Department of Energy Funds SRI to Enhance Bioinformatics Tools for Renewable Energy Research

Menlo Park, Calif. - SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, announced today it has been awarded a grant by the Department of Energy (DOE) to expand its MetaCyc database and enhance its Pathway Tools software. This project will give SRI's bioinformatics tools even greater utility in the emerging area of bioenergy, or [...]

Avantra Biosciences Launches Multiplex System for Faster, Easier Quantification of Cancer Protein Biomarkers

WOBURN, MA - Avantra? Biosciences, a leading innovator in protein diagnostics, announced today their first shipments of the new Q400 Biomarker Workstation and the innovative Angio QxTM BioChip Immunoassay. The system provides quantitative protein biomarker results for ten analytes in less than an hour, requiring less than five minutes for sample preparation. Multiplex protein assays [...]

Applied BioCode Granted 2 Patents for its Barcoded Magnetic Beads Used in Highly Multiplexed MDx Testing

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. - Applied BioCode, Inc. today announced that the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patents #7,858,307 (Dec 28, 2010) and 7,871,770 (Jan 18, 2011), "Light Transmitted Assay Beads", describe the method of use and the manufacturing of its multiplex Barcoded Magnetic Beads products. “The polymer-based Barcoded Magnetic Beads [...]

PerkinElmer Board Declares Quarterly Dividend

WALTHAM, MA – The Board of Directors of PerkinElmer, Inc., (NYSE:PKI) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share of common stock on January 21, 2011. This dividend is payable on May 13, 2011, to all shareholders of record at the close of business on April 22, 2011. About PerkinElmer, Inc. PerkinElmer, Inc. is [...]

PerkinElmer Selects Geospiza for Next Generation Sequencing

SEATTLE – Geospiza Inc, the market leading developer of the GeneSifter software platform for genetic analysis, today announced that PerkinElmer, Inc. has signed a multi-year license agreement for Geospiza's GeneSifter Lab Edition and GeneSifter Analysis Edition software products. GeneSifter Lab Edition is used by laboratories around the globe to track sample processing and deliver data [...]

RainDance Technologies Raises $37.5 Million in Series D Financing

LEXINGTON, Mass - RainDance Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of microdroplet-based solutions for single molecule and single cell analysis, today announced that it has closed a Series D financing round of $37.5 million. The financing was co-led by new investor Quaker BioVentures and existing investor Mohr Davidow Ventures. Existing investors Alloy Ventures and Acadia Woods, [...]

NanoString Technologies Introduces Multiplexed Assay Kit for Mouse microRNA Analysis

SEATTLE, Wash. - NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced the expansion of its microRNA (miRNA) product line with a multiplexed assay for profiling the mouse miRNA transcriptome. miRNAs are a class of small, non-coding [...]

Cellectis bioresearch First to Launch Revolutionary Custom TAL Nuclease Service

PARIS - Cellectis bioresearch, a specialist in genome customization and a subsidiary of Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), has today announced that it will launch gene specific TAL(1) nucleases on February 28, 2011. Taking advantage of an exclusive license agreement with the University of Minnesota, Cellectis has rapidly integrated TAL effector nucleases into its DNA nuclease production [...]

Experienced Executive With More Than 20 Years of Leadership in the Global Specialty Chemicals Industry Joins Avantor

Avantor™ Performance Materials Names Jean-Marc Gilson as Chief Executive Officer Phillipsburg, New Jersey - Avantor™ Performance Materials (formerly Mallinckrodt Baker) has named Jean-Marc Gilson as chief executive officer, responsible for the strategic development and global direction for the performance chemistries and materials company. Gilson was previously executive vice president and general manager of Dow Corning’s [...]

Neogen’s Tests for Salmonella In Feed Meet FDA Draft Guidance

LANSING, Mich. - Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG) today announced that its rapid tests for Salmonella meet the guidance for Salmonella in animal feed currently being considered by the FDA. The FDA's proposed guidance for Salmonella in animal feed seeks to lessen the number of human illnesses linked to contact with animal feed and pet food [...]

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