QIAGEN Updates Proposal to Acquire Cellestis Limited

Venlo, the Netherlands, and Melbourne, Australia - QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it has amended its original proposal to acquire Cellestis Limited (CST:AU), a publicly traded Australian biotechnology company. Under terms of the amended proposal, the per-share offer price is being increased by 7% to A$3.80 from the original [...]

LaserGen and National Instruments Collaborate to Improve Accuracy of DNA Sequencing

HOUSTON - LaserGen Inc. and National Instruments today announced a collaboration to develop a new next-generation sequencing (NGS) system. The system will be initially used to demonstrate accurate sequencing of the E. coli genome in the upcoming months using LaserGen's Lightning Terminators™, a breakthrough sequencing chemistry for reversible terminators, and National Instruments graphical system design [...]

Ion Torrent Delivers Tenfold Higher Throughput, Fastest Workflow and Now Ion 314 Chip for Just $99 — All in First Six Months

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Ion Torrent, a unit of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), today announced that it is shipping its new 100 Mb Ion 316? chip, which has tenfold more throughput than the original Ion 314? chip, and that its 1 Gb Ion 318? chip will be available in the fourth quarter. These three chips [...]

Eurofins MWG Operon Announces the Opening of a New DNA Sequencing Facility in the SF Bay Area

Petaluma, CA - Eurofins MWG Operon has opened a new DNA sequencing facility in the San Francisco area. The new facility, located in the city of Petaluma, just north of San Francisco, will provide overnight Sanger DNA sequencing services to the SF Bay Area and next day service to the western United States. “Strong growth [...]

Genedata Announces Membership in Netherlands Toxicogenomics Centre

Tokyo, Japan - Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced announced it has become a member of the Netherlands Toxicogenomics Centre (NTC). NTC uses toxicogenomics to advance the understanding of toxicological mechanisms and provide more humane alternatives to animal testing in the development of drug [...]

Sequenom Announces Multi-Year Supply Agreement With Illumina

SAN DIEGO - Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced it has signed a three-year supply agreement with Illumina, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of life sciences tools for the large-scale analysis of genetic variation and function. Under the terms of the agreement, Sequenom and its [...]

Three Additional BASF QTA Test Methods to be Included in ASTM D6751 Biodiesel Specification

Cincinnati, OH - At the most recent meeting, ASTM Main Committee D02 passed the ballots for the inclusion of the AOCS standard procedure Ck 2-09, the QTA System method, as an approved method within the biodiesel B100 specification D6751, for the properties of total glycerin, free glycerin and cloud point. The revised D6751 specification, with [...]

OSI Systems Receives Multimillion Dollar Cargo and Vehicle Inspection Contract from Middle East Customer

HAWTHORNE, Calif. - OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronics and services, today announced that its Security division, Rapiscan Systems, was awarded a multimillion dollar contract from a Middle East customer to provide multiple units of its Eagle®T-10 cargo and vehicle inspection solution. The Eagle T-10 is a towable, ruggedized and [...]

Research Expedition to Fukushima Seeks to Unveil Genetic and Ecological Effects of Radiation on Animals and Plants

GERMANTOWN, Maryland and FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, Japan - A new international scientific expedition led by the University of South Carolina and supported by the biotechnology company QIAGEN is seeking to measure the genetic impact of radioactivity on animals and plants in areas surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan. The initiation of field work [...]

Covaris to Supply the BGI with High-Throughput DNA Shearing for Next-Generation Sequencing

BEIJING and WOBURN, Mass. - BGI (Beijing Genomics Institute) and Covaris, Inc. today announced a deal that will integrate Covaris' Adaptive Focused Acoustics™ AFA™ DNA shearing technology across several BGI laboratories in China. BGI will utilize the Covaris LE220 parallel processing, multi-sample platform to fragment DNA samples for Next-Generation Sequencing. "BGI will use Covaris instrumentation [...]

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