July 8, 2011
Venlo, the Netherlands - QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced it has entered into binding agreements with a group of major shareholders of Ipsogen S.A. (Alternext: ALIPS) to purchase approximately 61% of the global leader in molecular profiling and personalized healthcare diagnostics for a broad range of applications in the field [...]
CDEX Announces Shipment of Ten ID2 Meth Scanners
July 7, 2011
TUCSON, AZ - CDEX Inc. (OTCBB: CEXI), a leading developer of chemical detection products, using patented technologies for use in healthcare, safety and security markets, announced today the sale and shipment of 10 units of the ID2 Meth Scanners to the Northeastern Colorado Association of Governments and Healing Tree Addiction Treatment Solutions, Inc. The order [...]
Sofie Biosciences is Awarded a DOE Phase I SBIR to Commercialize Microscale Radiochemistry Platform
July 7, 2011
CULVER CITY, Calif. - Sofie Biosciences, developer of molecular imaging systems and probes, has been awarded a 2011 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Department of Energy. Of the 2,163 applications received in response to their funding notice, only 197 were selected to receive Phase I grants. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is [...]
Chromatrap™ Technology Assists Development of State-of-the-Art Pediatric Healthcare
July 7, 2011
Porvair Filtration Group has announced that the Childrens Research Institute at the Medical College of Wisconsin (www.chw.org) has used the company's Chromatrap™ technology to develop more efficient and more precise Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays. The Children's Research Institute is renowned for its state-of-the-art pediatric studies. The CRI's translational research programs are targeted to find life-saving [...]
BGI Announces First Release of Updated Bioinformatics Software
July 7, 2011
BGI (previously known as the Beijing Genomics Institute), the largest genomics organization in the world, released its latest bioinformatics software, including its Short Oligonucleotide Analysis Package (SOAP series, etc.), Population Genetics Analysis Package, and Parallelization and Optimization of Traditional Tools. These provide the latest and most advanced solutions for biologists, and enable more efficient and [...]
July 7, 2011
Mr. Lukas MÄRK stepped in as CEO of the worlds’ leading PTR-MS company IONICON Analytik GmbH on June 1, 2011. He joined IONICON in 2005 and has been responsible for Marketing & Sales during the last years where IONICON experienced considerable growth and a very successful development in the market. Lukas MÄRK succeeds his father, [...]
VICAM Introduces Vertu Lateral Flow Reader for Onsite and Laboratory Mycotoxin Detection
July 7, 2011
MILFORD, Mass. – The Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today announced VICAM®, a Waters® Business, launched Vertu™, a digital lateral flow reader for fast, easy, mycotoxin quantitation. The Vertu reader provides more accessible mycotoxin testing to food and agriculture producers worldwide who rely on early detection to protect humans and animals from potentially lethal effects of [...]
NuGEN Enables Deep Multiplexing with the Encore™ 384 Multiplex System
July 7, 2011
San Carlos, CA - NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a market leader in the development of sample preparation solutions for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) applications has revolutionized high-throughput NGS library preparation with the introduction of the Encore 384 Multiplex System. The technology utilizes a refined set of barcodes that may be used in a number of combinations [...]
Biotage Raises the Bar in Microwave Synthesis
July 7, 2011
Uppsala, Sweden - Biotage® (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for analytical, medicinal, and peptide chemistry, announced a new microwave synthesizer with state of the art user interface and industry leading operating range. The Biotage Initiator+ sets a new standard by delivering new opportunities for chemistry professionals needing to enable difficult reactions [...]
July 7, 2011
MILFORD, Mass. - Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today welcomed the metabolomics program at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) into its Centers of Innovation Program and recognized Albert J. Fornace Jr., MD, and Amrita Cheema, PhD, the directors of this pioneering program at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of GUMC, in Washington, DC. In a [...]
