Thermo Fisher Scientific LIMS Solution Selected by Leading Argentinean Water Processing Company
November 17, 2009
AySA to Standardize on Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS PHILADELPHIA -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that Aguas y Saneamientos Argentinos (AySA), a water and waste water company serving the City of Buenos Aires and its suburban areas, has selected Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS (laboratory information management system) to [...]
Helicos BioSciences Announces the Sale of a Helicos® Genetic Analysis System
November 17, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS), today announced the sale of a Helicos® Genetic Analysis System to a collaborative Dutch research group led by the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), further including the medical centers of Amsterdam (AMC) Groningen (UMCG) and Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) and funded by a grant from NWO, the Netherlands Organization of [...]
High Diagnostic Potential for Indication Specific Biomarkers
November 17, 2009
Dortmund, Germany and New Jersey, USA -- The 1st user meeting on protein arrays in clinical applications was organized by Protagen, Germany, and focused on the increasing relevance of new markers and marker panels for drug development and therapy. Especially the potential of Protagen’s UNIarray® platform technology for identification and validation of reliable biomarkers for [...]
Eurofins MWG Operon Joins Roche NimbleGen’s Certified Service Provider Program
November 17, 2009
MADISON, Wis.--Roche NimbleGen (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) is pleased to announce that Eurofins MWG Operon, an Ebersberg, Germany-based company, has officially become a Certified Service Provider (CSP) for NimbleGen Sequence Capture. They will provide services for NimbleGen Titanium Optimized Sequence Capture coupled with sequencing services from 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company. Eurofins MWG [...]
High Volume Microplate for Sensitive Photometric Assays from Porvair Science Ltd.
November 17, 2009
With a well volume of 3.1ml the Krystal 24 from Porvair Science Ltd. is the microplate of choice for screening applications that require high sensitivity combined with photometric accuracy and repeatability. In addition the Krystal 24's large surface area per well makes the tissue culture treated version of the plate perfect for cell growth applications. [...]
Olink Bioscience Acquires Patents for Rolling Circle Amplification
November 16, 2009
Uppsala, Sweden -- Olink Bioscience have today announced that they have expanded their patent portfolio within the field of rolling circle amplification by acquir-ing a family of three patents from the Danish biotech company In Situ RCP A/S. The acquired portfolio contains patents relevant to target primed rolling circle amplification and methods for amplification of [...]
November 16, 2009
LAFAYETTE, Colo. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa has become the newest member of the RNAi Global initiative – an alliance of Thermo Fisher and leading international research centers. The CSIR, based in Pretoria, has several [...]
CambridgeSoft Announces Investment by Health Evolution Partners and Goldman Sachs
November 16, 2009
New Investment Allows Expanded Services to Life Sciences Market CAMBRIDGE, MA -- CambridgeSoft Corporation announced today that it has completed a private equity investment by Health Evolution Partners and a follow-on investment by Goldman Sachs. CambridgeSoft is a leading supplier of discovery, collaboration, and knowledge management research IT enterprise solutions, desktop software, scientific databases and [...]
Bruker Appoints Bernd Gewiese and Werner Maas as Co-Presidents of its Bruker BioSpin Division
November 16, 2009
BILLERICA, Mass.--Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced that it has appointed Dr. Bernd Gewiese and Dr. Werner Maas as Co-Presidents of its Bruker BioSpin division, with an effective date of February 1st, 2010. Presently, both are serving as Executive Vice Presidents of Bruker BioSpin. Frank Laukien, Bruker’s President and CEO, commented: “As Bruker approaches its [...]
FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization to Roche´s Assay for 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus
November 16, 2009
PENZBERG, Germany--Roche`s (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) RealTime ready Influenza A/H1N1 Detection Set for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Roche kit detects RNA from the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus and allows rapid and accurate identification of patients infected with [...]

