May 12, 2011
LAVAL, QC - Roche Diagnostics Canada is pleased to announce the launch of the cobas® 8000 modular analyzer series. In parallel with the launch of this latest member of Roche's "cobas" family of laboratory testing platforms, Roche Diagnostics Canada has completed the first North American installation of the cobas 8000 system at BC Biomedical Laboratories. [...]
Software for the Discovery of New Crystal Structures
May 11, 2011
Transmission electron microscopes create magnified images of samples and are, in contrast to the light microscope, even able to resolve individual atoms. When transmitting a beam of electrons through a crystalline sample such as a complex mineral or a crystallized protein, the electrons are being diffracted in a specific way. Collecting such diffraction patterns of [...]
May 11, 2011
Boston, MA - PEGS Summit: DNA2.0 today announced that it will offer third-party genetic constructs through the company’s groundbreaking gene assembly and design application, Gene Designer. The Rhamex™ protein expression systems from Xbrane Bioscience will be the first commercial constructs that users will be able to access and order directly through Gene Designer. In addition [...]
Waters Welcomes Duke University Proteomics Core Facility into Centers of Innovation Program
May 11, 2011
MILFORD, Mass. - Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today welcomed into its Centers of Innovation Program the Proteomics Core Facility at the Duke University School of Medicine (Durham, NC). In a ceremony at Duke University, Waters recognized Associate Research Prof. M. Arthur Moseley, Director of Proteomics, for his research and support of ongoing research at the [...]
Transposagen’s piggyBac™ Vectors to be Distributed by System Biosciences
May 11, 2011
LEXINGTON, Ky., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Transposagen) and System Biosciences (SBI), both leaders in genetic modification technology, have announced a non-exclusive marketing and distribution agreement between the two biotechnology companies involving Transposagen's piggyBac™ technology. The piggyBac™ Genetic Modification System enables researchers to: •Alter the genomes of numerous animal species with a [...]
IDEX Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire CVI
May 11, 2011
LAKE FOREST, Ill. - IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CVI Melles Griot ("CVI"), from Norwest Equity Partners ("Norwest"), a leading middle market equity investment firm. CVI is a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision photonic solutions used in the Life Sciences, Research, [...]
High-Capacity Rotor Extends Range of the Beckman Coulter Optima MAX-XP Tabletop Ultracentrifuge
May 11, 2011
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. - The MLA-50 High-Capacity Rotor for the Optima MAX-XP Tabletop Ultracentrifuge from Beckman Coulter, Inc. offers an industry-leading 194 mL capacity that allows more sample to be processed per run. The new aluminum rotor combines with the centrifuge and easy-to-seal tubes to provide highly efficient operation. Exclusive g-Max tubes adapt small samples [...]
LC Sciences Launches V17 MicroRNA Microarrays
May 11, 2011
Houston, TX - The public miRBase sequence database serves as the primary probe content for many commercially available miRNA profiling microarrays. However, the continued updating of the database can be problematic for researchers using pre-made microarrays as the probe content of the arrays immediately goes out of date whenever a new miRBase version is released. [...]
May 11, 2011
Jeffrey D. Johnston joined Sheldon Manufacturing, Inc. in March of 2011 with a primary focus on Sheldon’s international markets. "Our expanded product offering, new warranties, and the addition of Jeffrey to our team, have us poised for strong growth in 2011 internationally," said Dan Sheldon, President of Sheldon Manufacturing. With over forty years of experience [...]
GE Healthcare Names Two New Executives
May 11, 2011
Chalfont St. Giles, UK - GE Healthcare today announced two new members of its leadership team in a move designed to drive differentiated product and service offerings that meet its global customers’ diverse needs. Tom Gentile, currently vice president of GE Aviation’s Services division, has been named president and CEO of GE Healthcare’s Healthcare Systems [...]
