Pioneering US/Scottish Alliance for Life Science and Clinical Informatics
September 1, 2011
SEATTLE and DUNDEE, Scotland -- Aridhia Informatics Ltd and Glencoe Software have formed a strategic partnership to create innovative products to aid the development of personalized therapies and deliver improved patient outcomes. Anticipating an increased focus on stratified medicine in coming years, the two companies will work together to create products for the international healthcare, [...]
DNA2.0 Expands pJexpress Family of Vectors to Pichia pastoris
September 1, 2011
Menlo Park, Ca - DNA2.0, the leading provider of bioengineering solutions, today announced the expansion of the company’s industry-leading family of expression vectors with the introduction of pJexpress Pichia. These vectors are free from intellectual property restrictions and are immediately usable for P. pastoris protein expression. DNA2.0’s pJexpress Pichia vector orders are processed with the [...]
Tecan brings HP Direct Digital Titration to drug discovery biologists
September 1, 2011
Männedorf, Switzerland – Tecan today announces the commercial availability of the new HP D300 Digital Dispenser, a simple, standalone instrument for the pharmaceutical sector, which uses HP Direct Digital Dispensing technology to rapidly deliver picoliter to microliter volumes of drug compounds. Available exclusively through Tecan, this innovative device can cut titration times from hours or [...]
Hardy Diagnostics Acquires Division of Gibson Laboratories
September 1, 2011
SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA – Hardy Diagnostics has acquired the culture media portion of Gibson Laboratories, a Lexington, Kentucky based biomedical firm specializing in microbiology products for hospital, industrial, veterinarian, and physician office labs. Gibson’s product line consists of 330 prepared culture media products packaged in Petri dishes and tubes which are designed to cultivate bacterial [...]
HighRes Biosolutions to implement flexible laboratory automation system at IRBM Science Park, Italy
September 1, 2011
Boston, MAIRBM Science Park (Pomezia, Italy) has selected HighRes Biosolutions to supply a flexible NanoCell™ laboratory automation system. The NanoCell will be installed as IRBM updates its high-throughput screening infrastructure to support the Italian Chemical Collection and Screening Initiative, a collaboration with Italian state research institutions. The NanoCell system will automate biochemical and cell-based high-throughput [...]
Flexible FlowIR Allows Real-Time Continuous Analysis Virtually Anywhere
September 1, 2011
Schwerzenbach, Switzerland - METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to announce the availability of its newest Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy instrument, FlowIRTM. As one of the smallest FTIR instruments on the market FlowIRTM can be placed nearly anywhere along a reactor setup. The seamless integration of FlowIRTM into just about any home-built or commercially available flow [...]
Puracyp and Promega Combine Cell Lines and Assay Systems for Complete Solution for Drug Developers
September 1, 2011
MADISON, WISCONSIN - Puracyp Inc. and Promega Corporation have teamed up to provide all-inclusive kits to assess nuclear receptor activation, P450 metabolism, and cellular toxicity during the drug development process. These whole cell assay systems will identify compounds capable of activating nuclear receptors and inducing P450 metabolism while monitoring for cellular toxicity. The assay kits [...]
Horizon Licenses New X-MAN Cell Lines from the Uni. of Minnesota relating to T-cell viral infections
August 31, 2011
Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalized medicines,has announced that it has secured a worldwide exclusive license for new X-MAN (gene X- Mutant And Normal) cell lines from the University of Minnesota (UMN). The cell lines include several rAAV engineered T-cell lines, which will extend [...]
INFICON announces closing of acquisition of Adixen Scandinavia AB from Pfeiffer Vacuum
August 31, 2011
Bad Ragaz/Switzerland - INFICON, a leading, worldwide manufacturer of instrumentation and process control software for advanced industrial vacuum processes, has closed the acquisition of Adixen Scandinavia AB from Pfeiffer Vacuum effective August 31, 2011. The Sweden-based Adixen Scandinavia AB is a global leader in leak detection with hydrogen as a testing gas. This acquisition complements [...]
3D Biomatrix™ Launches New Website and Blog at 3dbiomatrix.com
August 31, 2011
Ann Arbor - 3D Biomatrix is pleased to introduce its new website, https://www.3dbiomatrix.com, and blog. The redesigned website is aligned with the company’s vision to be an industry resource on three-dimensional (3D) cell culture. The new site offers: • Improved product information and shopping experience • A multimedia site showcasing product photos and how-to videos [...]

