SQI Diagnostics Announces Development Deal with Silliker for Multiplexed Botulism Panel

Toronto, Canada -- SQI Diagnostics Inc. (TSX-Venture: SQD), a medical systems automation company focused on evolving laboratory-based biomarker testing, today announced that it has entered into a development agreement with Silliker, Inc., a leading internationally accredited company dedicated to improving nutrition, food safety and quality, for the commercialization of a botulism toxin panel that will [...]

Life Technologies Advances Gene Regulation Research With MAGic™ Sample Processor

Debut of Life Science Industry’s First Benchtop Proteomic and Epigenetic Sample Preparation System MAGic™ Sample Processor Eliminates Manual Methodologies, Increases Productivity CARLSBAD, Calif.--Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today debuted the life science industry’s first benchtop sample preparation system designed to increase productivity while eliminating manual and contamination-related challenges traditionally associated with protein and epigenetic protocols. The [...]

AMETEK Anticipates Strong First Quarter

INCREASES FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS GUIDANCE TO $0.53 - $0.54 PER DILUTED SHARE --Raises Full Year 2010 Estimate to $2.20 to $2.28 per Diluted Share-- PAOLI, Pa. -- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME - News) today announced it expects its first quarter results to substantially exceed its prior guidance. The Company now expects first quarter diluted earnings per [...]

Vanderbilt University is 100th Facility to Install Genetix’ ClonePix FL

System will be used to support antibody and recombinant protein services New Milton, Hampshire, UK -- Genetix, a leading provider of solutions for imaging and image analysis, announces that Vanderbilt Monoclonal Antibody Core (VMAC), Vanderbilt University, has become the 100th facility to purchase its ClonePix™ FL system. Used for screening and selection of secretory cell [...]

IDT earns ISO 9001:2008 Certification at its European Oligonucleotide Production Headquarters

Worldwide certification of quality systems at all manufacturing operations completed LEUVEN, Belgium -- Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, today announced that the production processes for synthetic oligonucleotides at its European headquarters in Leuven, Belgium have achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification. All three IDT oligonucleotide facilities (Coralville, Iowa, San Diego, California, and [...]

Affymetrix Launches Axiom Genome-Wide ASI Array For Maximized Coverage of East Asian Populations

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced the launch of the Axiom™ Genome-Wide ASI Array, the first commercial product to provide maximum power for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in East Asian populations. This array is the second catalog release for the Axiom™ Genotyping Solution, which includes a suite of population-optimized arrays for genomic studies that [...]

Fluidigm Releases Access Array™ System Amplicon Tagging Protocol for Sequencing with 454 GS FLX Titanium Series Reagents

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Fluidigm Corporation today announced the release of a protocol for the Access Array™ System that enables sequencing of amplicon libraries using GS FLX Titanium Series reagents on the 454 GS FLX sequencing system. The Access Array integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) automatically generates emPCR-ready libraries by simultaneously combining 48 samples and 48 primer [...]

HighRes Biosolutions Fortifies Applications Team

Boston, MA -- HighRes Biosolutions, the leader in laboratory automation solutions for life science, announced today that it has hired Chris Pacheco, Ph.D, as Director of Life Science Technologies. Dr. Pacheco joins HighRes from Dr. Susan Lindquist’s lab at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT. Dr. Pacheco brings with him over a decade [...]

PerkinElmer’s New Western Lighting™ Ultra Kits Illuminate Western Blotting Detection

Global leader in reagent solutions enables highest confidence in detection of protein expression for the investigation of new drug candidates for critical disease states ANAHEIM, Calif.--At FASEB 2010 in Anaheim, California today, PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, announced the launch of its Western Lighting™ [...]

Porvair Expands Production of Vyon™ Sintered Porous Plastics

Porvair Filtration Group (Wrexham, UK) has starting manufacturing its high quality Vyon™ sintered porous plastics range at its US facility in Ashland, Virginia. The expansion of Vyon production is in response to increased demand and in order to enhance supply and support for OEM users in North America and Asia. Available in sheet, tube, and [...]

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