WuXi AppTec and QIAGEN Enter into Partnership Agreement for Molecular Biomarker Development

SHANGHAI /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- WuXi AppTec Inc. today announced that it has entered into a partnership with QIAGEN to provide an integrated single solution for molecular biomarker development, validation and personalized healthcare targets to their respective client bases. QIAGEN will provide a complete portfolio of instrumentation, training, and consumables and WuXi AppTec will provide laboratory facilities [...]

Lab901 delivers first Next-generation RNA QC ScreenTape® System to Oxford Gene Technology

Edinburgh – Lab901 today announced that it has shipped the first of its next-generation ScreenTape® systems for automated RNA QC to Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) in Oxford, UK. ScreenTape R6K is a next-generation platform for RNA QC that automatically delivers the ScreenTape Degradation Value (SDV), an objective quality metric for total RNA samples. Lab901’s ScreenTape [...]

Caliper Licenses Microfluidics IP to Becton Dickinson

Litigation with HandyLab Settled HOPKINTON, Mass -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP), a leading provider of life sciences tools, announced today that Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), has acquired a license to Caliper’s microfluidics patent portfolio. “We are pleased that Becton Dickinson is leveraging the strength of our microfluidics intellectual property to facilitate the [...]

Stull, Stull & Brody Announces Investigation on Behalf of Shareholders of Zigo Corporation

NEW YORK--Attorney Advertising. Notice is hereby given that Stull, Stull & Brody has commenced an investigation on behalf of shareholders of the common stock of Zygo Corporation (“Zygo” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ZIGO - News) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law by the Company’s Board of Directors in connection [...]

MarketLab Introduces Portable Centrifuge

Caledonia, MI --(PR.com)-- MarketLab announces the addition of the Portafuge E8 Centrifuge to its Spring 2010 Clinical Laboratory Catalog. The Portafuge is a portable, fixed-speed centrifuge (3300 rpm) designed to fit the needs of mobile medics and traveling lab technicians. This 12-volt unit can be plugged into any vehicle’s power outlet and offers quiet, vibration-free [...]

Beckman Coulter Genomics and the J. Craig Venter Institute Collaborate

Validation of the SPRIworks Fragment Library System I for the Illumina Genome Analyzer - Automated Process Enhances Speed and Reproducibility BREA, Calif. – Beckman Coulter, Inc. today announced a collaboration with the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) on the validation of the SPRIworks Fragment Library System I for the Illumina* Genome Analyzer. The automated benchtop [...]

inXitu’s Cost Effective XRD Now Available for Clinker and Cement Analysis

Following the introduction of BTX in mid 2009, inXitu now offers a building materials version of this new class of products. Mountain View, CA --(PR.com)-- The challenge of using X-ray Diffraction for the analysis of clinker and cement has long been a challenge for the powder XRD industry. The complex nature of this application requires [...]

New Pre-Symptomatic Screening Test for Ovarian Cancer Coming From Arrayit Corporation

Major News Media Missed the Mark - Noninvasive Test Will Provide Hope for 90% of Women Diagnosed With This Silent Killer SUNNYVALE, CA--On December 9th, 2009, Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB:ARYC - News), a leading manufacturer of products and services for disease prevention, treatment and cure, announced a breakthrough in ovarian cancer screening utilizing a microarray-based diagnostic [...]

454 Sequencing Study Uncovers Likely Culprit in Tasmanian Devil Transmissible Cancer

Tasmanian Devil project represents one of many ongoing wildlife management research studies to use high-throughput 454 Sequencing Systems to prevent devastation of earth’s diverse species and ecosystems. BRANFORD, Conn.--A study published in the journal, Science, reports that an international team of scientists has identified cells in the nervous system, called Schwann cells, to be the [...]

Accelrys to Showcase New Biotherapeutics Research Tools in Discovery Studio(R) at CHI’s PepTalk 2010 Conference

Accelrys Presentation: Modeling the 3-Dimensional Structures of Antibody and Their Interaction Interface to Antigen SAN DIEGO, CA--Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL - News), a leading provider of scientific business intelligence software and services, will participate in the CHI PepTalk 2010 Conference being held at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, CA from January 11-15, 2010. Accelrys [...]

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