genomics service providers. Illumina Inc., a San Diego-based company, provides leading-edge genetic analysis tools to genomics centres worldwide. Illumina CSPro is the collaborative service provider partnership dedicated to ensure the [...]
August 4, 2011
Sunnyvale, CA - American Peptide Company recently began a collaboration with Sandia Biotech to synthesize peptides to be used in their Split Green Fluorescent Protein (sGFP) detection system. The split GFP technology consists of a 16 amino acid fusion tag and a complementary protein to detect the fusion peptide without any enzymes or special buffers. [...]
August 4, 2011
FREDERICK, Md. - Akonni Biosystems, a molecular diagnostics company that develops novel nucleic acid extraction and microarray-based testing systems designed to rapidly and economically analyze biological samples, today announced receipt of a $300K grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award will enable Akonni to accelerate the research and development of a closed [...]
VWR International, LLC to Acquire LabPartner (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
August 4, 2011
RADNOR, PA - VWR International, LLC, a global leader in distributing laboratory supplies and services, announced today that it will acquire LabPartner (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., subject to customary closing conditions and Chinese regulatory approval. Based in Shanghai, LabPartner is an established provider of lab equipment, reagents, consumables, and services for research and development. LabPartner supports [...]
Covance Genomics Laboratory and Broad Institute to Collaborate on Sequencing Genome Studies
August 4, 2011
Covance said that its Seattle-based genomics laboratory will collaborate with the Broad Institute to create genomic resources for an important research model. Covance’s Next-Generation sequencing capabilities will be used to profile microRNA expression in various tissue samples from this model. This research model has proven to be valuable for understanding various human diseases (respiratory, oncology, [...]
Life Technologies Introduces New RNA/DNA Isolation Kits
August 4, 2011
Life Technologies now offers MagMAX™ FFPE Isolation Kits -- two new magnetic bead-based kits designed specifically for the isolation of both total RNA and DNA from Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) samples. MagMAX™ FFPE Isolation kits help scientists get to discovery – faster and safer than ever before. What’s unique about the MagMAX™ FFPE kits [...]
August 4, 2011
ETTLINGEN, Germany -- Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced the launch of the TANGO, an innovative stand-alone FT-NIR (Fourier Transform Near Infrared) spectrometer, further expanding Bruker's existing industry-leading FT-NIR product range. TANGO is a robust, small footprint, very easy to use benchtop system with touch-screen operation for routine users. The new TANGO offers efficient and [...]
Cambridge Technology Company ionscope helps researchers make heart discovery
August 4, 2011
Cambridge UK – SICM, a high resolution microscopy technique, has been used by a team of researchers to identify a drug that could one day be used to prevent abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmia. The study, published in Hepatology[1] this week, was enabled by SICM, which is the result of 7 years of research and [...]
August 4, 2011
Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) announced today a collaboration with BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), to co-host a public seminar series on the isolation and analysis of single cells. Entitled A Powerful Technique for Single-Cell Analysis, the public seminar series will showcase cell isolation using the BD FACSAria ™ III Cell Sorter [...]
