March 27, 2011
The Automation Partnership (TAP), a leading supplier of innovative automation for life science applications today announced that the company will now be known as TAP Biosystems. This new corporate identity will ensure existing and future customers in life science will have a better understanding of the breadth of products and services which the company now [...]
New epT.I.P.S. Motion – Colour-Coded and Eco-Friendly
March 25, 2011
Eppendorf AG has upgraded epT.I.P.S. Motion, offering new colour-coded trays for instant identification of tip volume, and introducing eco-friendly Reload trays with 40 per cent less packaging. Using an Eppendorf epMotion automated pipetting system streamlines repetitive liquid handling protocols, reduces human error and facilitates sample tracking. Now, new epT.I.P.S. Motion make automation even simpler and [...]
QIAGEN Launches Kit for DNA Quantification in Forensic Samples
March 25, 2011
Germantown, MD, and Hilden, Germany - QIAGEN launches the Investigator™ Quantiplex Kit, designed to quickly confirm that forensic DNA samples contain sufficient DNA for genetic fingerprinting analysis. The kit quantifies the human DNA in the sample and establishes whether it contains inhibitors that may interfere with downstream applications. DNA quantification with the Investigator Quantiplex Kit [...]
Case Western Reserve and NeoProteomics Announce Exclusive Option
March 25, 2011
NeoProteomics Inc., a biomarker development and software company, has secured an exclusive option agreement with Case Western Reserve University. The deal has potential to enhance various forms of treatment of cancer, diabetes, and inflammatory diseases. Proteomics is the scientific next step in vital research of protein structures of biological systems. NeoProteomics, founded in 2006 in [...]
AnaSpec, Inc. Introduces Dipeptide Library
March 25, 2011
Fremont CA - AnaSpec, Eurogentec Group is pleased to release the following dipeptides, the majority of which are >95% pure. Dipeptide and tripeptide libraries can be systematically constructed to contain almost all possible combinations of the 20 common amino acids.1 Peptide libraries can be used in the study of ligand-receptor interactions, epitope mapping, vaccine development, [...]
March 25, 2011
Halifax, Nova Scotia - The National Research Council’s Institute for Marine Biosciences (NRC-IMB) has signed an agreement with AB SCIEX that will enable researchers worldwide to benefit from NRC-IMB’s expertise in the detection and identification of marine and freshwater biotoxins and the creation of Certified Reference Materials (CRMs). Dr. Michael Quilliam and researchers in the [...]
March 25, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. - At the 17th annual Society for Biomolecular Sciences 2011 conference in Orlando, Florida, PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, will be showcasing several new drug discovery technologies and applications. The PerkinElmer exhibit, located at Booth 701, will include new products based on [...]
Biognosys and ETH Zurich Publish Software in Nature Methods for High Throughput MRM
March 25, 2011
The growing field of targeted proteomics has reached another milestone on the way to large-scale application in industrial and academic research, following the publication in Nature Methods of a new tool designed to make the latest developments in the field more accessible. The advancement is mProphet, a software package created by scientists from the Institute [...]
Showa Denko K.K. and Shoko to Strengthen Scientific Instrument Business
March 25, 2011
Tokyo - IR & PR Office (Phone: 81-3-5470-3235) (SDK) and its consolidated subsidiary Shoko Co., Ltd. (Shoko) have decided to integrate their businesses in high-performance liquid chromatography* (HPLC). HPLC is used for analyzing molecular weight of polymers, chemical substances in food, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals, as well as quality of water. The integration is scheduled to [...]
March 24, 2011
RUSNANO has invested $4.5 million dollars in a project to expand production of label-free biodetectors and bionanoslides with their American developer, BiOptix Diagnostics, Inc. Two American venture capital funds, Boulder Ventures, Ltd. and Peierls Foundation, and private investors have invested another $4.5 million in authorized capital of BiOptix. The project, which has a total budget [...]
