Life Technologies Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire AcroMetrix

Acquisition Adds to Company’s Strengths in Molecular Diagnostic Offerings CARLSBAD, Calif.--Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AcroMetrix, for an undisclosed amount. “Our customers will now benefit from even greater investment in new molecular products designed to meet the [...]

Owlstone and SELEX Galileo Execute Exclusive Licensing Transaction

MONTEBELLO, NY--Advance Nanotech, Inc. (OTCBB: AVNA) is pleased to report that its minority owned subsidiary, Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. ("Owlstone") has entered into an exclusive strategic development agreement with SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company and one of Europe's foremost aerospace and defense organizations. Owlstone and SELEX Galileo have executed a licensing agreement by which SELEX Galileo [...]

WaferGen Highlights Progress With Its SmartChip(TM) System at OneMedPlace Finance Forum

Announces Closing of $5.1 Million Financing FREMONT, Calif. -- WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today highlighted progress with its SmartChip™ Real-Time PCR System and announced that it raised total gross proceeds of approximately $5.1 million in a private placement that the company completed in late [...]

Dionex Introduces the Corona ultra Detector for the Dionex UltiMate 3000 HPLC Systems

Sunnyvale, CA—Dionex Corp. is pleased to release the industry-leading Corona® ultra™ Charged Aerosol Detector for the Dionex UltiMate® 3000 HPLC and RSLC systems. Charged Aerosol Detection® (CAD®) has broad applicability across a wide array of applications. The Corona ultra can detect any non-volatile and many semi-volatile analytes independent of chemical structure, with or without a [...]

Illumina Announces HiSeq™ 2000 Sequencing System

200 Gigabases of Data Enables Sequencing of Two Human Genomes in a Single Run SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today unveiled the HiSeq 2000 sequencing system, setting a new standard in sequencing output, ease of use and cost effectiveness. At launch, HiSeq 2000 initially generates two billion paired-end reads and 200 gigabases (Gb) of quality filtered [...]

Illumina Announces Preliminary Revenue for Fourth Quarter 2009

Company Provides Guidance for 2010 SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced revenue for the fourth quarter of 2009 of approximately $176 million based on management’s preliminary review of quarterly financial results. This compares to fourth quarter revenue guidance of a minimum of $165 million and implies fiscal year 2009 revenue of approximately $662 million or [...]

Brijot Imaging Systems Launches Two New Whole Body Imaging Solutions

New Systems Solve Footprint, Throughput and Portability Challenges, While Still Preserving Privacy and Safety ORLANDO, Fla.--Brijot Imaging Systems, Inc., an industry leader in passive millimeter wave security checkpoint screening systems, today announced the launch of two new solutions in Brijot’s suite of people screening technology — SafeScreen™ and MobileScan™. “With the launch of these two [...]

Anglo Platinum Selects JMP Tool for Laboratory Data Analysis

Johannesburg -- The Anglo Platinum Group, the world's leading primary producer of platinum metals, recently identified a pressing need to implement more efficient ways to analyse its geological assay data, and turned to Octoplus and the SAS JMP data visualisation tool. Anglo Platinum is listed on the Johannesburg and London stock exchanges and drills between [...]

SG Biofuels and Life Technologies Team to Advance Jatropha as Sustainable Biofuel

SAN DIEGO -- SG Biofuels, Inc., a plant science company, today announced a strategic alliance with Life Technologies Corporation, a provider of innovative life science solutions, to advance the development of Jatropha as a sustainable biofuel. The alliance brings together SG Biofuels' Genetic Resource Center, featuring the largest and most diverse library of Jatropha genetic [...]

Pathway Studio, ChemEffect Module Deployed at M. D. Anderson to Investigate Mechanism of Drug Action

ROCKVILLE, MD -- Ariadne announces that The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has upgraded their Pathway Studio® installation with Ariadne’s ChemEffect® drug-centric module. This module, along with Pathway Studio’s protein-centric data, is assisting M. D. Anderson’s research pipeline aimed at enhancing therapeutic utility of the enzyme-drug L-Asparaginase (L-ASP). Dr. Phil Lorenzi, supervisor [...]

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