EMD Millipore Introduces Bottled Water with Certified Water Quality
May 25, 2011
Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Germany, today announced the introduction of two types of bottled water with certified water quality: Water for Cell Culture and Water for Molecular Biology. Water for Cell Culture and Water for Molecular Biology are produced in an ISO® 9001 / cGMP environment. [...]
WaferGen Announces $30 Million Financing
May 25, 2011
FREMONT, Calif. - WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, today announced it has entered into definitive agreements with three leading institutional life science investors, Great Point Partners, LLC, Deerfield Management and Merlin Nexus, and certain members of the Board and management in a $30.4 million private placement financing of [...]
May 25, 2011
Newton, MA – Recombinant Data Corp., a Massachusetts-based healthcare data warehousing and clinical intelligence solutions provider, today announced its continued contributions to innovative IT tools for clinical research, through the company’s key role in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Million Veteran Program (MVP). Under the leadership of VA’s Office of Research and Development, Recombinant [...]
Aldrich Materials Science Endows New Materials Research Society Mid-Career Researcher Award
May 25, 2011
ST. LOUIS - Building on its commitment to advance technology through materials science, Aldrich® Materials Science, a strategic growth initiative of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), announced the establishment of a permanent endowment through the Materials Research Society (MRS) to support the new Mid-Career Researcher Award. Intended to honor individuals who have made outstanding mid-career advances [...]
454 Sequencing Systems Aid in Discovery of Novel Canine Hepatitis C Virus
May 24, 2011
Branford, CT - In a study published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report the use of high-throughput sequencing technology to identify a novel hepatitis C virus in domestic dogs. The new virus, named canine hepacivirus (CHV), is the first known instance of hepatitis-like infection in animals outside [...]
RainDance Technologies Names Andy Watson Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
May 24, 2011
LEXINGTON, Mass. - RainDance Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of microdroplet-based single molecule and single cell analysis solutions, today announced the appointment of Andy Watson to its executive leadership team as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, Mr. Watson will lead the company’s global marketing and strategy efforts to grow the current [...]
Implant Sciences Receives $329,000 in Orders From China and Middle East
May 24, 2011
Wilmington, MA - Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced two orders totaling $329,000 from China and Saudi Arabia for its Quantum Sniffer(TM) QS-H150 portable explosives trace detection (ETD) device. The QS-H150 units will be deployed for law enforcement in China [...]
Denator Announces Kit to Assist in Detection of Endogenous Peptides
May 24, 2011
Gothenburg, Sweden - Denator AB announced today that it has launched the first in a series of kits designed for use with the company’s heat-stabilization system. The Stabilizor™ Peptide Extraction Kit enables users to heat-stabilize, homogenize and extract endogenous peptides from tissue samples prior to analysis by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). During downstream analysis, the [...]
May 24, 2011
Uppsala, Sweden – Biotage® (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, announced 2 new instruments that utilize positive pressure for solid-phase extraction (SPE) of analytes in a wide variety of applications. The Biotage PRESSURE+ 96 processes 96-well SPE plates and the Biotage PRESSURE+ 48 processes up to 48 [...]
Advanced Photonix, Inc. Announces T-RAY 4000(R) System Sale to Denmark Technical University
May 24, 2011
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Advanced Photonix, Inc.® (NYSE Amex: API) today announced that the Lyngby campus of The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has purchased a T-Ray 4000® from its wholly-owned subsidiary, Picometrix, for terahertz time-domain studies. Terahertz (THz) science and technology is a key strategic area of development for the Photonics Engineering department of [...]
