Helicos BioSciences Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Pacific Biosciences
September 8, 2010
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
September 8, 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
September 8, 2010
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) [...]
September 8, 2010
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
September 8, 2010
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 [...]
UCLA, Japanese Company to Collaborate on Specialized Nano-Imaging Instrumentation
September 8, 2010
The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has announced plans to collaborate with Hamamatsu Photonics Corp., a leading developer and manufacturer of photon detectors and camera systems, to apply nanoscience and nanotechnology to projects having global importance in health, medicine, energy and the environment. Hamamatsu will provide the CNSI with state-of-the-art photon detectors and systems and [...]
Agilent Technologies’ New Vials Let Users Anticipate Unexpected Peaks
September 7, 2010
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced Agilent MS Analyzed Vials, the first vials and closures to have been analyzed by GC/MS and LC/MS and shipped with their mass spectra in a single package. The new vials allow scientists to anticipate any ghost peaks caused by the vials, thereby eliminating unnecessary [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Adds Vialis AG Paperless Lab Solutions to its Global Partner Alliance
September 7, 2010
PHILADELPHIA - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has extended its reach across Central Europe by making Vialis AG the latest member of its Informatics Global Partner Alliance. Vialis AG, based in Switzerland, will provide local services and support for the full range of Thermo Scientific informatics [...]
GE Awarded $538,000 Grant from National Institutes of Health for Human Microbiome Studies
September 7, 2010
Tens of trillions of cells existing on and inside a person’s body could yield new insights about what makes people healthy and unhealthy GE researchers to apply DNA amplification method to enable the analysis of individual cells that have largely been unstudied NISKAYUNA, NY – Researchers from GE Global Research have been awarded a $538,000 [...]
September 7, 2010
BILLERICA, Mass. - Bruker Corporation, the leader in analytical magnetic resonance instrumentation, today announces a major order from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for its ultra-high field AVANCE™ III 900 US2 NMR spectrometer. This purchase, made through a competitive award process and funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), will [...]

