ABBOTT PARK, Ill. -- PRNewswire-FirstCall -- Abbott's Ibis technology for detecting and characterizing a vast array of microorganisms has been named one of the top innovations in 2009 by The Scientist magazine. A panel of expert judges evaluated a broad range of life science technologies to determine the year's top innovations, with the winners unveiled [...]

PLEASANTON, Calif. --PRNewswire-- The new position of Executive Vice President, Commercial Affairs at Microchip Biotechnologies, Inc. has been taken up by Howard Goldstein, a biotech lab systems executive with more than 30 years of experience creating and managing life science product organizations. Mr. Goldstein will direct Microchip Biotechnologies' marketing, business development, sales and customer service [...]

Asslar, Germany -- Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG announces the signing of a contract to acquire Trinos Vakuum-Systeme GmbH of Göttingen, Germany. Under the terms of the agreement, Pfeiffer Vacuum will acquire 100 percent of the shares in Trinos effective January 1, 2010. The purchase price will be financed in cash. Confidentiality has been agreed regarding [...]

BERLIN--At the KMIS meeting (Klinisch-Mikrobiologisch-Infektiologisches Symposium) on Dec. 3-5, 2009 in Berlin, Bruker Daltonics announces a framework agreement with Synlab (www.synlab.de) concerning molecular microbial identification based on MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Synlab is a European private diagnostic laboratory association, and Bruker Daltonics is the worldwide leading provider of mass spectrometry-based microorganism identification solutions. Synlab currently has [...]

GOLDEN, Colo.--Vitro Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCBB: VODG), dba Vitro Biopharma, announced the filing of a new United States patent application entitled “POU5-F1 Expression in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells” and the development of new technology related to generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS). IPS technology allows the use of reprogrammed adult cells to achieve properties [...]

Woburn, MA -- Nova Analytics Corporation is pleased to announce the acquisition of Aanderaa Data Instruments AS (www.aanderaa.com) a Norwegian business, through its subsidiary, Nova Analytics Deutschland GmbH. Aanderaa designs, manufactures, and sells sensors, instruments, and systems for measuring and monitoring in the most demanding environments. From their headquarters in Bergen, Norway, Aanderaa primarily focuses [...]

HybSelect’s target region enrichment enables cost-effective, automated and massively parallel sequencing for target regions from the genome LEXINGTON, Mass. and HEIDELBERG, Germany -- febit’s HybSelect has been recognized as one of the winners of the “Top 10 Innovations of 2009” by The Scientist magazine. The company’s automated sequence capture technology for high-throughput sequencing was selected [...]

World’s First 1000 MHz NMR Spectrometer Now Offers New Research Capabilities to European Scientists, Following its Successful Installation at CRMN in Lyon, France LYON, France--Bruker BioSpin has successfully completed the installation of the world’s first 1000 MHz ultra-high field NMR AVANCE™ spectrometer at the Centre de Resonance Magnétique Nucléaire à Très Hauts Champs (CRMN) in [...]

Combined Optical/AFM Technology for Nano-biotechnologists Belfast, Northern Ireland -- Andor Technology plc (Andor), a world leader in scientific imaging, spectroscopy and microscopy solutions, today announced the support for all Andor imaging EMCCD cameras within JPK Instruments AG’s (JPK) products for nano-biotechnology. With the addition of support for Andor’s high-performance EMCCD cameras to the JPK software, [...]

The First Sample Preparation Solution for RNA-Seq Enabling a Complete Understanding of the Transcriptome From Picograms of Total RNA SAN CARLOS, Calif.--NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a pace-setter in genomic sample preparation, enters the next generation sequencing (NGS) market today with its Ovation RNA-Seq System, a revolutionary method of sample preparation that broadens research horizons with a [...]