Sequenom Announces $51.6 Million Private Placement
May 12, 2010
SAN DIEGO -- -- Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq:SQNM - News) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to issue and sell an aggregate of 12,435,000 shares of its common stock at $4.15 per share to certain investors. The aggregate gross proceeds of the private placement are expected to be approximately $51.6 million. Sequenom intends [...]
Platypus Technologies Receives $396,000 IMAT Grant from National Cancer Institute
May 12, 2010
Madison, WI – Platypus Technologies announces that it has been awarded an Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) grant for $396,000 from the National Cancer Institute. This 2-year funded project will enable the Company to expand its current Oris™ assay format into a 384-well cell migration assay suitable for High Throughput Screening (HTS) of chemical libraries [...]
Olympus Announces its 100th Anniversary Vision and a New Five-Year medium-term Plan
May 12, 2010
Management Slogan: Advancing to the Next Stage of Globalization Olympus Corporation (President: Tsuyoshi Kikukawa,) announced today the 2010 Corporate Strategic Plan ("2010 CSP"). This new medium-term management plan covers the five-year fiscal period ending March 2015. Olympus has also introduced a Centenary Vision for the Olympus Group, which will symbolize the vision and the commitment [...]
May 12, 2010
Agreement will lead to enhanced nuclear detection capabilities for global ports LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and VeriTainer Corporation have entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). The CRADA will be used to refine and enhance VeriTainer's patented crane mounted scanning (CMS) technology. The CRADA will be in place for [...]
BIOCIUS Continues Expansion in Europe to Support Growing Overseas Client Base
May 12, 2010
European office established, Appointment of EU Sales Manager and value-added reseller agreements with leading MS manufacturers in response to increased demand for RapidFire® mass spectrometry across Europe WOBURN, Mass.--BIOCIUS Life Sciences Inc., developers of the label-free RapidFire® high-throughput mass spectrometry platform, today announced that it has expanded its operations, opening a European office and naming [...]
New CEO heads up Bibby Scientific
May 12, 2010
Bibby Scientific makes a major appointment, announcing Dr James Heffernan as the new Chief Executive Officer from 17 May. With both geographical expansion and an active programme of new product development underway throughout the Jenway, Techne and Stuart ranges, Dr Heffernan joins Bibby Scientific at an exciting time in the company's history. James Heffernan holds [...]
Agilent Technologies Funds University College Dublin Newman Fellowship in Quantitative Proteomics
May 12, 2010
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & DUBLIN--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) and University College Dublin (UCD) today announced the appointment of Dr. Ben Collins as the Agilent Technologies Newman Fellow in Quantitative Proteomics at the UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research. “The University provides facilities for these talented and energetic Fellows and supports them academically during [...]
TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. Launches New Website and OligoBuilder(R)
May 12, 2010
SAN DIEGO -- TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. (TriLink), a key manufacturer of high quality oligonucleotides and nucleoside triphosphates, announced the launch of its new website and OligoBuilder® online oligonucleotide ordering system. TriLink's in-house marketing and design team utilized extensive user feedback and survey results to design a customer-centric website. The site renovation embodies TriLink's commitment to [...]
A2 Technologies Offers Portable FTIR for Field Site Analysis of Rock & Soil Samples
May 11, 2010
A2 Technologies now offers a family of portable handheld FTIR systems that are optimized for geoscience applications including the compositional analysis of rocks, minerals and soils. A2's Exoscan and FlexScan FTIR systems are battery powered, hand-held FTIR spectrometers that are proven for field applications. For years, use of FTIR spectroscopy has been applied to this [...]
Van Andel Research Institute to Utilize Aushon BioSystems’ Microarray Technology
May 11, 2010
2470 Arrayer to Help Accelerate Development of Accurate, Early Detection Blood Tests for Cancer BILLERICA, Mass.--Aushon BioSystems, Inc., a leading provider of advanced microarray instrumentation and laboratory services for biomarker discovery, development and analysis, announced today that the Van Andel Research Institute (VARI), part of the Van Andel Institute, will utilize the Aushon 2470 Arrayer [...]

