February 2, 2011
WALDBRONN, Germany, and BEVERLY, Mass., -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Sage Science Inc. today announced that they have signed a comarketing agreement involving Agilent's 2100 Bioanalyzer, used for the detection and quantification of nucleic acids, and Sage's Pippin Prep DNA size-selection system. The agreement between Sage and Agilent includes the copromotion of the [...]
February 2, 2011
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP) today announced that it has developed and optimized automation protocols on its Sciclone(R) NGS Workstation for Illumina's TruSeq(TM) DNA and TruSeq RNA sample preparation kits. In addition to the automation protocols for TruSeq kits, Caliper has also developed automation protocols for Illumina's standard library preparation kits, as well as [...]
February 2, 2011
IPSWICH, Mass. - New England Biolabs has expanded its line of reagents for sample preparation upstream of next generation sequencing to include NEBNext® Small RNA Sample Prep Set 1 for sequencing on the Illumina® platforms, and NEBNext Small RNA Sample Prep Set 3 for sequencing on LIFE's SOLiD™ platform. These new products offer a new [...]
PANalytical acquires XRF laboratories from British Geological Survey
February 2, 2011
Leading analytical X-ray company PANalytical (Almelo, the Netherlands) has acquired the XRF laboratories from the British Geological Survey - BGS (Keyworth, United Kingdom). The acquisition further strengthens PANalytical’s leading position in delivering full application solutions. The laboratories will continue to deliver highly advanced X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis to BGS and work closely together on research [...]
VWR International, LLC, Acquires AMRESCO Inc.
February 1, 2011
RADNOR, PA - VWR International, LLC, a global leader in distributing laboratory supplies and services, announced today that it has acquired AMRESCO Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of high quality biochemicals and reagents for Molecular Biology, Life Sciences, Proteomics, Clinical and Histology areas of research and production. "This is just one example of VWR's strategic [...]
February 1, 2011
FREDERICK, Md. - Akonni Biosystems, a molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures and plans to market a fully integrated multiplex system for simultaneously identifying and differentiating hundreds of genetic signatures from a single sample, today announced availability of its TruSentry system for early access customers. This new, fully automated solution is designed for government institutions [...]
Elsevier and IDBS Announce Interoperability Between IDBS E-WorkBook Suite and Reaxys®
February 1, 2011
Frankfurt, Germany and Guildford UK - Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific content and solutions and IDBS, a global provider of innovative enterprise data management, analytics and modeling solutions, announced today that Reaxys is now interoperable with the IDBS E-WorkBook Suite. The partnership creates a new mechanism that integrates best-in-class chemistry content from journals [...]
OriGene Releases Bioactive Full-length Human MTOR Protein
February 1, 2011
ROCKVILLE, Md. - OriGene Technologies, Inc., a gene-centric life sciences company, releases the first commercially available full length human MTOR protein with superior biological activity. MTOR is a serine/threonine protein kinase which regulates cell growth, cell proliferation, cell motility, cell survival, protein synthesis, and transcription. Purified, functional MTOR is highly desirable in high throughput functional [...]
Fluidigm Introduces its Most Advanced Genomic Analysis System – The BioMark™ HD Real-Time PCR System
February 1, 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fluidigm today introduced the new BioMark™ HD Real-time PCR System, the company’s most advanced instrument for genomic analysis ever. The BioMark HD System is designed for researchers who require the sensitivity and throughput needed to study gene expression down to the single-cell level -- especially those who have limited amounts [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Freezing Containers Now Accommodate Larger Tube Sizes
February 1, 2011
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its Thermo Scientific Nalgene Mr. Frosty line of freezing containers now accommodates 3.6, 4.5 and 5.0 mL cryotubes. Designed for use with the complete range of Thermo Scientific Nunc and Nalgene® cryogenic storage tubes, the Mr. Frosty® portfolio provides [...]
