ChanTest Corporation First To Offer New High Throughput Electrophysiology Platform Validated for Both VGICs and LGICs

CLEVELAND - Beginning next month, ChanTest Corporation will offer the highest throughput electrophysiology platform on the market validated for both voltage-gated (VGIC) and rapidly desensitizing ligand-gated ion channels (LGICs). LGICs typically are not well suited for automated platform assays but by using the first IonWorks Barracuda™ System ever sold by Molecular Devices, ChanTest adds even [...]

GnuBIO Makes First Sequencing Data Available to Thought Leaders in Molecular Diagnostics and Gene Expression

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - GnuBIO, Inc. (GnuBIO), a pioneer in DNA sequencing for the diagnostic and applied markets, announced today that it has made available the results from its initial DNA sequencing run to thought leaders in molecular diagnostics and pharmacogenomics at the Montreal Heart Institute, and experts in gene expression at the Broad Institute. The [...]

SwitchGear Genomics Launches Novel Product Line for Assaying miRNA Activity

MENLO PARK, Calif. - SwitchGear Genomics, Inc., a leading provider of products for studying regulatory elements in the human genome, today announced the launch of a unique product line for studying the activity of miRNAs in living cells. The new SwitchGear Synthetic miRNA Target GoClone™ reporters complement the company’s current genome-wide human 3’UTR GoClone reporter [...]

Roche Joins in Spanish Research Cooperation for Personalized Treatment of Hepatitis B and C

Penzberg, Germany - Roche Joins in Spanish Research Cooperation for Personalized Treatment of Hepatitis B and C Roche Diagnostics (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) is cooperating with the Spanish Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), the Networking Biomedical Research Centre in Liver and Digestive Diseases (CIBEREHD), and the software producer Advanced Biological Laboratories Therapy Edge [...]

Molecular Devices Launches Comprehensive Online Knowledge Base

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Molecular Devices Inc., a leader in bioanalytical systems for drug discovery and development, life science research, and bioassay/test development, today announces the launch of its comprehensive online Knowledge Base https://mdc.custhelp.com. This website provides tools and technical advice to help scientists detect biology, decode data and drive discovery. Using the Knowledge Base, customers [...]

BioScale, Inc. Expands Operations and Relocates Its Corporate Headquarters

LEXINGTON, Mass. - BioScale, Inc., an innovative life science company that develops, manufactures and promotes novel analytical tools enabling advancements in protein research, announced that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to 4 Maguire Road in Lexington, MA. The move will enable BioScale to scale up its commercial, scientific, R&D, and manufacturing functions in the [...]

The Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics of the National Cancer Institute Selects HighRes Biosolutions to Organize Legacy Specimen Collections

BOSTON - The Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has selected HighRes Biosolutions to automate the organization of NCI’s library of approximately 8 million of its biological samples that are stored at -80°C. HighRes’ automation will inventory and collate the existing library to enable storage by study and [...]

New JEOL Spinoff Company Dedicated to NMR and ESR Scientific Instrumentation

Peabody, Mass. - Effective April 1, 2011, JEOL, Ltd., (Akishima, Japan), a global leader in the design and manufacture of scientific instrumentation, and the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) have formed a new joint venture company dedicated to the development of next-generation NMR instrumentation. The new spinoff, JEOL Resonance, Inc., will allow the flow [...]

NuAire to Offer Adaptable Laboratory Centrifuges From Awel International

PLYMOUTH, Minn. - NuAire, a worldwide laboratory equipment supplier, has partnered with Awel International to bring a complete line of laboratory centrifuges to North and South American markets. Awel International, previously BMS International, has distributed NuAire laboratory equipment since 2003, and brings 20 years of biotechnology experience to the world's top research, hospital, clinical laboratory, [...]

HTG Announces Availability of Fixed Arrays for Rapid Gene Expression Analysis at AACR Meeting

TUCSON, Ariz. - HTG Molecular Diagnostics, provider of molecular technology solutions, today announced the availability of the qFix™ Arrays for gene expression analysis at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Orlando, Florida. The research use only (RUO) arrays are pre-configured and validated to enable researchers to quickly and efficiently [...]

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