Accelrys, Inc. Completes Merger with Symyx Technologies, Inc.

SAN DIEGO, CA. – Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL) today announced the completion of its merger with Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX). Under the terms of the transaction, Symyx stockholders will receive approximately 0.7802 shares of Accelrys common stock for each share of Symyx common stock they own. As of today, the merged entity will trade [...]

BioTek Announces New Managing Director of Europe

WINOOSKI VT, USA - BioTek Instruments, Inc., a global leader in the development, manufacture and sale of microplate instrumentation for drug discovery and life science solutions, welcomes Dr. Dirk Frese to the company as Managing Director, Europe, effective immediately. In this newly created position, Dr. Frese is responsible for business integration and advancement within Europe. [...]

Advanced Analytical Opens Sales Office and Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany

Ames, IA -- Advanced Analytical (https://www.aati-us.com), headquartered in Ames, IA, has opened a new sales office and laboratory in Heidelberg Germany. The new facility is located in the Technologiepark on the campus of the Heidelberg University. By opening this office, the company will be able to provide better representation over sales for our suite of [...]

Roche and IBM Collaborate to Develop Nanopore-Based DNA Sequencing Technology

Collaboration aims to accelerate human genome analysis and enable advancements in personalized healthcare. Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today an agreement to develop a nanopore-based sequencer that will directly read and decode human DNA quickly and efficiently. Focused on advancing IBM’s recently published “DNA Transistor” technology, the collaboration will [...]

ibidi Releases µ-Slide Chemotaxis 3D

Munich, Germany - ibidi GmbH, a supplier of solutions for Bio-Microscopy (so-called ‘µ-Slides’), releases the µ-Slide Chemotaxis 3D, a chamber for chemotaxis and migration studies of non-adherent cells in 3D gel matrices. This new slide allows the motion tracking of non-adherent chemotactically active cells like lymphocytes, dendritic cells or macrophages in different gel matrices (e.g. [...]

Ariadne to Collaborate in 7.5M€ Neuromuscular Disease Consortium to Find Biomarkers

ROCKVILLE, MD, and NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND - Ariadne announces a new collaboration with the BIO-NMD consortium led by Professor Alessandra Ferlini at the University of Ferrara, Italy. BIO-NMD is a three year EU-funded research project concentrating on the search for non-invasive biomarkers in people with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies and Collagen VI myopathies. The consortium, [...]

New Multiplex Panels from Aushon BioSystems Help Measure Urinary Biomarkers of Kidney Damage During Drug Development

Researchers can better determine risk while speeding the pace and increasing the accuracy of clinical phase research efforts Billerica, Mass. - Aushon BioSystems, Inc., a leading provider of advanced microarray instrumentation and laboratory services for biomarker discovery, development and analysis, has launched new Human multiplex biomarker panels for the quantification of eight biomarkers related to [...]

Brookfield On The Move In The UK

Middleboro, MA - Brookfield Engineering, the worldwide leader in viscosity measurement and control, announces the expansion and relocation of their United Kingdom headquarters. The move to the new Brookfield Technical Centre was necessary to accommodate Brookfield’s significant growth in recent years. While remaining in Harlow, Essex, the new Stadium Way location is twice the size [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Offers Intuitive GC Column Selection Tools

Gas chromatography column selection by application, manufacturer and regulatory methodology MILFORD, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the availability of intuitive gas chromatography (GC) column selection tools in its 2010-2011 Thermo Scientific Chromatography Columns and Consumables catalog. The ‘GC Column Selection’ pages within the new catalog provide [...]

Barts and The London NHS Trust Select IDBS to Accelerate Understanding of Cardiovascular Disease

InforSense Suite Streamlines Analysis of Genomic, Clinical and Image Data Guildford, UK, and Burlington, Mass. - IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of data management and analytics solutions to R&D and healthcare organizations, today announced that Barts and The London NHS Trust, one of Britain's leading healthcare providers, has selected IDBS as its translational research informatics [...]

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