Advanced Tools for Quantitative 3D Molecular Imaging, Bioluminescence and Fluorescence Spectral Unmixing of Small Animals HOPKINTON, Mass. -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP - News), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today introduced Living Image 4.0 software for IVIS® in vivo imaging systems. Living Image software [...]

Collaboartion to Develop Microchip Diagnostics Based on Engineered Peptides Partnership Represents the First Step in Realizing Potential Diagnostic Applications for C3-Jian Engineered Peptides, Acting as an Antibody Replacement, on the Matrix Sensors Platform PLEASANTON, CA-- C3-Jian, Inc. and Matrix Sensors, Inc. have announced a collaboration in which engineered peptides from C3-Jian will be used on [...]

Will Create Innovative New 'N-STORM' Microscope - New N-STORM Super Resolution microscope system exceeds traditional diffraction limits by an order of magnitude and is capable of 3D image acquisition MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Nikon Corporation, an innovator of advanced optical instruments, announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Harvard University granting Nikon the [...]

Motorized, Simultaneous 4-Channel Image Capture, Quick-Set Penetration Depth CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Olympus, the world leader in objective-based total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy, has announced another significant leap forward in multicolor TIRF imaging. The Olympus cell^TIRF™ illuminator offers four motorized channels for simultaneous image capture; intuitive, user-friendly software control of TIRF parameters; and instant [...]

Alliance for Extended Bioinformatics Support for Next Generation Sequencing Projects ALISO VIEJO, Calif. and STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics today announced the signing of an agreement to provide extended bioinformatics genomics services using SoftGenetics' NextGENe software for next-generation sequencing projects performed at Ambry. Anja Kammesheidt PhD, Ambry's CSO said, "Our team at [...]

MADISON, Wis.--A team of scientists from Iowa State University, the University of Florida, the University of Minnesota, and Roche NimbleGen (SWX:RO)(SWX:ROG)(Pink Sheets:RHHBY) have recently announced their research has uncovered a previously unknown level of diversity, complexity and structural variation in the maize genome as well as between strains of the crop. The results of this [...]

BERLIN, Germany & AARHUS, Denmark--Today, the leading provider of High-Throughput Sequencing analysis solutions, CLC bio, announced that they're collaborating with premier German sequencing service provider, imaGenes, to better support the fast growing German market of high-throughput sequencing analyses. imaGenes, will provide all customers receiving Next Generation Sequencing data with a temporary license for CLC Genomics [...]

John Senaldi Chosen to Lead Business Unit Focused on Automation R&D Tools and Solutions SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX - News) today announced the appointment of John Senaldi as senior vice president of Symyx and president of its High Productivity Research (HPR) business unit. Symyx HPR delivers premium microscale, parallel experimentation tools, along [...]

Malvern, UK: The Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system from Malvern Instruments (Malvern, UK) is proving to be an ideal research tool for advanced healthcare applications such as gene therapy and selective-target carrier molecules. University of Washington researchers say that accurate zeta potential and particle size measurements were critical to their successful development of fluorescent, tumour-targeting [...]

SEATTLE and BANGALORE, India -- Aditi Technologies, a leading provider of software product and application development services, today announced its strategic partnership with Microsoft BioIT Alliance to extend its services focus into Bioinformatics. This will allow players in this rapidly evolving industry to leverage Aditi's superlative product development capability, domain knowledge and best practices know-how. [...]