BioTek Introduces the Eon™ High Performance Microplate Spectrophotometer

BioTek’s new monochromator-based Eon™ Microplate Spectrophotometer combines high performance and high value in microplate-based absorbance readings. Like BioTek’s popular Epoch™ Microplate Spectrophotometer, Eon’s monochromator-based optics allow flexible, filter-free 200-999 nm wavelength selection in 1 nm increments, and spectral scanning for 6- to 384-well microplates. An optional cuvette port expands functionality to cuvette-based assays and also [...]

Harvard Bioscience’s Bioreactor Grows a Synthetic Tissue-Engineered Trachea Used in World’s First Successful Human Transplantation

HOLLISTON, Mass. - Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO), a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of tools to advance life science research and regenerative medicine, announces that its "InBreath" bioreactor was used for the world's first successful transplantation of a synthetic tissue engineered windpipe. For first time in history, a patient has been [...]

Ibsen Photonics launches cost efficient, high-speed Interrogation Monitor for OEM integration

Copenhagen, Denmark – Ibsen Photonics (https://www.ibsenphotonics.com), a global leader in fused silica transmission gratings and spectrometer modules, today announced the launch of the I-MON 256 OEM Interrogation Monitor for Fiber Bragg Grating sensing systems at 1550 nm. The I-MON 256 OEM complements Ibsen Photonics’ extensive range of Interrogation Monitors for 850, 1310, and 1550 nm [...]

Pacific Biosciences Contributes Whole Genome Sequence Data for German E. Coli Outbreak Strain and 11 Related Strains for Comparative Analysis

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) announced that it has completed a de novo sequence assembly of the Escherichia coli O104:H4 strain responsible for the recent outbreak in Germany using its Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT™) technology, and sequenced 11 related bacterial strains (including six previously unsequenced strains of the same serotype) for comparative [...]

Fluidigm and Life Technologies Cross-License a Broad Set of Intellectual Properties

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced that it has entered into a set of cross-licensing and sub-licensing agreements on a range of intellectual properties with Life Technologies (NASDAQ:LIFE). Under the terms of the agreements, Fluidigm will gain broad access to patent families covering PCR related technologies of Life Technologies. In addition, [...]

Affymetrix Announces Preliminary Revenue for Second Quarter 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) today reported that based on preliminary financial data, the Company expects total revenue for the second quarter of 2011 to be in the range of $64-65 million. The Company expects product revenue for the second quarter of 2011 to be approximately $58-59 million, including consumable sales of [...]

Phalanx Biotech Group Launches Rice Genome OneArray

BELMONT, Calif. - Phalanx Biotech Group, a global provider of genomic analysis services, announces the newest member to its expression microarray family - the Rice Genome OneArray®. The Rice OneArray® contains 22,003 long-oligonucleotide probes engineered to meet specific isothermal requirements for superb hybridization performance. The microarray features data reproducibility with CV

Biolin Scientific Acquires Sophion Bioscience

Ratos's subsidiary Biolin Scientific has signed an agreement to acquire all the shares in the Danish company Sophion Bioscience A/S. The seller is NeuroSearch A/S and a number of venture capital companies. The purchase price (Enterprise Value) amounts to approximately DKK 145m with an additional DKK 10m which relates to sales milestones in 2011/12. Ratos [...]

SACHEM and Avantor™ Announce Agreement to Develop New Selective Etch Materials for Global Semiconductor Market

Phillipsburg, New Jersey – Avantor™ Performance Materials and SACHEM, Inc. have entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) to provide advanced, customized selective etch chemical solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The companies will work together to focus on specialty surface preparation and removal chemistries for thin-film wafer stacks. The agreement combines Avantor’s experience in [...]

Promega Protocols & Applications App Now Available for Android Devices

MADISON, WISCONSIN - The popular Promega Protocols and Applications App is now available for Android devices. The Promega App, containing protocols, reference information and molecular biology calculators, is now available for Android. With this release, the popular Promega App is now available on both Apple and Android devices. The App provides reference information and tools [...]

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