Applied BioPhysics, Inc. Announces New Automated Line Electrode Cell Migration Assay
April 6, 2010
Applied BioPhysics, Inc. an analytical instrument manufacturer in Troy, NY, announces a new wound-healing array for automated label-free measurement of cell migration using Electric Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing (ECIS) instruments. Similar to the established ECIS migration assay, weak AC current is used to non-invasively monitor cell migration after an elevated electric field is used to wound [...]
Datacolor® Names Tae Park as Chief Technology Officer
April 6, 2010
Former PMI/Covidien Executive to Drive Company’s Technology Vision and Ongoing Commitment to Innovative Color Management LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.--Datacolor® (www.datacolor.com), the global leader in digital color management technology, today announced the appointment of Tae Park to the position of vice president, Product Engineering and chief technology officer (CTO). Park joins Datacolor having amassed more than 15 years [...]
AMSBIO: Highly Reproducible Gene Delivery
April 6, 2010
AMSBIO have announced a range of ready-to-use lentivirus supernatant products suitable for many kinds of gene delivery applications including mammalian protein expression, stable cell line construction, cell signal pathway localization and stem cell research. Prepared using proprietary protocols to integrate a real-time fluorescence monitoring tag in the system - each 200ml vial of AMSBIO lentivirus [...]
Pathway-Focused Gene Expression Panels Validated for Real-time PCR
April 6, 2010
Fluidigm Corporation and SABiosciences (a QIAGEN Company) have announced that they have teamed up to create over 100 pathway-focused gene expression panels validated for real-time PCR analysis on the Fluidigm BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis. These kits are named the RT² Profiler™ PCR Arrays for the Fluidigm BioMark system. These gene expression assays are specifically [...]
JEOL Offers First Commercially-Available Thin Film Phase Plate Technology for TEM
April 6, 2010
Peabody, Mass. -- The imaging performance of today’s generation of Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEMs) is improved dramatically through the use of a novel technique, the thin film phase plate. JEOL is the only electron microscope supplier to offer commercially-available thin film phase plate technology to its Life Sciences customers, in particular those involved in cryo-electron [...]
SRU Biosystems Announces Notice of Allowance on Fundamental Patent Application
April 6, 2010
WOBURN, Mass.--SRU Biosystems, a leader in highly sensitive label-free detection technologies, today announced the issuance of a Notice of Allowance from the US Patent Office for claims on a fundamental patent application, US Patent Application No. 11/635,934, for performing cellular assays on optical label-free biosensors. The allowed material includes claims directed to methods for measuring [...]
PROOF Centre of Excellence Joins Forces with Luminex Corporation
April 6, 2010
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- -- The PROOF Centre of Excellence today announced it will partner with Luminex Corporation to bring critical biomarker tests to heart and kidney transplant patients. The tests, which will be available in hospital laboratories, will provide faster results than current tests, and will improve the health and quality of care available [...]
April 6, 2010
Robotic Technology Systems PLC (RTS) parent company of Manchester based RTS Life Science and RTS Flexible Systems has announced its preliminary results for year ended 31 December 2009. A high technology business supplying products and integrated systems to automate scientific and industrial processes, RTS increased its turnover in 2009 by 13% and, is bucking the [...]
Ion Torrent Extends Ion PGM Sequencer Grant Program to April 18
April 5, 2010
GUILDFORD, Conn. and SAN FRANCISCO, April 5 -- Ion Torrent today announced that it will extend the deadline for its Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM(TM)) Sequencer Grant Program to April 18th to accommodate the large number of applications the company is receiving. Under the program, applicants write a few hundred words describing the experiment they [...]
April 5, 2010
BERGISCH GLADBACH, Germany -- Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST) today announced the receipt of a $2.4 million contract from the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Sincrotron, or LNLS) for the realization of a state-of-the-art, turn-key beamline. Due to increasing demand for cutting-edge scientific research tools in Brazil, LNLS decided to [...]
