BioFocus and Almac Collaborate to Offer Fluorescent Lifetime Assays

BioFocus announced today that it has entered into collaboration with Almac allowing BioFocus customers with compound screening and profiling requirements to access Almac’s FLEXYTE™ fluorescence lifetime (FLT) assays. Integrating the assay technology allows BioFocus to offer an FLT platform that will complement its current target class capabilities, provide access to previously inaccessible epigenetic targets and [...]

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Awards Grant to SRI International and Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. to Develop Computational Tools

Menlo Park, Calif. - SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, and Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD), provider of a web-based drug discovery software platform, announced that they have been awarded a grant to support the first year of a software development project focused on tuberculosis drug discovery efforts. The Phase I Small Business [...]

WaferGen Launches High-Throughput SmartChip Human MicroRNA Panel V2

Fremont, Calif., and San Carlos, Calif. - WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, today announced the launch of its industry-leading SmartChip Human microRNA Panel V2 for gene expression profiling on the SmartChip Real-Time PCR System. The SmartChip Human microRNA Panel V2 is a component of the company’s platform technology, [...]

New Assay Provides Real-time Insights into Chemotaxis

Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Germany, today announced the introduction of the Millicell µ-Migration Assay Kit. This innovative slide-based platform can be used to visualize and measure the effects of chemoattractants on the migration of adherent cells in real time. The kit is ideal for studying metastatic [...]

TriLink Enters Into Distribution Agreement With TATAA Biocenter

SAN DIEGO - TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. (TriLink) announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with TATAA Biocenter (TATAA) to sell its CleanAmp™ Products. The Scandinavian based TATAA develops and performs a broad spectrum of hands-on qPCR courses worldwide, in addition to providing tailor-made products for real-time PCR applications. As an innovative approach to [...]

New 96-well 3D Tissue Model Production System for Cell-based Screening Previews on TAP Biosystems Booth 1107 at the SBS

TAP Biosystems, (formerly The Automation Partnership), the leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications today announced it is introducing a 96-well version of its RAFT™ (Real Architecture for 3D Tissue™) system for the generation of consistent multi-cellular 3D tissue models on Booth 1107 at the Society of Biomolecular Screening (SBS) Conference. [...]

Tecan and HP to Provide Faster, More Accurate Drug Screening

Männedorf, Switzerland - The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) and HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced that they have entered into an agreement to commercialize products based on HP's high-performance inkjet dispensing technology for pharmaceutical drug discovery. The new dispensing technology intended for use in research is designed to enable biopharma researchers to accelerate and [...]

Implant Sciences Announces $380,000 in New Contracts for Its Quantum Sniffer Explosives Trace Detection Device

WILMINGTON, MA - Implant Sciences Corporation (PINKSHEETS: IMSC) (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced that it has received orders for its Quantum Sniffer(TM) QS-H150 explosives trace detector totaling over $380,000. The Quantum Sniffer will be used in a range of applications including air cargo security, [...]

ACD/Spectrus Processor: Spend More Time on Synthesis and Less on Interpretation

Toronto, Canada - Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is pleased to announce the release of ACD/Spectrus Processor, an all-in-one multi-technique analytical data handling and chemical structure confirmation tool for synthetic and process chemists that also enables organizations to increase productivity by leveraging chemical knowledge. ACD/Spectrus Processor is designed to enable chemists to perform quick and [...]

HighRes Biosolutions awarded by Massachusetts Life Sciences Center for job creation

BOSTON - HighRes Biosolutions announced today that it has been awarded a $125,000 tax incentive by The Massachusetts Life Science Center in exchange for HighRes’ pledge to create at least ten new jobs in 2011. HighRes is one of only 30 companies in the Bay State to receive such an award. “We are excited about [...]

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