Phase Focus Raises £370k to Take the Company Towards its First Commercial Deals
May 14, 2010
Fusion, the university IP commercialisation company that turns university IP into business, is pleased to announce that Phase Focus, its Sheffield?based microscopy company, has raised £370,000 to help take the company through to its first commercial deals. The investment round comprised: Fusion (£175,000), White Rose Technology Seedcorn Fund (£175,000), and The Viking Fund (£20,000). Post [...]
Dept. of Commerce: Governor Doyle announces funding for Lucigen Corporation
May 13, 2010
MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Lucigen Corporation, Middleton, Dane County, will receive a $200,000 Technology Venture Fund loan from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to develop a DNA sequencing technology. “My administration is committed to furthering the development of life sciences,” Governor Doyle said. “Wisconsin is a worldwide leader in this field. I am [...]
InDevR to Collaborate with Scientists at the CDC to Develop New Influenza Virus Surveillance Assay
May 13, 2010
InDevR, developer of advanced life science products, announced its collaboration with scientists in the Influenza Division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta to develop a unique influenza microarray assay. InDevR and CDC scientists are working to develop a low density microarray capable of screening influenza A viruses for genetic reassortment. [...]
HighRes Biosolutions joins SiLA
May 13, 2010
BOSTON--HighRes Biosolutions, the leader in laboratory automation solutions for life science, announced today that it has joined the Standardization in Lab Automation (SiLA) consortium. “Coupled with MicroDocks, our patented modular docking technology, and our dynamic scheduler Cellario, we hope these new standards will mean that scientists will be able to integrate innovative new technologies into [...]
May 13, 2010
New Contracts Raise Total Value of Fiscal 2010 Orders for Secure 1000 People Screening Solution to Approximately $50 Million HAWTHORNE, Calif.--OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Security division, Rapiscan Systems, has been awarded multiple customer contracts with [...]
caprotec bioanalytics Completes Series B Financing Round of EUR 4 Million
May 13, 2010
BERLIN, and BURLINGTON, Mass. -- -- caprotec bioanalytics GmbH today announced the closing of a EUR 4 million ($5.1M) Series B Financing Round with existing investors Creathor Venture, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, ERP Startfonds, and well-known private investors. The proceeds will enable further development and marketing of the Company's proprietary CCMS (Capture Compound Mass Spectrometry) platform technology [...]
GE Healthcare Forms Strategic Alliance with CardioDx
May 13, 2010
GE Healthymagination Fund invests $5 million to drive innovation and new product development FAIRFIELD, Conn.--GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of GE (NYSE:GE - News) and CardioDx, a pioneer in cardiovascular genomic diagnostics, announced today that the companies have entered into a strategic alliance to advance and co-develop diagnostic technologies to improve the care and management [...]
Chip-Man Technologies Appoints Ionovation GmbH as German Distributor
May 13, 2010
Customers in Germany now have access to Chip-Man Technologies’ novel Cell-IQ live cell imaging and analysis platform through life science specialists Ionovation GmbH. Ionovation is a technology company with a strong background in imaging and optical techniques, making it the ideal partner for Chip-Man Technologies. Chip-Man Technologies’ unique Cell-IQ system is a powerful tool for [...]
GPC / SEC Triple Detection Allows Comprehensive Analysis of Biomaterials
May 13, 2010
Researchers at the NMI (Natural and Medical Sciences Institute) of the University of Tübingen in Germany are using the Viscotek TDAmax GPC/SEC triple detection system Malvern, UK: Researchers at the NMI (Natural and Medical Sciences Institute) of the University of Tübingen in Germany are using the Viscotek TDAmax GPC/SEC triple detection system with Omnisec software, [...]
May 13, 2010
Liat™ Influenza A/2009 H1N1 Assay identifies the 2009 H1N1 Influenza virus starting from collected samples in less than 30 minutes. Marlborough, MA -- IQuum, Inc. today announced it has been granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Liat™ Influenza A/2009 H1N1 Assay. The assay detects and [...]
