January 21, 2010
Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Markets - Distribution and Contract Manufacturing Agreements Executed to Support Strategic Relationship and Increased Adoption of Complementary Products BOTHELL, Wash. and AUSTIN, Texas -- BioLife Solutions, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BLFS), a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of biopreservation tools for cells, tissues, and organs, and OriGen Biomedical, a leading [...]
Caliper Integrated Robotic System in TIME Magazine’s Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2009
January 21, 2010
'The Robot Scientist' First to Complete Experimentation Cycle without Human Involvement HOPKINTON, Mass. -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP), a leading provider of life sciences tools, announced today that TIME Magazine's no. 4 Top Scientific Discovery of 2009 included an integrated robotic system designed by Caliper's Automation, Consulting, Engineering, & Services (ACES) team. Conceived [...]
Molecular Genetics Core Facility at Children’s Hospital Boston Selects HybSelect from febit
January 20, 2010
febit’s HybSelectTM assay enables the targeted enrichment of genes for focused re-sequencing using Next Generation Sequencing Systems LEXINGTON, Mass. (USA), and HEIDELBERG, Germany -- The Molecular Genetics Core Facility (MGCF) at Children’s Hospital Boston chose febit’s HybSelect technology which will enable genetics researchers to conduct the highly economic targeted enrichment of genes of interest for [...]
Beckman Coulter Adds Streptamer* Technology To Cell-Sorting, Cell-Characterizing Lines
January 20, 2010
New method expands flow cytometry immune monitoring capabilities BREA, Calif. -- Beckman Coulter, Inc. now offers Streptamer technology, providing a novel method for the isolation and characterization of functional antigen-specific T-cells by fluorescence-activated or magnet-assisted cell sorting. Streptamer technology, manufactured by IBA GmbH, includes Ag-specific multimers available in a number of human alleles and mouse [...]
NIMBUS iProbe With Four Independent Pipetting Channels Delivers Flexibility in a Small Footprint
January 20, 2010
Reno, Nevada -- Hamilton Robotics announces the addition of the NIMBUS iProbe to its line of compact liquid handling workstations. The new NIMBUS iProbe features up to four independent channels that can be configured with any combination of 1 ml or 5 ml pipetting heads. The new instrument provides flexible pipetting choices to and from [...]
Taconic Enters Into Marketing and Distribution Agreement With Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals
January 20, 2010
Expands Knockout Repository to Include Valuable Rat Models HUDSON, NY--Taconic, one of the largest laboratory rodent providers in the world, announced it has entered into an agreement to market and distribute proprietary knockout rat models produced by Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. The agreement expands the diverse line of models Taconic offers to investigators and complements the [...]
Novus Energy Selects Siemens for Biochemical Production Plants
January 20, 2010
ATLANTA - Siemens Industry, Inc. today announced that it has been selected by Novus Energy to supply the full scope of electrification, Simatic® PCS 7 process automation and instrument measurement technologies for three new biochemical production facilities. Now in the design phase of development, the facilities will convert various agricultural residues into green fuel, clean [...]
Winners of GE Healthcare’s IN Cell Image Competition announced
January 20, 2010
Science transformed into art: Stunning high-definition images of the inner working of cells GE Healthcare announced the winners of this year’s IN Cell Image Competition at the High Content Analysis (HCA) Conference in San Francisco, USA. Each of the three regional winners, from Asia, Europe and North America, has won a trip to New York [...]
ChromaDex Announces the Addition of a New Powerful Analytical Instrument
January 20, 2010
IRVINE, Calif. -- ChromaDex Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CDXC), a world leader in the development of phytochemical and botanical reference standards, announced the addition of a new Agilent 6520 Quadrupole Time-of-Flight (Q-TOF) Mass Spectrometer to its lineup of analytical capabilities. Controlled by the Agilent MassHunter software, this unit provides unparalleled mass accuracy, mass resolution, sensitivity, [...]
NT-MDT Co. Becomes the General Contractor of the Russian Government in Nanoeducation
January 20, 2010
The installation of NANOEDUCATOR in educational institutions under the Russian Government contract began in 2008. The idea went from the Ministry of Education and Science who devoted funds to this large-scale project and brought it to life. And since then tens and hundreds of Russian students have had the real opportunity to enter the nanoscale [...]
