Agilent Technologies and Kreatech Diagnostics expand commercial relationship with new license and supply agreement

SANTA CLARA, CA., USA / Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Agilent Technologies Inc. and Kreatech Diagnostics today announced they are broadening their current business collaboration with an additional license and supply agreement for Kreatech's patented ULS™ (Universal Linkage System) technology and products. The new agreement allows US-based Agilent to incorporate Kreatech's unique ULS™ technology into future [...]

AllCells LLC Strengthens Sales and Marketing Team

EMERYVILLE, Calif. - AllCells LLC, a leading global provider of human hematopoietic primary cells and services, today announced that Jack Zhai has joined the company’s executive leadership team as Vice President, Sales & Marketing. Mr. Zhai received his Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology at UW-Madison. In addition, the company recently strengthened its sales force [...]

StemCells, Inc. Broadens Its SC Proven(R) Product Portfolio With Launch of Two Additional Human Cell Detection Antibodies

PALO ALTO, Calif. - StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) announced today the launch of STEM24™ and STEM133™, two new antibody reagents that have utility for the isolation and detection of a range of different human cell types. These antibodies are the latest additions to the Company's SC Proven® portfolio of innovative research products. "We plan to continue [...]

SwitchGear Genomics Announces Distribution Agreement For FuGENE® HD Transfection Reagent and Novel Transfection Optimization Kit

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 will offer FuGENE® HD transfection reagent as an individual product and as part of its novel LightSwitch Transfection Optimization Kit. SwitchGear has also recently launched the innovative LightSwitch Luciferase [...]

GE Partners with Avery Dennison to Commercialize Radio Frequency Sensor Technology

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. - GE (NYSE: GE), acting through its Technology Ventures operation, today announced its intent to commercialize GE’s Radio Frequency Sensing technology (RFS) through a commercial license to the RFID division of Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY). The proprietary RFS technology will enable a wide range of low-cost wireless sensing products in a series of [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Shanghai Production Capacity

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it has expanded its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China. This latest expansion enables Thermo Fisher to meet growing demand for its Thermo Scientific Nunc Cell Culture products including a range of tissue culture EasY Flasks, dishes, Multidishes and cell [...]

Streamlining the Protein Precipitation Sample Preparation Technique

The p3 microplate from Porvair Sciences Ltd. eliminates the mess and complex sample preparation (no centrifuging, no vortexing) traditionally associated with protein precipitation techniques. The use of protein precipitation as a method for sample preparation is widely used within the pharmaceutical industry. Consequently the need to streamline the technique, to save technician time, has spurned [...]

WaferGen Appoints World-Renowned Clinical Genomics Cancer Researcher Dr. Arul M. Chinnaiyan to Scientific Advisory Board

FREMONT, Calif. - WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, today announced that it has appointed world-renowned clinical genomics cancer researcher Arul M. Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Chinnaiyan is a recognized leader in the use of biomarkers in the clinic to choose [...]

Agilent Technologies Introduces First Commercial Exome Target Enrichment Kit for Next-Generation Sequencing of a Model Organism

ANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the Agilent SureSelect XT Mouse All Exon Kit, the first commercial system for target enrichment of a model organism exome, to streamline next-generation sequencing experiments. Agilent collaborated with Dr. Yoichi Gondo of Japan's RIKEN Institute to develop the mouse exome target enrichment product, based [...]

Olympus Innov-X Announces Non-Destructive Fingerprinting of Pharmaceutical Compounds

All drug formulations have a unique fingerprint of both active and inactive ingredients that identifies the efficacy and brand of each drug. Pharmaceutical compound fingerprinting is commonly done using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). Drug manufacturers have a responsibility to consumers: To use the correct formulations of their products to be sure that they are safe, and [...]

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