The Microplate Seal Piercer from Agilent Automation Solutions is a low cost automated microplate piercing station ideal for screening and compatible with a variety of seals and pin plates. Designed for productivity the Microplate Seal Piercer is able to accurately pierce a wide variety of seals on 96- or 384-well microplates in only 4 seconds [...]

Symyx Notebook 6.4 Accelerates Method Development and Collaborative Workflows SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX - News) today announced the release of Symyx Notebook 6.4., offering scientists improved support for method development, validation and execution in regulated and non-regulated analytical labs. This latest release of Symyx's electronic lab notebook (ELN) offers new cross-experiment referencing [...]

On Tuesday 8th December Portendo signed a distribution agreement with a local partner, Indianeye Security, to demonstrate and market the 'P.Eye standoff explosives trace detection system' throughout the region. As a part of the agreement Indianeye Security will be setting up the first ever P.Eye demonstration facility outside of Europe. Located in New Delhi, the [...]

HERCULES, CA--Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:BIO - News) and (NYSE:BIO.B - News), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, announced today that it has completed the purchase of certain diagnostics businesses of Biotest AG, including its diagnostics products in the areas of blood transfusion testing, transplantation, and infectious diseases for [...]

Invites Applications from Centers of Educational Excellence for the ‘Class of 2010’ HYDERABAD, India & GAITHERSBURG, Md.--Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading integrated genomics company, today announced the launch of its ‘Pioneers in Genomics Education – Class of 2010’ program. The intention of this program is to cement a strong industry-academia-industry relationship and provide cutting-edge genomic tools [...]

VANCOUVER--Response Biomedical Corporation (TSX: RBM, OTCBB: RPBIF) announced today that the Company has received a Notice of Allowance from the European Patent Office for the patent entitled “Sensitive Immunochromatographic Assay”, referred to as the “Fong Patent”. This critical patent protects key aspects of Response Biomedical’s lateral flow immunoassays conducted with the proprietary RAMP® testing platform. [...]

A proprietary chemical matrix for ambient temperature stabilization, transport and storage of purified RNA CARLSBAD, Calif. -- GenVault Corporation, the leader in ambient temperature biosample stabilization, announces the launch of GenTegra(TM) RNA. GenTegra(TM) RNA is an inert chemical matrix that inactivates trace RNase in the liquid phase, providing an added level of RNA stability during [...]

PHILADELPHIA -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will unveil a new LIMS solution within booth #2757 at PITTCON 2010, being held from February 28-March 5 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Under the theme "Connecting all of Science," the company will also showcase innovative new analytical instruments, [...]

REDWOOD CITY and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Fluidigm Corporation today announced a new initiative to apply Fluidigm's unique microfluidic tools to the analysis of tumor cell heterogeneity, including cancer stem cells. The collaboration will combine Fluidigm's advanced microfluidic platforms with OncoMed's proprietary cancer stem cell sorting technology to generate unique [...]

New Critical Dimension-Scanning Electron Microscope System Offers Semiconductor Manufacturers Increased Accuracy and Improved Yield SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE) today announced availability of its new SEM-based Critical Dimension (CD) measurement system for photomasks. The E3610 and E3620 advanced mask metrology tools, developed and manufactured by Advantest since 2004 on an OEM basis [...]