ATLAS Biolabs Has Licensed Cartagenia Software for Analysis and Interpretation of Genetic Data

Berlin - By licensing the Cartagenia BENCH software, ATLAS Biolabs GmbH has expanded its services for the evaluation of genetic data obtained by DNA chip analysis. With the aid of this innovative web-based interpretation software it is possible to screen for disease- and family-specific genetic variations and compare them with public data online. It also [...]

Genentech Highlights SACHEM’s Displacers to Isolate and Scale-up Charge Variants in mAbs Bioscience Journal

Austin, TX - A recent publication in Landes Bioscience Journal "mAbs" (Nov/Dec 2010) titled "Charge variants in IgG1: Isolation, characterization, in vitro binding properties and pharmacokinetics in rats" highlights how Genentech utilized cation exchange displacement chromatography to isolate and scale up the major charge variants of a recombinant humanized IgG1. Antibody charge variants have gained [...]

Joint Venture for All-Reflective, Diffraction Limited Microscope Objective

Sunrise Optical, LLC, and Neoteric Concepts, LLC, signed joint venture partnership to market, and to produce a high NA, broad-band, all-reflective, diffraction limited confocal microscope objective. Sunrise, FL - Sunrise Optical, LLC, and Neoteric Concepts, LLC, signed joint venture partnership to market, and to produce a high NA, broad-band, all-reflective, diffraction limited confocal microscope objective. [...]

Edison Achieves 8X Exit Return

Lawrenceville, NJ - CambridgeSoft repurchased all stock held by Edison Ventures. Total Edison proceeds of $40 million represents 11X return on initial investment and 3X follow-on investment. Most of Edison’s $5 million investment was secondary purchases from early shareholders in this highly cash flow positive company. CambridgeSoft is leading supplier of research software for pharmaceutical, [...]

Air Innovations’ Environmental Control Systems Business Expands

North Syracuse, NY - Demand for environmental control systems (ECUs) across all industries is significantly increasing sales of Air Innovations® (AI) specialty heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration equipment. "Our company is in a perfect position to quickly meet customers' needs," said company President and CEO Michael Wetzel, P.E., "because our products maintain extremely precise [...]

Eurofins MWG Operon adds Roche GS Junior to its Sequencer Fleet

To address special needs for small projects Eurofins MWG Operon has expanded its capacity with Roche GS Junior sequencer Ebersberg, Germany - Eurofins MWG Operon, an expert in next generation sequencing (NGS) has expanded its sequencing capacity with a Roche GS Junior. The GS Junior is the optimum system for the sequencing of smaller scale [...]

Optimised E.coli Strain Expresses Insoluble Proteins In Soluble Form

AMSBIO has announced Solu BL21™ Competent E. coli, a significantly improved BL21 host strain for soluble mammalian protein expression. Using a directed evolution approach, a mutant strain of BL21(DE3) E. coli has been developed that can produce soluble protein in the majority of cases where expression in the parent BL21(DE3) yielded no detectable soluble product. [...]

AMSBIO Has Announced Solu BL21™ Competent E. coli

Optimised E.coli Strain Expresses Insoluble Proteins In Soluble Form AMSBIO has announced Solu BL21™ Competent E. coli, a significantly improved BL21 host strain for soluble mammalian protein expression. Using a directed evolution approach, a mutant strain of BL21(DE3) E. coli has been developed that can produce soluble protein in the majority of cases where expression [...]

AMSBIO Announced New and Unique Kits for Proteoglycan Research

Specialist in high purity reagents for glycobiology and glycoanalysis - AMSBIO - has announced a number of new and unique kits for proteoglycan research. Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are polysaccharides consisting of repeated dimers. All but hyaluronic acid (HA) possess sulfate bases, and exist in living organisms in the form of proteoglycans. Sulfated GAGs play important roles [...]

Zetasizer Nano Proves Indispensable for Studying Nanoparticles in Water

Researchers in the new environmental nanoscience laboratory at Baylor University’s Department of Geology (Texas, USA) hail the Zetasizer Nano from Malvern Instruments as an indispensable laboratory instrument. Run by Dr. Boris Lau, the new laboratory addresses cutting edge research focusing on the fate and transport of nanomaterials in an aquatic environment. Able to measure both [...]

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