Sage Bionetworks Launches International Neurobiology Partnership
March 30, 2011
SEATTLE - Sage Bionetworks has begun projects to build advanced computational models of neurobiological disease through ongoing partnerships with CHDI Foundation and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. Analyses and the resulting models will be deposited in the Sage Bionetworks repository and will be valuable public resources available to all interested researchers. Huntington’s Disease CHDI Foundation is continuing [...]
Siemens Introduces New Secure Apron Baggage Screening Solution at LAX
March 30, 2011
LOS ANGELES - Siemens Industry, Inc. (NYSE: SI) unveiled its new Siemens Apron Baggage Screening (SABS) solution this morning with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Located at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Terminal 5 for Delta Air Lines, this is the world's first SABS project. Siemens Apron Baggage Screening system is an innovative approach to baggage [...]
ATMI and Finesse Announce Agreement for Integrated Bioprocess Reactor
March 30, 2011
DANBURY, Conn. and NEW YORK - ATMI, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATMI) today announced a global distribution agreement with Finesse Solutions, LLC, of San Jose, CA, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for bioprocess applications. The deal gives ATMI the right to sell Finesse T700 control systems with the ATMI single-use Integrity™ PadReactor TM system. The combined [...]
March 30, 2011
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - X-Rite, Incorporated (NASDAQ:XRIT) today announced that the Company has entered into a new $225 million Senior Secured Credit Facility with Bank of America, Fifth Third Bank, and GE Capital Corporation as co-lead and syndication agents (the Refinancing). This facility provides for a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of [...]
AAIPharma Services Announces Compendial Testing Facility Expansion
March 30, 2011
WILMINGTON, N.C. - AAIPharma Services Corp., a leading provider of pharmaceutical product development and manufacturing services, has relocated its compendial raw materials testing group to a new purpose-built laboratory space located within the company's Wilmington, N.C., headquarters facility. The move follows a series of recent reinvestments into the company's core analytical testing business. The new [...]
Accelrys Extends Impact of Modeling and Simulation with New QSAR Workbench
March 29, 2011
SAN DIEGO - Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced the release of Accelrys QSAR Workbench. Developed in a collaboration between the Accelrys Professional Services team and pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, the Accelrys QSAR Workbench is a commercially available, web-based solution that automates and accelerates the development, validation and [...]
March 29, 2011
OMAHA, Neb. - Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC/BB: TBIO) today announced that it has discovered a novel sequencing technology, which the company has termed BLOCker-Sequencing (BLocking Oligonucleotides in Cycle sequencing), which enhances the limit of detection of standard Sanger Sequencing, enriches for direct sequencing of mutated DNA over wild-type (unmutated DNA) and can be run on standard [...]
Sigma-Aldrich Unveils Dynamic New Web Presence
March 29, 2011
ST. LOUIS - Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) announced the release of the first phase of its new website, www.sigma-aldrich.com. The new site has been redesigned to support and enhance scientific workflow in an effort to help researchers more easily find the information, tools, products and services they need to accelerate research and discovery. The Company [...]
Labcyte Introduces 1536-Well Tissue-Culture Treated Microplates
March 29, 2011
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Labcyte Inc. today launched a new 1536-well tissue-culture treated microplate for cell-based screening and discovery applications. By enabling cell culture directly in a high-density microplate, this new product expands cell-based assay miniaturization capabilities, such as direct PCR from cell cultures. The exacting rigidity and flatness specifications improve well-to-well reproducibility, resulting in better [...]
March 29, 2011
NEW YORK - AMDeC, LLC today announced continued expansion of its Vendor Partnership Program to include products offered by Sigma® Life Science, the innovative biological products and services business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL). AMDeC is a consortium of pre-eminent academic medical research institutions in the New York region that is focused on increasing efficiencies and [...]
