Accelrys Advances Biotherapeutics With New Release of Discovery Studio
July 13, 2011
SAN DIEGO - Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced a new release of the Discovery Studio® life sciences modeling and simulation software. The release incorporates the first commercially available software for predicting protein-protein aggregation to advance biotherapeutics research. In addition, a major update to the software’s 3D-molecular [...]
Kinexus Bioinformatics Launches Online Proteomics DataBase
July 13, 2011
VANCOUVER - Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation, a world-leader in molecular intelligence research, announced a major expansion in its KiNET DataBank (https://www.kinexus.ca/ourServices/kinet/kinet.html) for the study of cell communication systems with the launch of the KiNET-Antibody Microarray (KiNET-AM) website. This open access, online resource for the scientific community features over 1.5 million measurements of the levels and phosphorylation [...]
Illumina Introduces TruSeq™ Custom Enrichment Kits for Next Generation Sequencing
July 13, 2011
SAN DIEGO - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced availability of its new TruSeq Custom Enrichment kits which enable researchers to economically design and target genomic regions of interest ranging from 700 kilobases (Kb) to 15 megabases (Mb) of cumulative DNA. The TruSeq Custom Enrichment kits leverage the same underlying assay design as Illumina’s TruSeq Exome [...]
Claremont BioSolutions – Ultra-Rapid Protein Purification Product Release Announcement
July 13, 2011
Upland, Calif. - Claremont BioSolutions, LLC (ClaremontBio) announced today the official release of its HisExpress™ disposable columns for rapid His-tagged protein purification in less than three minutes. The HisExpress™ column is one of two products being officially released to the market in July that focus on the need for a quick and simple method of [...]
Newport Corporation Enters Into Agreement to Acquire High Q Technologies
July 13, 2011
IRVINE, Calif. - Newport Corporation (NASDAQ: NEWP) today reported it has entered into an agreement to acquire High Q Technologies GmbH ("High Q"), a leading developer and manufacturer of ultrafast lasers under its High Q Laser® brand. Terms of the transaction, which is anticipated to close before the end of the third quarter, were not [...]
Jeff Sherman Joins Block Engineering as Vice President of Worldwide Sales
July 13, 2011
Marlborough, MA – Block Engineering, a leading developer of MEMS, laser and FTIR spectroscopy sensors, announced today that Jeff Sherman has joined the company as its new Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Jeff will lead all sales activities at Block, as the company aggressively pursues the introduction of its Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) based handheld [...]
July 13, 2011
WILMINGTON, MA - Implant Sciences Corporation (otcqb:IMSC) (pinksheets:IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced it has filed a new patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent application, "Chemical Analysis Using Hyphenated Low and High Field Ion Mobility," is one of several pending for [...]
Introducing BioCode-HP 4,096-plex MDx Analyzer
July 12, 2011
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. - Applied BioCode will introduce the BioCode-HP Analyzer for the simultaneous detection of up to 4,096 different analytes in a single sample. The BioCode-HP is the 2nd generation Barcoded Magnetic Beads analyzer following on the successful commercialization of the BioCode-1000A (128-plex) Analyzer. It will be displayed at the Applied BioCode booth [...]
July 12, 2011
BERLIN and BURLINGTON, Mass. - caprotec bioanalytics GmbH announced today the appointment of Marc Voigt as Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Voigt joins caprotec from Medical Enzymes AG where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer. Previous to that, he was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business [...]
Senscient Inc. Attracts Lime Rock Partners and Closes Series C Financing
July 12, 2011
Houston, Texas – Senscient, Inc. announced today that the company has secured a significant investment to support the global deployment of it multi-gas detection system. The technology detects combustible and toxic gases and significantly increases the level of safety at industrial sites. Lime Rock Partners, a global energy-focused private equity firm, led the Series C [...]

