March 24, 2011
TORONTO - The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) announced today it has made an investment to accelerate commercialization of a potentially revolutionary high-throughput screening technology directed at the discovery of anticancer drugs. The technology, Smart Well Plate™, developed at the University of Toronto, is a palm-sized device that utilizes digital microfluidics (DMF), a technique [...]
Biotage Introduces Unique, Entry-Level System for Microwave-Assisted Peptide Synthesis
March 24, 2011
Uppsala, Sweden - Biotage® (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for medicinal, analytical and peptide chemistry, introduced the Biotage Initiator Peptide Workstation for manual microwave-assisted peptide synthesis. The Workstation utilizes a unique microwave peptide vial available in two sizes; 2-5 mL for 75-150 ?mol scale or 10-20 mL for 250-500 ?mol scale [...]
Agilent Technologies Expands Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis Center of Excellence in India
March 24, 2011
BANGALORE, India - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has expanded its Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis Center of Excellence in Bangalore. The company also has opened a Life Science application development lab, in an adjacent facility, to accelerate the discovery of life science analysis workflows. Together, the center and lab cover 8,000 square feet, making [...]
ChanTest Corporation and Molecular Devices, Inc. Sign Cell Line Distribution Agreement
March 24, 2011
CLEVELAND & SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Molecular Devices, Inc. and ChanTest Corporation, leading providers of ion channel and GPCR drug discovery tools and solutions, have signed an agreement for Molecular Devices to distribute ChanTest’s extensive portfolio of ion channel and GPCR cell lines on a non-exclusive basis. As part of the agreement, Molecular Devices, Inc. will [...]
March 24, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the immediate availability of Agilent NanoSuite 6.0, an enhanced-performance software package designed specifically for use with popular Agilent Nano Indenter G200, G300 and T150 UTM systems. NanoSuite 6.0 gives researchers in scientific and industrial settings an unprecedented combination of speed, flexibility, ease of use [...]
HEL SPELs Success for Imperial College!
March 24, 2011
HEL recently assisted the Surface and Particle Engineering Laboratory (SPEL) at London's Imperial College with the installation of 2 reaction systems. The first system, a simple and easy to use manual reactor with the ability to change reaction vessels in only a few minutes, is intended for open access use, accommodating a wide range of [...]
March 24, 2011
SAN DIEGO - Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced the availability of Symyx Notebook by Accelrys v. 6.6 as a multidisciplinary electronic lab notebook (ELN) supporting analytical, process and formulation scientists working in the chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) area of drug development. The multidisciplinary Symyx Notebook [...]
March 24, 2011
HAYWARD, CA - In a paper published today in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers from Biolog, Inc., and the Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT describe the successful application of redox-based assays to study the growth properties of mammalian cells. The technology, termed Phenotype MicroArray™ (PM), comprises a panel of cell assays providing a colorimetric [...]
March 24, 2011
Grand Rapids, Mich. - Gentel Biosciences, a leader in proteomics tools, and Van Andel Research Institute (VARI), a biomedical research institute, jointly announce today the granting of U.S. Patent 7,838,634 for a new method to profile changes in the glycosylation of proteins captured on the surface of an antibody array slide. Gentel first obtained an [...]
BiOptix Announces Closing of $9M Series B Financing
March 24, 2011
Boulder, Colorado. BiOptix Diagnostics, Inc., a Boulder, CO based analytical instrumentation firm, announced today the closing of $9M Series B financing. The $9M round was led by The Russian Corporation for Nanotechnologies (“RUSNANO”) which was joined in the round by Boulder Ventures Ltd., Peierls Foundation, and several private investors. “RUSNANO has collaborated with high technology [...]
