Life Technologies Completes Acquisition of BioTrove

CARLSBAD, Calif.--Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of BioTrove, Inc. for an undisclosed amount. BioTrove’s primary technology is the OpenArray® platform, a high throughput gene expression and genotyping analysis system based on a flexible array format that enables researchers to [...]

Helicos BioSciences Corporation Announces $6.4 Million Registered Direct Offering

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS) announced today that it has priced a registered direct offering of 6.4 million units, at a price of $1.00 per unit, for gross proceeds of $6.4 million before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. Each unit consists of one share of the company’s common stock and [...]

National Cancer Institute Selects Zecotek’s Tunable Green Fiber Laser for Applications in Flow Cytometry

Singapore -- Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt: W1I.F), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that the National Cancer Institute, a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), has selected its proprietary Tunable Green Fiber Laser (TGFL) for research in flow cytometry. The TGFL is [...]

Picarro Expands the World’s Leading Technology for Greenhouse Gas and Water Cycle Research

Three New Additions - New CRDS Analyzers Offer Nitrous Oxide, GHG Flux and Water Vapor Measurement Capabilities with Industry-Leading Portability, Ease of Use and Performance SAN FRANCISCO--AGU Meeting, Booth #229 Picarro, Inc., the maker of the world's highest performing and easiest to use gas analyzers, today announced an expanded line-up of greenhouse gas (GHG) analyzers [...]

ASPEX Kicks Off Free ‘Send Us Your Sample’ Microscopy Campaign

PITTSBURGH -- Ever wonder what something looks like up close and personal? ASPEX wants your samples! ASPEX, makers of the Personal Scanning Electron Microscope (PSEM), kicked off its "Send Us Your Sample" campaign, encouraging people to send in samples to be scanned by one of their PSEMs. The PSEM has a scan range of 100nm [...]

Picarro Introduces Fully Automated and Integrated System for Bulk 13C Analysis

Picarro CM-CRDS Reduces the Time and Cost of Isotopic Analysis in Food Safety & Authentication, Botanical Origin, Plant Science, Soil Science and Pharmaceutical Quality Control Applications SAN FRANCISCO--AGU Meeting (Booth #229) Picarro, Inc., the maker of the world's highest performing and easiest to use gas analyzers, today announced that it will debut the Picarro Combustion [...]

IDBS Named in Leading Analyst Research on Interactive Visualization for Business Intelligence

GUILDFORD, UK and BURLINGTON, MA--IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of research data management and analytics solutions to R&D organizations, today announced that it has been included in a recent research report from Gartner, "Who's Who in Interactive Visualization for BI," by James Richardson, published November 13, 2009. According to Gartner, "interactive visualization helps business intelligence [...]

Dr. Robert Langer Joins Millipore’s Board of Directors

Eminent MIT scientist brings wealth of expertise in Life Science research markets BILLERICA, Mass.--Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL), a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, today announced that Dr. Robert S. Langer has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Daniel Bellus, a Millipore director since 2000, [...]

Picarro Introduces Liaison™ Universal Interface

New Interface Connects Picarro Isotopic Carbon Analyzers to a Broad Range of Commercially-Available Sample Preparation Front-Ends; Delivers Unprecedented Ease of Use and Low Cost of Ownership Compared to IRMS SAN FRANCISCO--AGU Meeting, (Booth #229) Picarro, Inc., the maker of the world's highest performing and easiest to use gas analyzers, today announced that it will debut [...]

Idaho Technology Issues License to Kapa Biosystems, Inc.

SALT LAKE CITY--Idaho Technology, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Kapa Biosystems, Inc., covering reagents or methods using SYBR® Green I technology and melting curve analysis for real time PCR. This extends Idaho Technology’s ongoing program to license its broad and valuable intellectual property portfolio in cooperation with Roche Diagnostics GmbH. The agreement follows [...]

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