SANYO and BD Biosciences Collaborate to Offer Researchers Valuable Technology and Research Tools
July 7, 2011
Wood Dale, IL and Franklin Lakes, NJ - SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO) Biomedical Solutions Division and BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced a strategic agreement today to jointly promote cutting-edge life science research tools designed to advance cell culture and cell therapy research, which will help them expand their [...]
July 7, 2011
PSS Polymer Standards Service and Agilent Technologies renewed and extended their VAR-Channel Partner agreement. The cooperation between PSS and Agilent (formerly the scientific division of Hewlett-Packard) has existed now for more than 12 years in the area of characterization of proteins and macromolecules using liquid chromatography. The combination of stable and reliable Agilent hardware together [...]
July 7, 2011
Peabody, Mass. - JEOL has developed a new generation of Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (EDS) for ultrafast, ultrasensitive collection of X-rays through analysis with its Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopes (S/TEM). Centurio from JEOL is a novel Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) EDS that collects X-rays from samples at an unprecedented large solid angle of up to 0.98 [...]
IDT Offers Pre-Designed and Custom Assays, Primers and Probes for qPCR
July 7, 2011
CORALVILLE, IA – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, provides a broad range of custom qPCR assays, primers, and probes. PrimeTime® qPCR Assays are available in three different sizes (Mini, Standard, and XL) and provide the forward and reverse primers, as well as a hydrolysis probe in a single tube. Primers [...]
July 7, 2011
LUXEMBOURG - Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL), a Luxembourg-based biotech company, and developers of the TherapyEdge™-ViroScore™ platform, are pleased to announce a poster presentation at the 20th International Workshop on HIV & Hepatitis Virus Drug Resistance and Curative Strategies held in Los Cabos (Mexico). Researchers reported, in the context of the PRIUS study, the use of [...]
Newport Corporation Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Ophir Optronics Ltd.
July 7, 2011
Irvine, California – Newport Corporation (NASDAQ: NEWP) today reported that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ophir Optronics Ltd. (“Ophir”), a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation and three-dimensional (“3D”) non-contact measurement equipment. The consideration to be paid by Newport is $8.43 per share, or a total of approximately $230 million [...]
July 7, 2011
London, UK & Tampa, Florida - Proteome Sciences plc (“Proteome”) a global leader in applied proteomics has entered into a collaboration agreement with Moffitt Cancer Center (“Moffitt”). Under the agreement, Proteome will support research to develop mass spectrometry assays measuring certain key signalling and repair pathway proteins that can be adapted for tumour biopsy analysis [...]
SAFC Launches CHOZN ZFN-modified CHO Cell Lines to Enhance Speed of Bioproduction
July 7, 2011
ST. LOUIS - SAFC®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group (NASDAQ: SIAL), today announced the launch of the first offering in a product line of Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN)-modified Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell lines. Designed for use in the production of biopharmaceuticals, the CHOZN® cell lines are expected to enable customers to reach the [...]
LGC Standards Supplies High-Purity Inorganic Compounds
July 7, 2011
LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials, has introduced a range of high-purity inorganic chemical compounds. The compounds are manufactured by MV Laboratories Inc., USA, which specialises in the development and application of synthetic methods for the removal of trace impurities in the part-per-million range. This, combined with an expertise in inorganic synthesis, allows [...]
July 7, 2011
Aarhus, Denmark - Today, CLC bio announced the offer of one 6-months license of CLC bio's premier desktop software package, CLC Genomics Workbench, to researchers and organizations who have purchased one of these sequencing instruments Ion Torrent PGM from Life Technologies, 454 GS Junior from Roche, or Illumina's upcoming MiSeq. The licenses will be for [...]
