VS7000 – NEW mini Fiber Spectrometer

Back-Illuminated CCD and integrated USB-2 electronics - Excellent UV Sensitivity The VS7000 is a pre-configured, ultra low stray light, UV-VIS-NIR CCD spectrometer with LabView based acquisition software and VIs. Spectrometer of choice for OEM low light, high dynamic range applications with 3 spectral range selections: • 200-860nm • 380-750nm • 200-1050nm "Initially available for US [...]

Cellectis Acquires Assets from Cyto Pulse Sciences Inc.

Paris – Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), the French genome engineering specialist, has announced today that it has acquired all the assets of Cyto Pulse Sciences Inc., a US-based company specializing in the development, manufacture and commercialization of electroporation technology and equipment. Electroporation is a very efficient way to allow molecules such as Meganucleases to enter any [...]

Cell Biosciences to Acquire Convergent Bioscience

Santa Clara, CA - Cell Biosciences, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Convergent Bioscience Ltd. for approximately U.S. $12 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close by the end of October, 2010. Convergent Bioscience was founded in 1995 and employs 45 people, primarily at its headquarters [...]

Luminex MAGPIX System Shown to be More Cost Effective and Efficient Than Conventional ELISA Method in Initial Study

AUSTIN, Texas - Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX), today announced that initial results from a study conducted at the NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tubingen in Germany demonstrate that its MAGPIX(R) system provides more cost effective and efficient results than a conventional microtiter plate based ELISA method. "These initial results demonstrate [...]

Simulations Plus Reports Preliminary Revenues for Fourth Fiscal Quarter of FY2010

New Record Fiscal Year Follows Record 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd Quarters Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference NYC LANCASTER, Calif. - Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP), a leading provider of software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today released preliminary revenues for its fourth fiscal quarter and the fiscal year ended August [...]

Helicos BioSciences Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Pacific Biosciences

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS) announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. for patent infringement. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, accuses PacBio of infringing four patents and seeks injunctive relief and monetary damages. "Helicos was the [...]

Merck presents itself at SPICA 2010

Merck as a competent and reliable partner to the pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical industries for preparative and industrial chromatography Darmstadt – At this year’s SPICA (www.spica2010.se), Merck will not only showcase a selection of its key focus products, but will also be represented with a presentation. Prof. Dr. Christian Frech will lecture on “Protein Adsorption and [...]

Généthon to Use Polyplus-Transfection’s JetPEI(TM) Transfection Reagent for Producing Viral Vectors

Strasbourg - Polyplus-transfection SA, which specializes in the development of innovative solutions for cellular and molecular biology research, announced today that Généthon, a not-for-profit biotherapy laboratory run by the French Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM – Association Française contre les Myopathies) and which is financed by donations raised through the annual Téléthon, has selected Polyplus-transfection’s jetPEI(TM) [...]

Aspect Magnet Technologies and Mediso Medical Imaging Systems to Collaborate on Integrated PET-MRI System

Kyoto, Japan - Aspect Magnet Technologies and Mediso Medical Imaging Systems announced today at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (https://www.wmicmeeting.org/dev/) (WMIC) that the companies have begun a collaboration to develop a multi modality system that combines the benefits of positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI (https://aspect-mr.com/page.asp?page_id=42)). The two modalities will be integrated [...]

NEXUS Biosystems Completes Acquisition of REMP Sample Management Business from Tecan Group

POWAY, Calif. - NEXUS Biosystems, Inc., a leading innovator and worldwide provider of automated sample management systems, today announced the completion of the acquisition of REMP AG of Switzerland, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Tecan Group. NEXUS announced on July 15, 2010 that it would acquire Tecan's worldwide REMP Sample Management business. REMP is a [...]

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