February 8, 2011
SAN JOSE, Calif. -Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the initial findings of stroke research conducted by its Biomarker Research Initiatives in Mass Spectrometry (BRIMS) Center in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard University. Strokes are the leading cause of serious long-term disability in the U.S. The research, [...]
OpGen Announces Argus Optical Mapping System Purchase by BGI
February 8, 2011
Gaithersburg, Md. - OpGen, Inc., a genomics and DNA analysis company and exclusive provider of optical mapping technology, today announced that BGI, the largest genomics organization in the world, purchased an Argus™ Optical Mapping System. BGI plans on incorporating the Argus system into its current sequencing platform for microbial genome sequence finishing and sequence validation. [...]
SwitchGear Genomics Announces Distribution Agreement With BioCat GmbH
February 8, 2011
MENLO PARK, Calif. - SwitchGear Genomics Inc., a leading provider of products for studying the regulatory elements in the human genome, today announced that the company signed an agreement for BioCat GmbH to distribute the innovative LightSwitch Luciferase Assay System(TM) in Europe. The system consists of a full reporter assay solution including a genome-wide collection [...]
Chiral Technologies Promotes Lisa Cole Newton to National Accounts Manager
February 8, 2011
WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Chiral Technologies, Inc. (CTI) has named Lisa Cole Newton as the new National Accounts Manager, Separation Services for North America. In this newly-created position, Newton will have responsibility for strengthening CTI’s separation services activity in North America, focusing company resources to more effectively meet the unique requirements of this business segment. [...]
February 8, 2011
Pequannock, NJ - Portable, compact and convenient, the Scienceware® Vacuum Aspirator Collection System from Bel-Art Products is a self contained system perfect for fluid collection from tissue and cell cultures, Petri dishes, plates, flasks, tubes and more, whenever in house vacuum lines are not readily available. Each unit comes complete with one gallon collection bottle, [...]
February 8, 2011
BILLERICA, MA, (February 8, 2011) – Aushon BioSystems, Inc., a leading provider of multiplex immunoassay products and services announced that it has signed a letter of intent to enter into a diagnostic development collaboration with Peking University Cancer Hospital ("PUCH"), Beijing, China. The primary goal for the collaboration is to develop predictive diagnostic markers for [...]
Danaher to Acquire Beckman Coulter, Inc.
February 7, 2011
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing, and Danaher, a diversified technology leader that designs, manufactures, and markets innovative products and services to professional, medical, industrial, and commercial customers, announced today that they have entered into a [...]
Abbott’s Ibis Technology Identified Fatal Disease Organism in Afghanistan
February 7, 2011
WASHINGTON - Today, at the American Society for Microbiology Conference on Biodefense and Emerging Diseases, scientists from Abbott Molecular presented data showing the unique power of the company's Ibis technology to identify and further characterize unknown disease-causing pathogens to help aid in the bioforensic analysis of pandemic outbreaks. In a presentation at the conference, Tim [...]
Exiqon Announces 2011 Grant Program for MicroRNA Research
February 7, 2011
Copenhagen, Denmark - Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen: “EXQ”) today announced that data from its diagnostic program on early detection of colorectal cancer in plasma has been selected for oral presentation at the 102nd Annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Meeting to be held 2-6 April in Orlando, Florida. The presentation is scheduled to [...]
Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Unveils Four Key Instruments in Its 2011-2013 PCT Product Pipeline
February 7, 2011
South Easton, MA - Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBIO) (“PBI” and the “Company”) today announced that it has unveiled four key instruments in its 2011-2013 product pipeline at the annual meeting of the Association for Mass Spectrometry Applications to the Clinical Lab (MSACL). Attended by physicians, scientists, and other healthcare professionals, MSACL is an active [...]
