Cellectis and Pregenen Sign Collaboration Agreement for the Development of Meganucleases
June 29, 2011
PARIS and SEATTLE - Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), the French genome engineering specialist, announced today the signing of a collaboration agreement with Pregenen, an American biotechnology start-up company dedicated to the creation of innovative tools for genome engineering. Pregenen is a spinoff from the Northwest Genome Engineering Consortium, a group that brings in renowned international researchers [...]
University of Washington Department of Genome Sciences Joins Illumina Genome Network
June 29, 2011
SAN DIEGO - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the University of Washington (UW) Department of Genome Sciences has joined the Illumina Genome Network (IGN). IGN is a global partnership designed to link researchers seeking large-scale whole human genome sequencing services with leading institutions that provide such services using Illumina’s sequencing technology. Recent advancements in [...]
MS Noise(TM) Expanded Product Line Increases Lab Productivity by Significantly Reducing Noise
June 29, 2011
EVANS MILLS, N.Y. and GANANOQUE, Ontario - 2011 ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry -- MS Noise (https://www.msnoise.com) of Sens, France, recently introduced an extensive range of soundproofing products for the analytical laboratory. The company has been delivering soundproof enclosures for vacuum pumps since 2004. Typical sound reduction is 12 dbA or more, or 50-75% reduction [...]
June 29, 2011
Austin, Texas – Asuragen, Inc. announces results from an evaluation of a breakthrough PCR technology that determines the methylation status of the fragile X gene. The study was published in collaboration with researchers at the University of California Davis M.I.N.D. Institute in the June issue of Genetics in Medicine, the official journal of the American [...]
Complete Genomics Launches Cancer Grant Program
June 29, 2011
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Complete Genomics Inc. (NASDAQ: GNOM), a complete human genome sequencing company, today announced that it is introducing a new cancer grant program. Winning research applications will receive complete human genome sequencing of eight genomes — four tumor/normal pairs. Four winning entries will be chosen: two each from the United States and [...]
June 29, 2011
Baltimore, MD – BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today the availability of BD Recharge™, a chemically defined (CD) cell culture media supplement for biopharmaceutical manufacturing that offers productivity comparable to yeast-based peptones. “Chemically defined supplements are a significant advance for biopharmaceutical cell culture,” said Robert Hallenbeck, Vice President, BD [...]
June 29, 2011
AMSBIO has announced a suite of exciting new products for investigating the protein-binding properties of Heparin, Heparan Sulfate (HS) and other glycosaminoglycans (GAGS). Such investigations have traditionally been constrained by the need for chemical modification prior to attachment to inert or derivatized surfaces. The AMSBIO Heparin/GAG Binding Plate offers a simple solution to this problem [...]
Boreal Genomics Announces the Appointment of Nitin Sood to CEO
June 29, 2011
Vancouver, BC, Canada – Boreal Genomics, the developer of the SCODA nucleic acid purification and sequence specific target enrichment technology, announced today that Nitin Sood has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and member of the company’s Board of Directors. Sood joins founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Andre Marziali, who will continue serving as a [...]
June 29, 2011
Penzberg, Germany - During the last weeks, there has been a significant increase in the number of cases of bloody diarrhea associated with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) caused by enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). To date, more than 3,400 laboratory confirmed EHEC and HUS cases have been reported, 39 of them with fatal outcome (Robert Koch Institute’s [...]
June 29, 2011
Framingham - In light of widespread recalls of potentially harmful phthalate-tainted food and beverage products in Asia, AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, is responding by equipping food safety investigators with a new method designed to accurately identify the harmful plasticizer chemical recently found in some clouding agents, which are commonly [...]
