WaferGen Announces $7 Million Capital Raise

Fremont, Calif. - WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, today announced that its Malaysian subsidiary, WaferGen Biosystems (M) Sdn. Bhd., has signed a purchase agreement with an investor for a $5 million private placement of the Malaysian subsidiary’s Series C-1 redeemable convertible preference shares. WaferGen also announced that it [...]

Affymetrix Announces Court Order Directing Dismissal of Illumina Patent Infringement Lawsuits

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) (the "Company") today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (the "Court") has granted the company's motion for summary judgment that Affymetrix does not infringe the patents held by Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), and has directed that the patent infringement lawsuits brought against [...]

Sequenom Announces Publication Acceptance of Manuscript From Trisomy 21 R&D Verification Study

SAN DIEGO - Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM) today announced the acceptance of a manuscript describing results from the R&D "locked-assay" verification study conducted by the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine. Details of this study entitled "Noninvasive Detection of Fetal Trisomy 21 by Plasma DNA Sequencing in a Clinical Setting" have been embargoed [...]

Promega Joins United Nations Global Compact as Part of Corporate Sustainability Program

MADISON, WISCONSIN - Promega Corporation reinforces its commitment to socially responsible business practices on a worldwide basis by signing the United Nations Global Compact. The UN Global Compact is a policy initiative for businesses that are committed to supporting the Compact's ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. [...]

University of British Columbia Orders Canada’s First Compact 850 MHz NMR System from Bruker

Research on Microbial Diseases VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) announces a major order from the University of British Columbia for its ultra-high field AVANCE(TM) III 850 spectrometer. The 850 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) magnet and spectrometer will enable researchers at the University of British Columbia and nearby Simon Fraser University to [...]

Starna Scientific, has introduced the Starna Optical Polishing Cloth (OPC)

New Polishing Cloth Helps Keep Optical Faces of Cuvettes Pristine World leading supplier of optical components, spectrophotometer cells and Certified Reference Materials for spectrophotometry, Starna Scientific, has introduced the Starna Optical Polishing Cloth (OPC) to assist laboratory technicians in maintaining the quality of the optical faces of a cuvette, without fear of scratching or damaging [...]

Roche’s RTCA HT Instrument Adapts Real-Time Cell Analysis to a High-Throughput Format

PENZBERG, Germany - The new xCELLigence System RTCA HT Instrument from Roche Diagnostics (SIX:RO)(SIX:ROG)(OTCQX:RHHBY) rounds out the company’s portfolio in real-time cell analysis with a high-throughput product. The new instrument merges the power and flexibility of xCELLigence System technology with high-throughput analyses and workflows for automated screening applications. The system allows researchers to run 1 [...]

Techulon™ Adds Glycofect™ to KeraFAST Partner Program

Biodegradable transfection reagents now available through e-commerce site PHILADELPHIA - Techulon Inc., an early stage life sciences company has joined KFP—the KeraFAST Partner Program, adding its innovative new transfection reagent, Glycofect™, to KeraFAST’s portfolio of research products for the cell biologist. The agreement was announced during the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society for [...]

Cell Biosciences Announces US Patent Issuance

Santa Clara, CA - Cell Biosciences, Inc. today announced the issuance of Patent No. 7,846,676 for “Methods and Devices for Analyte Detection” by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent represents a key element of intellectual property related to NanoPro assay technology. It is one of several within a family directed towards the [...]

Labcyte® Acoustic Platform Essential to Identification of Novel Cancer Drug Candidates

AstraZeneca Issued US Patent 7,718,653 Sunnyvale, CA - When the revolutionary Echo® acoustic liquid handler is used in the process of discovering potential therapeutics, important drug candidates are identified that are missed using traditional liquid handlers. In a recently issued patent, the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca describes the discovery of a novel set of potential [...]

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