Terveystalo Broadens its Range of Services with a Stomach Health Test Developed by Biohit, Finland
January 14, 2011
Terveystalo, Finland’s leading private healthcare service company, now offers Biohit's GastroPanel tests among its services. The test is available in over a hundred Terveystalo sites all across Finland. The test is a safe way of examining symptomless patients coming in for a health check-up as well as dyspeptic patients. Agreement with Terveystalo ensures widespread availability [...]
Affymetrix Provides Highest Density Rice Genotyping Array for Identifying Unique Genetic Traits
January 14, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced at the Plant and Animal Genome XIX Conference (PAG) that it launched the GeneChip(R) Rice 44K SNP Genotyping Array, the first high-density rice genotyping array. This array was designed in collaboration with a worldwide community of rice researchers to improve the rice industry's production confidence by [...]
New GeneSys Software Revolutionises Gel Documentation
January 14, 2011
Cambridge, UK - Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions is delighted to unveil its revolutionary new GeneSys image acquisition software. Developed for use with Syngene’s G:BOX and Dyversity systems, GeneSys ensures scientists can quickly capture excellent images of even complex multiplex gels. The innovative GeneSys software features large touch-screen buttons which guide users [...]
January 14, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas - Capitol Scientific, an industry leader in Laboratory and Clean Room products solutions based in Austin, TX, is pleased to announce that Brad Williams has joined their team as CEO of their new Dallas operations facility. Brad has worked in the semiconductor industry for over 18 years with special emphasis on sales and [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Extends Cash Tender Offer for Dionex Corporation
January 14, 2011
WALTHAM, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that its previously announced tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dionex Corporation (NASDAQ: DNEX) for $118.50 per share in cash ("the Offer") has been extended and will now expire at 12:00 midnight, New York [...]
January 13, 2011
Flow chemistry is a promising route to improve the pharmaceutical, fine and specialty chemical industry competitiveness, enabling more efficient, safer and cleaner chemical routes. However, the challenge is to provide equipment for all parts of the development and production chain and thereby making technology transfer easy thus delivering the full advantage of continuous production. The [...]
January 13, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. - A collaboration between Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has led to the launch of the first real-time PCR-based detection kit to test for Salmonella enteritidis (SE) in poultry eggs, providing an approximate 10-fold reduction in waiting time for accurate results. The FDA has [...]
Seeing is Believing – 3D Scanning with Tecan’s Infinite® M1000
January 13, 2011
Männedorf, Switzerland - Scientists at the Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), based at Ludwig¬Maximilians University Munich (LMU), Germany, have taken advantage of the 3D scanning capabilities of the premium Quad4 Monochromators™-based Infinite M1000 microplate reader to investigate nanobodies. Professor Heinrich Leonhardt, Professor of Molecular Human Biology at LMU, explained: “We have been able [...]
CLC bio Leads Pan-European €1.6M Comparative Genomics Project
January 13, 2011
CLC bio announced to be heading a pan-European comparative genomics project, COGANGS (Comparative Genomics and Next Generation Sequencing), to develop a software suite, where up to one thousand genomes, can be used as knowledge input in gene regulation analysis. The project is sponsored by the European Union with 1.6 Million Euro , and besides CLC [...]
Nonlinear Dynamics Expands its International Sales Team
January 13, 2011
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - Nonlinear Dynamics Ltd, the Newcastle-upon-Tyne based software company, has expanded its sales team through the creation of two new senior positions in the US and Europe. Nonlinear has built a global reputation amongst life scientists working in pharmaceutical development, biotechnology and at the world’s top universities. The Company is well [...]
