Avantor™ Performance Materials Announces Price Increase
April 8, 2011
Phillipsburg, New Jersey - Avantor™ Performance Materials (formerly Mallinckrodt Baker) has announced that it will raise prices on most of its chemical products worldwide, effective April 18, 2011. The percentage of increase will vary by product and manufacturing location. In addition to crude oil prices, the costs for a variety of materials such as ethylene, [...]
MathWorks Announces Release 2011a of the MATLAB and Simulink Product Families
April 8, 2011
NATICK, Mass. - MathWorks today announced Release 2011a (R2011a) of its MATLAB and Simulink product families. Key in this release is the introduction of a new generation of code generation products, MATLAB Coder, Simulink Coder, and Embedded Coder. R2011a also updates 80 other products, including Polyspace embedded software verification products. For MATLAB, R2011a highlights include: [...]
Anti-Cancer Drug Sensitivity Changes Detected with Biolog Phenotype MicroArrays
April 8, 2011
Hayward, CA - Biolog, Inc. reported today that two recent scientific presentations have demonstrated the usefulness of Biolog?s Phenotype MicroArray™ technology for detecting alterations in sensitivity of cancer cells to anti-cancer drugs. This week, at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Orlando, Florida, a presentation by Dr. Lloyd Trotman [...]
Bridge Bank Extends $7 Million in Financing to Fluidigm Corporation
April 7, 2011
San Jose, CA - Bridge Capital Holdings (NASDAQ: BBNK), and its subsidiary Bridge Bank National Association, a full service professional business bank headquartered in Silicon Valley, announced today it has provided Fluidigm Corporation with a $7 million line of credit. The South San Francisco based leader in genomic instruments and microfluidic chips will use this [...]
Quantos QL2 Replaces Volumetric Glassware to Achieve Perfect Concentrations
April 7, 2011
Columbus, OH - METTLER TOLEDO announces a game changing approach to the way reference standards and sample solutions are prepared in analytical laboratories with the introduction of the new Quantos® QL2 auxiliary module for gravimetric dispensing of liquids and solvents. Adding the QL2 to any 0.1mg or 0.01mg XP Excellence Series analytical balance or to [...]
April 7, 2011
ROCKVILLE, Maryland and SEOUL, Korea - Seegene today launched its strategic push into personalized medicine by announcing a partnership with Samsung Medical Center to co-develop molecular diagnostics (MDx) for cancer. In this partnership Seegene will bring its molecular diagnostic technology leadership and Samsung Medical Center brings its clinical expertise and disease pathology to the development [...]
Automated Dispensing Modules for XP Series Analytical Balances
April 7, 2011
Columbus, OH - METTLER TOLEDO introduces new Quantos® powder and liquid dispensing auxiliary modules that can be added to any 0.1mg or 0.01mg XP Excellence Series analytical balance. The addition of automated powder and liquid dispensing functionality to the balance increases laboratory efficiency, improves results, and eliminates errors in weighing, sample preparation, dilution and transcription. [...]
Cellular Dynamics Raises $30 Million to Expand Its Product Line of Human Stem Cells and Tissue Cells
April 7, 2011
Madison, WI - Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI), the world’s only industrial manufacturer of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and tissue cells, has closed on a $30 million private equity round. This recent Series B Preferred Stock financing was led by an entity affiliated with Tactics II Stem Cell Ventures, which along with its [...]
New Phenomenex Web Tool Creates SPE Methods in Seconds
April 7, 2011
Torrance, CA - Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, introduces the Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) Method Development Tool - a fast online resource. This tool develops methods across a variety of sample matrices and compounds, enabling users to improve analyte concentration and detector response. [...]
CombiMatrix Closes $6.7 Million Private Placement of Common Stock and Warrants
April 7, 2011
IRVINE, Calif. - CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX), a molecular diagnostics laboratory offering genetic array testing, a comprehensive profiling of chromosomes and genes used to classify and assist in the treatment of cancer and developmental disorders, announced today that it has closed its private placement, in which it sold $6.7 million of newly issued shares of its [...]
