Effectively July 1, Roche Applied Science (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) Industrial Business was relaunched under the name Roche Custom Biotech. The switch will be accompanied by a complete makeover of the Industrial Business appearance. Besides the new name and slogan – “Expertise you can trust” - there will also be a new web appearance, [...]

FLORENCE, Italy – At WWMR 2010, Bruker introduces SampleXpress, a robust and cost-effective solution for medium-throughput automation in NMR routine and research applications. Its unique compact, fully integrated design significantly reduces space requirements and sample transfer times. Combined with a built-in barcode reader for automatic sample identification, SampleXpress is the ideal solution for optimizing throughput [...]

Preclinical Animal Data Demonstrates Promising Stem Cell Therapeutic Strategy for HIV/AIDS - Extends ZFP Therapeutic Application RICHMOND, Calif. - Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) announced the publication of data demonstrating the preclinical efficacy of a human stem cell therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) based on its proprietary zinc finger DNA-binding protein nuclease (ZFN) technology. [...]

Halma, the leading safety, health and sensor technology group, announces the appointment of Lord Norman Blackwell and Steve Marshall as non-executive Directors of the Company with effect from 29 July 2010. Norman Blackwell is non-executive Chairman of Interserve Plc, Senior Independent Director at Standard Life Plc and a board member of OFCOM, the communications regulator. [...]

Uppsala, Sweden – Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading supplier of tools and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, announced the introduction of high-performance, AFFINILUTE MIP (Molecularly Imprinted Polymers) columns for analytical sample preparation. Highly selective extractions with AFFINILUTE MIPs are considerably simplified resulting in faster, more robust and ultimately lower cost sample preparation. AFFINILTE MIP [...]

Dortmund, Germany - Protagen AG, Dortmund, and the Neuried, Germany, based diagnostics company Mikrogen GmbH, announced today the closing of a collaboration agreement for the identification of typical autoantibody signatures in infectious diseases. Also classical infectious disease diagnostics can benefit from UNIarray®, the proprietary technology platform of Protagen for the determination of indication specific autoantibody [...]

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India - Ocimum Biosolutions, a global integrated genomics company, today announced that it now offers cutting edge solutions using miRNA microarray technology. A wide range of miRNA microarray kits and assays including human, mouse, rat and other systems are available immediately on Ocimum’s proprietary OciChip™ platform. The epoxide coated microarray slides are [...]

WINOOSKI VT, USA — Further expanding the Synergy™ Microplate Reader family, BioTek’s Synergy™ 2 Alpha Microplate Reader provides high-performance Alpha detection at a reasonable price for low- to medium-throughput laboratories. Synergy 2 Alpha comes pre-configured with the Alpha filter set, mirrors, software and optical modules to read all Alpha assays, and is easily upgradable with [...]

Project will deliver good practice guidelines and reference artefacts Olympus has today announced that the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is using its LEXT OLS4000 in a project to establish good practice guidelines for the calibration of 3D/areal surface texture measuring instruments. The NPL project will establish robust and easy to use calibration steps and reference [...]

Drawing upon over 30 years experience - Porvair Filtration Group has developed expertise to offer optimum manufacturing solutions of sintered porous plastic components using a wide range of cGMP manufacturing techniques. Recent development of a revolutionary new moulding technology now enables the company to rapidly produce porous plastic components of the highest quality and part-to-part [...]