ST. JOSEPH, Mich. -- GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today they have been awarded a $336K Phase I SBIR grant from the NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES for creating a novel type of predictive signatures for drug resistance. Under this project GeneGo will develop "regulation signatures" which should overcome many [...]

London, UK -- infoQuant Ltd, a leading provider of DNA copy number analysis software, announced today that it has joined the BioIT Alliance, a cross-industry group working together to improve biomedical information technology. The Alliance seeks to enable the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical, equipment manufacturing and software industries to share best practices and develop standards for [...]

Applications of Newly Added Molecular Detection Technology Include Point-of-Need Testing in Molecular Diagnostics and Applied Testing VENLO, The Netherlands -- QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it has acquired ESE GmbH, a privately held developer and manufacturer of UV and fluorescence optical measurement devices. ESE is based in Stockach, Germany. [...]

Agreement creates co-development relationship to produce advanced analytical laboratory equipment Lenno, Como and Wallingford, CT (PRWEB)-- An important agreement was signed today between Claind (https://www.claind.it/sito/introducing-claind.html), a 30-year old Italian manufacturer of gas generators, and Proton Energy Systems (https://www.protonenergy.com), a leading American company that produces on-site hydrogen generation systems. The agreement is a commercial and technological [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the availability of two Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Analyzers for simultaneous analysis of methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrous oxide (N2O) in air samples. The analyzers also can be used for soil gas analysis or plant breathing studies, where the samples contain CH4, N2O, and CO2. Both [...]

IONSCAN 500DT Provides ABLE Freight with Proven Security Screening for Air Cargo Including Temperature-Sensitive Items PINE BROOK, N.J.--Smiths Detection today announces that ABLE Freight Services has selected its IONSCAN 500DT explosives detection scanner to screen both domestic and international shipments as a key security deadline approaches. “We selected Smiths Detection’s IONSCAN 500DT because it’s a [...]

AMSBIO has announced the addition of the Oris™ Pro Cell Migration Assay to its range of 96-well cell exclusion zone assays for performing cell migration and cell invasion experiments. The new assay kit, that complements the popular Oris Cell Migration Assay, now enables researchers to save time and cost by using automated liquid handling equipment [...]

Acquisition Puts Beijing Genomics Institute on Path to Become World’s Largest Sequencing Facility SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced today that the BGI (formerly known as the Beijing Genomics Institute) has purchased 128 HiSeq 2000 sequencing systems, representing the largest single order for next-generation sequencing systems to date. Most of the units will be installed in [...]

12 January 2010: Malvern, UK: NatureWorks LLC, (Minnesota, US) a global leader in the bioplastics industry, is using a variety of material characterization tools from Malvern Instruments to accelerate product development and achieve market leading quality standards. NatureWorks is the world’s leading supplier, under the trade name Ingeo™, of polylactic acid, a high performance polymer [...]

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.--Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today announced its acquisition of MicroReactor Technologies, Inc. (MRT), a privately held U.S. biotechnology company. MRT has developed a reliable, easy-to-use and cost-effective miniature bioreactor technology platform. “Customers seek better tools for rapid process development and process monitoring. The addition of [...]