RainDance Technologies Raises $37.5 Million in Series D Financing

LEXINGTON, Mass - RainDance Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of microdroplet-based solutions for single molecule and single cell analysis, today announced that it has closed a Series D financing round of $37.5 million. The financing was co-led by new investor Quaker BioVentures and existing investor Mohr Davidow Ventures. Existing investors Alloy Ventures and Acadia Woods, [...]

NanoString Technologies Introduces Multiplexed Assay Kit for Mouse microRNA Analysis

SEATTLE, Wash. - NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced the expansion of its microRNA (miRNA) product line with a multiplexed assay for profiling the mouse miRNA transcriptome. miRNAs are a class of small, non-coding [...]

Cellectis bioresearch First to Launch Revolutionary Custom TAL Nuclease Service

PARIS - Cellectis bioresearch, a specialist in genome customization and a subsidiary of Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), has today announced that it will launch gene specific TAL(1) nucleases on February 28, 2011. Taking advantage of an exclusive license agreement with the University of Minnesota, Cellectis has rapidly integrated TAL effector nucleases into its DNA nuclease production [...]

Experienced Executive With More Than 20 Years of Leadership in the Global Specialty Chemicals Industry Joins Avantor

Avantor™ Performance Materials Names Jean-Marc Gilson as Chief Executive Officer Phillipsburg, New Jersey - Avantor™ Performance Materials (formerly Mallinckrodt Baker) has named Jean-Marc Gilson as chief executive officer, responsible for the strategic development and global direction for the performance chemistries and materials company. Gilson was previously executive vice president and general manager of Dow Corning’s [...]

Neogen’s Tests for Salmonella In Feed Meet FDA Draft Guidance

LANSING, Mich. - Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG) today announced that its rapid tests for Salmonella meet the guidance for Salmonella in animal feed currently being considered by the FDA. The FDA's proposed guidance for Salmonella in animal feed seeks to lessen the number of human illnesses linked to contact with animal feed and pet food [...]

IDEX Corporation Commences Cash Tender Offer for Microfluidics International Corporation at $1.35 per share

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Nano Merger Sub, Inc., has commenced its tender offer for all outstanding shares of Microfluidics International Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: MFLU) at a price of $1.35 net per share in cash. IDEX and Microfluidics previously announced that they had entered into [...]

New Recirculating Chiller Product Line Launched by BUCHI Corporation

New Castle, DE - BUCHI Corporation, a leading provider of integrated lab-scale evaporation solutions and robust industrial evaporation equipment, is proud to announce the launch of an all new line of five recirculating chillers designed to work seamlessly with a rotary evaporator and vacuum controller. The F-series chillers provide the final step to a fully [...]

HORIBA’s First Representative Office in Vietnam

HORIBA, Ltd. is opening its first representative office in Hanoi, Vietnam, through its Singapore-registered subsidiary HORIBA Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. While HORIBA is already active in sales, services and market research in and around the ASEAN region through its Singaporean subsidiary, the opening of the new office in the Vietnamese capital is expected to enable [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Present New Mass Spectrometry-based Targeted Protein Quantitation Approach at APA India 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that Amol Prakash, a senior software scientist at the BRIMS (Biomarker Research Initiatives in Mass Spectrometry) Center, has been invited to give a talk during Applied Pharmaceutical Analysis (APA) India 2011. Mr. Prakash will present a mass spectrometry-based targeted [...]

Tecan Appoints Global Head of Human Resources

Männedorf, Switzerland - The Board of Directors of Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) has appointed Markus Schmid as Head of Corporate Human Resources & Internal Communications and a member of the Management Board. He will assume the position at Tecan by September 1, 2011 at the latest. Schmid has been in charge of corporate [...]

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