January 19, 2010
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS), today announced the sale of a Helicos® Genetic Analysis System to the Turku Centre for Biotechnology in Turku, Finland. The center, led by Dr. Riitta Lahesmaa, is a joint facility of the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University. “We are delighted to have the Turku Center as a [...]
Online Kinetex? Calculator Converts Methods to New Core-Shell Column Technology
January 19, 2010
Torrance, CA -- Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the manufacture of separation science consumables, announces a new web-based tool that quickly optimizes customer HPLC methods for use with the company's new Kinetex core-shell columns. The specific benefits to be gained by switching from fully-porous particle columns are also calculated. With the Kinetex Calculator, the [...]
OSI Systems Awarded Approximate $35 Million Contract
January 19, 2010
Installation of Baggage Handling and Inline Hold Baggage Inspection Systems Company To Act as Prime Contractor for Advanced Screening Technology, Baggage Handling and Related Civil Works at All Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico Airports HAWTHORNE, Calif.--OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS - News), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronics and services, today announced that its Security division, Rapiscan [...]
Zygo Corporation Names Chris Koliopoulos President and Chief Executive Officer
January 19, 2010
Industry Veteran with Track Record of Growth and Value Creation to Focus Immediately on Delivering Financial Improvement and Enhancing Shareholder Value Company Strengthens Core Product Line with Acquisition of Optical Metrology Provider MIDDLEFIELD, Conn.--Zygo Corporation ("ZYGO") (NASDAQ: ZIGO) today announced that Chris Koliopoulos, former President and CEO of ADE Corporation, has been appointed President and [...]
InDevR’s Virus Counter? to Streamline Vaccine Development
January 19, 2010
Boulder, Colorado -- InDevR, developer of advanced life science products, today announced the availability of the Virus Counter? for rapid virus quantification. The Virus Counter is a unique bio-analytical tool that enables scientists to measure virus particle concentration within minutes. Unlike conventional plaque titer assays, which take days to complete, the Virus Counter provides accurate [...]
Ricerca Announces Validation of Watson LIMS
January 19, 2010
CONCORD, Ohio--Ricerca Biosciences is pleased to announce the validation and implementation of the Watson Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for the company’s bioanalysis division. “This is a significant milestone for Ricerca’s bioanalytical division” The Watson LIMS system was developed with input from biopharmaceutical companies and is widely used within those organizations, as well as within [...]
Asylum Research Sets Annual and Quarterly Sales Records
January 19, 2010
Asylum Research, the technology leader for atomic force and scanning probe microscopy (AFM/SPM), announced today that it set new records for both orders and shipments in its fourth quarter and for the 2009 calendar year. The fourth quarter results exceeded Asylum’s record 2009 third quarter, where orders were more than half again greater than the [...]
January 19, 2010
Productive, Flexible Electronic Pipettor... Designed for laboratories looking for a productive and flexible electronic pipettor - the new six channel Voyager™ features a revolutionary mechanism that alters tip spacing at the press of a button. The 6 channel Voyager incorporates a small motor that moves the center-to-center tip spacing quickly and smoothly at any point [...]
University of Maryland School of Nursing Licenses GeneGo’s MetaCore Platform
January 19, 2010
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. -- GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of software and databases for systems biology, today announced that the University of Maryland School of Nursing has licensed its pathway analysis and knowledge mining suite MetaCore. The latest version, MetaCore 6.0 includes a new easy to use interface, with unique interactome analysis tools, simple searching [...]
Scarab Genomics Introduces its NEW White Glove IS Detection Kit
January 19, 2010
Detecting Transposable Insertion Sequence Elements MADISON, Wis.--Scarab Genomics has now launched the White Glove IS Detection Kit to test for the presence of transposable Insertion Sequence (IS) elements in a DNA of interest. Numerous IS elements are naturally present in the genomes of E. coli strains commonly used for protein and plasmid production, but are [...]

