IDEX Corporation Announces Appointment of New Director

NORTHBROOK, Ill. - IDEX CORPORATION (NYSE: IEX) announced that the company's Board of Directors has appointed a new director, Ernest J. Mrozek, effective July 1, 2010. "We're excited to have Ernie join our Board," said Larry Kingsley, IDEX's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "He brings expertise and an extensive background in the service industry. His [...]

NABsys Appoints Leroy Hood to Board of Directors

DNA sequencing company adds prominent life sciences innovator and entrepreneur to its leadership team PROVIDENCE, R.I. – NABsys Inc., the pioneer in electronic, solid-state, single-molecule DNA sequencing, announced today that it has appointed Leroy (Lee) Hood, M.D., Ph.D., co-founder and president, Institute for Systems Biology, to its board of directors. During his career, Dr. Hood [...]

Signature Diagnostics to Use Affymetrix Microarray Technology for Advanced Colorectal Cancer Tests

Signature Diagnostics Will Commercialize First Microarray-Based Products for Detecting and Predicting Progression of Colorectal Cancer Santa Clara, Calif. & Postdam, Germany - Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) and Signature Diagnostics AG (Signature Dx) today announced that they have signed a Powered by Affymetrix(TM) (PbA) agreement. Under the agreement, Signature Dx obtains a worldwide license to use Affymetrix(R) [...]

Genedata’s Refiner MS Used by Max Planck Institute will Demo at Metabolomics Conference 2010

Part of Expressionist 6, Refiner MS provides best available tool for the analysis of metabolites in plants Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, will demo the new Refiner MS at the 6th Metabolomics Conference 2010. Part of Genedata Expressionist® 6 for omics [...]

SciTOX Delivers First UniTOX to University

Christchurch, New Zealand - SciTOX announces that it has received its first UniTOX analyzer order. The National Polytechnic School (Escuela Politecnica Nacional) in Ecuador will be using the UniTOX to develop rapid screening procedures for treated hazardous wastes. The department head for Environmental Engineering, Dr. Trajano Ramirez said, “We look forward to using the UniTOX [...]

American Science and Engineering, Inc. Receives $6.7 Million U.S. Government Order for ZBV Military Trailers

U.S. Government Exercises Option for Multiple ZBV Military Trailers Billerica, Mass. - American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E(R)) (NASDAQ: ASEI), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced today the receipt of a $6.7 million order for multiple ZBV(TM) Military Trailers (ZBV Mil Trailers). AS&E announced the initial funded award in April 2010 [...]

Symyx Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Rejects Certara Corporation’s “Best and Final” Proposal

Urges Stockholders to Vote “FOR” Proposed Merger with Accelrys at Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Special Meeting Santa Clara, CA - Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX) announced that its board of directors determined today that the June 28, 2010 "best and final" proposal received from Certara Corporation, Tripos International and Pharsight Corporation (collectively referred to as [...]

Locus Technologies Introduces Worlwide Accreditation of Analytical Laboratories Electronic Data

Accreditation process to help Locus' clients choose labs that can deliver electronic data deliverables (EDDs) directly to cloud-based EIM SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in web-based environmental compliance and information management software, has introduced an accreditation process for analytical laboratories to deliver analytical data into Locus' award winning, cloud-based Environmental [...]

caprotec bioanalytics Announces the Successful Completion of a Collaborative Research Project with Roche

Berlin, Germany - caprotec bioanalytics GmbH announced today that it has successfully completed a research collaboration with F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel Switzerland. Under the collaboration research agreement, caprotec used its proprietary CCMS (Capture Compound Mass Spectrometry) Technology to analyze the binding characteristics and interaction of one undisclosed drug candidate with its human target proteins. For [...]

Implant Sciences Announces $850,000 Follow-On Order in China

Sale Continues String of Successes in Transportation Security and Public Safety Markets WILMINGTON, MA - Implant Sciences Corporation (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for the homeland security and defense markets, today announced an order totaling over $850,000 for its Quantum Sniffer(TM) QS-H150 Portable Explosive Trace Detector. The equipment will be [...]

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