Optibrium Announces Free Models to Predict Toxicity of Compounds
May 25, 2011
CAMBRIDGE, UK - Optibrium, a provider of software solutions for drug discovery, announces the availability of a range of models to help predict the toxicity of potential new compounds. Optibrium has generated a range of Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) models of key toxicity endpoints, based on data made available by the US Environmental Protection [...]
Gentel’s Native Protein Fractionation Array Technology Featured in Recent Publication
May 25, 2011
MADISON, Wis. - Gentel Biosciences, a leader in proteomics profiling tools, and Eprogen, jointly announce the publication of a new book chapter featuring Gentel’s native fractionation array technology. The article can be found in the latest edition of the Springer Protocols’ Methods and Protocols Series: Methods in Molecular Biology: Protein Microarray for Disease Analysis Methods [...]
Genetic Technologies Files New Patent Infringement Suit in USA
May 25, 2011
Genetic Technologies Limited (ASX: GTG; NASDAQ: GENE) wishes to advise that on May 25, 2011 it filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, asserting infringement of its primary non-coding patent against the following parties: ?? Agilent Technologies Inc.; ?? Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; ?? Eurofins STA Laboratories Inc.; ?? GlaxoSmithKline PLC; [...]
EMD Millipore Introduces Bottled Water with Certified Water Quality
May 25, 2011
Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Germany, today announced the introduction of two types of bottled water with certified water quality: Water for Cell Culture and Water for Molecular Biology. Water for Cell Culture and Water for Molecular Biology are produced in an ISO® 9001 / cGMP environment. [...]
WaferGen Announces $30 Million Financing
May 25, 2011
FREMONT, Calif. - WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, today announced it has entered into definitive agreements with three leading institutional life science investors, Great Point Partners, LLC, Deerfield Management and Merlin Nexus, and certain members of the Board and management in a $30.4 million private placement financing of [...]
May 25, 2011
Newton, MA – Recombinant Data Corp., a Massachusetts-based healthcare data warehousing and clinical intelligence solutions provider, today announced its continued contributions to innovative IT tools for clinical research, through the company’s key role in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Million Veteran Program (MVP). Under the leadership of VA’s Office of Research and Development, Recombinant [...]
Aldrich Materials Science Endows New Materials Research Society Mid-Career Researcher Award
May 25, 2011
ST. LOUIS - Building on its commitment to advance technology through materials science, Aldrich® Materials Science, a strategic growth initiative of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), announced the establishment of a permanent endowment through the Materials Research Society (MRS) to support the new Mid-Career Researcher Award. Intended to honor individuals who have made outstanding mid-career advances [...]
454 Sequencing Systems Aid in Discovery of Novel Canine Hepatitis C Virus
May 24, 2011
Branford, CT - In a study published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report the use of high-throughput sequencing technology to identify a novel hepatitis C virus in domestic dogs. The new virus, named canine hepacivirus (CHV), is the first known instance of hepatitis-like infection in animals outside [...]
RainDance Technologies Names Andy Watson Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
May 24, 2011
LEXINGTON, Mass. - RainDance Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of microdroplet-based single molecule and single cell analysis solutions, today announced the appointment of Andy Watson to its executive leadership team as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, Mr. Watson will lead the company’s global marketing and strategy efforts to grow the current [...]
Implant Sciences Receives $329,000 in Orders From China and Middle East
May 24, 2011
Wilmington, MA - Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced two orders totaling $329,000 from China and Saudi Arabia for its Quantum Sniffer(TM) QS-H150 portable explosives trace detection (ETD) device. The QS-H150 units will be deployed for law enforcement in China [...]
