Hitachi Software and OriGene Technologies Announce Collaboration

SAN FRANCISCO and ROCKVILLE, Md. -- -- Hitachi Software Engineering America, Ltd. (Hitachi Software) and OriGene Technologies, Inc. (OriGene) today announced a co-marketing agreement to jointly promote OriGene's multiplex assays built on Luminex xMAP®/Bio-Plex technology and Hitachi Software's MasterPlex® software suite for analysis and reporting of multiplex assay data. According to the agreement, OriGene will [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs Agreement to Acquire Fermentas

WALTHAM, Mass.--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fermentas International Inc. – a manufacturer and global distributor of enzymes, reagents and kits for molecular and cellular biology research – for $260 million in cash, subject to a post-closing adjustment. [...]

IntegenX, Inc. Appoints Debi Frost to Vice President of Operations

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- IntegenX, Inc. today announced the appointment of Debi Frost as Vice President of Operations. Ms. Frost will be responsible for the company's operational organization and infrastructure, and will report to Stevan Jovanovich, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of IntegenX. Prior to joining IntegenX, Ms. Frost earned positions of increasing operational responsibility [...]

GE Healthcare Launches DeCyder 2D 7.1 SPN Software for Enhanced Host Cell Protein (HCP) Quantitation and Characterization

Increases efficiency of process development and scale up stages GE Healthcare has launched DeCyder 2D 7.1 SPN software, specifically designed to support 2-D DIGE for the characterization and quantitation of Host Cell Proteins (HCPs). HCP profiling is a critical Quality Assurance parameter associated with product safety during biopharmaceutical processing. The software package offers an antibody-independent [...]

Applied BioCode Has Been CE Certified for Its Barcoded Magnetic Beads Multiplex Testing System

CE Certified Barcoded Magnetic Beads System with 128-plex Capabilities Readies for International Market Expansion SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif.--Applied BioCode, Inc. announced that its BioCode-1000 Analyzer has been CE Certified under the compliance of Laboratory Equipment Standards EN55011, EN61010-1, EN61326-1, IEC61010, EN61000-3-2, and EN61000-3-3. The CE Certified marking that the BioCode-1000 Analyzer has met all relevant [...]

Roche’s Newly Launched Next-Generation DNA Sequencer

GS Junior Benchtop System Expected to Accelerate Research in Life Sciences and Human Health BRANFORD, Conn. & BASEL, Switzerland--Roche (Pink Sheets:RHHBY) (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG), announced today the global launch of the GS Junior System, the company’s new benchtop next-generation DNA sequencing platform for life science research. The GS Junior System, developed by 454 Life Sciences, a [...]

Senator Leahy Visits BioTek to Celebrate Manufacturing Milestone

WINOOSKI VT, USA — Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy visited BioTek Instruments on April 26, 2010 to mark the manufacture and shipment of the 1000th Galileo Echo automated blood testing instrument. The Galileo Echo is used in blood banks and hospital laboratories to accurately type and sub-type blood for transfusion, and is designed and manufactured by [...]

Kaiser Announces the RamanRxn2 TM 1000 Analyzer

ANN ARBOR, MI -- Kaiser is pleased to announce the release of the RamanRxn2? 1000 Raman analyzer. The RamanRxn2? 1000 analyzer provides the fluorescence rejection of a FT-Raman spectrometer but with the ease of fiber-optic interfacing of a dispersive Raman analyzer. Using 1000 nm excitation is a compromise between fluorescence rejection and detection sensitivity. For [...]

BioTime Adds Five New Stem Cell Lines to Its Product Portfolio

ALAMEDA, Calif.--BioTime, Inc. (AMEX:BTIM) announced today that on June 1, 2010 the Company will be offering for sale five new human stem cell lines for research use only. These cell lines were developed using BioTime’s ACTCellerate™ technology. These highly purified, novel, and scalable cell lines are embryonic progenitors, meaning that they are intermediate between human [...]

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Announces R&D Agreement With the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)

Initial Data on Pressure-Enhanced Processing and Analysis of FFPE Tissue Presented at the Symposium on High Pressure at Harvard Medical School SOUTH EASTON, Mass. -- -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO - News) ("PBI" and the "Company") today announced that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement ("CRADA") with the Armed Forces Institute of [...]

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