Thermo Fisher Scientific Debuts Fastest, More Sensitive Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer at ASMS 2011
June 3, 2011
DENVER, CO - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced fundamentally redefined ion trap mass spectrometer capabilities with the introduction of its new dual-pressure linear ion trap system, the Thermo Scientific Velos Pro. With improved quantitative performance, faster scanning, Trap-Higher Energy Collision Dissociation (HCD) and enhanced robustness, the Velos Pro* [...]
June 2, 2011
FREMONT, Calif. - DiscoveRx announced today the successful expansion of its industry leading KINOMEscan™ kinase assay panel for kinase inhibitor profiling and screening services. Now with 451 kinase assays in the scanMAX™ assay panel, which will be available for global customers by mid-June 2011, DiscoveRx continues to maintain its leadership position by offering the largest [...]
June 2, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas - Asuragen, Inc., a leader in the development of molecular diagnostics, announced today that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) for claims related to the use of miRNAs as normalizers in gene expression studies. Data normalization is necessary to control for sample variability [...]
Axion BioSystems and the EPA Announce Joint Research Project
June 2, 2011
Atlanta, GA - Axion BioSystems (Axion) is pleased to announce a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD). This CRADA was established to evaluate the neurotoxic effects of chemicals using Axion’s Maestro, the first high-throughput [...]
Silicon Kinetics Appoints Dr. John Ervin as President
June 2, 2011
San Diego, CA - Silicon Kinetics Inc., the innovative proteomics tool company which introduced the world’s first 3D biosensor surface for label-free biomolecular interaction analysis, announced that Dr. John Ervin has been appointed President. Dr. Ervin previously served as Director of R&D and Engineering for the Company. “John will lead the commercial as well as [...]
June 2, 2011
Ithaca, NY – Rheonix, Inc., developer of the Rheonix CARD® system that provides a powerful microfluidic platform for the evolving molecular diagnostics industry, announced that on June 14, 2011 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will issue Patent Number 7,959,875, "Microfluidic Chips and Assay Systems? and on April 13, 2011 it allowed Patent Application Number [...]
June 2, 2011
HOPKINTON, Mass. - Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, hosted its 2011 annual Customers Owners Group (COG 2011) meeting on May 17 and 18 at its Hopkinton headquarters. This thought-leadership conference brought together leaders in research, drug discovery, and diagnostics to [...]
DNA Sequencing Data Reveals New Hybrid E. coli Strain is Cause of German Outbreak
June 2, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Life Technologies Corporation today announced that preliminary data from DNA sequencing performed in cooperation with the University Hospital Muenster, Germany, on the Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM™) strongly suggests that the bacterium at the root of the deadly outbreak in Germany is a new hybrid type of pathogenic E. coli strains. The [...]
June 2, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz. - BioVigilant Systems, Inc., (www.biovigilant.com), inventors of Instantaneous Microbial Detection™, today announced the introduction of its next-generation IMD-A®family of rapid biologic detection systems for real-time environmental air monitoring in pharmaceutical manufacturing environments. BioVigilant’s IMD-A 300 and IMD-A 350 systems can detect immediately the presence of bacteria in the drug manufacturing process, in contrast [...]
Akonni Biosystems Announces the Appointment of CFO
June 2, 2011
FREDERICK, Md. - Akonni Biosystems, Inc., today announced that it has appointed Jan Smilek as its Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Akonni, founded in 2003, is developing and commercializing novel nucleic acid extraction and microarray-based testing systems designed to rapidly and economically analyze biological samples. These systems will be used in clinical laboratory and research [...]
