Waltham, MA, – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced a co-marketing agreement with Rigaku Americas, a world leader in X-ray spectrometry, X-ray diffraction and X-ray optics. The co-marketing relationship allows both companies to share information and provide customers with a single point of [...]

Judges Scientific (formerly Judges Capital plc), the parent company of a group that specialises in the design, manufacture and sale of scientific instruments, announces that it has today completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Quorum Technologies Limited ("Quorum" or the "Acquisition") for a total consideration of up to £1.5 million. Quorum [...]

LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A, June 10, 2009 – RainDance Technologies, Inc., today announced the shipment of an RDT 1000 and Sequence Enrichment Solution to the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). RainDance is a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research. TGen, a nonprofit biomedical research institute based in Phoenix, Arizona, focuses on [...]

BioTek Instruments continues to expand its gold-standard ELx405 Microplate Washer product line with the introduction of the ELx405 Magnetic Bead Washer. Developed in conjunction with leaders in genotyping, gene expression and protein assays that are built upon Luminex Corporation’s xMAP® platform, the ELx405 Magnetic Bead Washer offers high-strength biomagnetic separation in both 384-well and 96-well [...]

OAK BROOK, Ill.--Bio-Bridge Science, Inc. (OTCBB:BGES), a biotechnology company engaged in the commercial development of vaccines and vaccine-related products announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bio-Bridge Science (HK) Co., Ltd. has entered into a joint venture contract with JR Scientific Inc., a Woodland, California based manufacturer of classical and custom cell culture medium and sera [...]

BILLERICA, Mass.--Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL), a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, today announced the appointment of Ram Ramakrishnan as Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development. In his new role, Mr. Ramakrishnan is responsible for leading the development of Millipore’s corporate strategy, managing the company’s strategic planning process, [...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Knome, a recognized pioneer in the personal genomics field, today announced that it will collaborate with SeqWright, a world-leader in custom genomic and molecular biology services, to offer its personal genome sequencing and analysis services through a CLIA-certified laboratory. CLIA, or Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, are quality standards developed by the federal government for [...]

Joint Service Offering to Increase Drug Development Success and the Safety of New Drugs on the Market. Gentronix Limited, a genotoxicity product and services provider, and Apredica, an ADME-Tox contract research laboratory, today announced a strategic alliance to provide drug-discovery support services in the area of predictive toxicology. The objective of the alliance is to [...]

2009-06-10 | JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is pleased to announce the installation of its unique NanoTracker™ optical tweezers system in the laboratory of Dr. Remus Dame at Leiden University. JPK Instruments has recently installed its NanoTracker™ system, a versatile force-sensing optical tweezers platform. [...]

June 10, 2009 - Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG in Switzerland and Integrated Sensing Systems (ISSYS) in Ann Arbor, USA, have entered into a strategic partnership. The objective is to develop and commercialize advanced sensing products based on ISSYS’ cutting-edge MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology. The partnership is comprehensive and will maximize the strengths of the two companies. [...]