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. [...]

World's First Knockout Rat Developed Using Proprietary CompoZr ZFN(TM) Technology; 2009 Award Builds on 2008 CompoZr ZFN Win; Encompasses Proof of Concept ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) today announced that the world's first targeted knockout rat, made using its proprietary CompoZr(TM) Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) technology, has been ranked fifth in the [...]

SAN DIEGO -- Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM - News), today announced that Dr. Yves Ville has joined the company's Clinical Advisory Board. Dr. Ville is a prominent obstetrician-gynecologist and currently serves as professor and chairman of the department of obstetrics and fetal medicine at Necker-Enfants-Malades Hospital at the Paris Descartes University. (Logo: https://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040415/SQNMLOGO) "I am [...]

BioTek’s ELx405™ Microplate Bead Washer Accommodates Polystyrene and Magnetic Bead-Based Assays BioTek is pleased to announce that the popular ELx405 Microplate Washer is now available with vacuum filtration and biomagnetic separation modules to meet the growing demand for automated washing of microbead-based assays. Full 96- and 384-well microplate washing for bead-based assays, as well as [...]

Streamlining Research Into the Design of Vaccine Candidates for HIV and Anthrax; Captures IP for Re-Use and Improved Publications GUILDFORD, UK and BURLINGTON, MA -- IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of research data management and analytics solutions to R&D organizations, today announced that L'Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Proteines (IBCP), a principal research institute [...]

GIBBSTOWN, N.J.--Deon Vos has been named President and Managing Director of EMD Chemicals Inc. He succeeds Meiken Krebs, who will assume the position of Senior Vice President of Strategy, Organization and Business Processes, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (EMD Chemicals is a North American affiliate of Merck KGaA). These appointments will take effect on January 1, [...]