Microdroplet-based PCR Enrichment for Large-Scale Targeted Sequencing
November 2, 2009
Paper Finds Microdroplet PCR Enrichment Is Ideal Targeted Sequencing Solution For Large-Scale Population Studies LEXINGTON, Mass. -- Data generated using microdroplet PCR technology as an enrichment method is particularly well suited for performing sequence-based association studies, according to a paper published today by researchers at the Scripps Translational Science Institute, the University of California, San [...]
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation Selects Symyx for High-Throughput Workflow
November 2, 2009
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX - News) today announced it has closed a deal with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp.) to supply a Zeolite Synthesis Workflow for research in energy and chemical development. This will be the first large-scale implementation of a high-throughput system by Symyx with a Chinese company. "The [...]
Institute for Systems Biology to Work With Complete Genomics
November 2, 2009
Large-Scale Huntington’s Disease Study - Project to Sequence an Unprecedented 100 Human Genomes in Just Six Months SEATTLE & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and Complete Genomics Inc. announced today that they are embarking on a large-scale human genome sequencing study of Huntington’s disease (HD). ISB has engaged Complete Genomics [...]
CRi Launches Advanced Tissue Image Analysis Software
November 2, 2009
Automated Image Processing Breakthrough Offers Speed and Ease-of-Use WOBURN, Mass. -- Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi), a leader in biomedical imaging, today announced the launch of inForm™, advanced image analysis software based on the company’s proprietary Machine Learning System (MLS). inForm solves biologists’ and cancer researchers’ challenging image analysis problems by combining fast and [...]
Smiths Detection Awarded $21.9 Million TSA Contract for Portable Liquid Scanners
November 2, 2009
RespondeR BLS Provides Quick and Accurate Analysis PINE BROOK, N.J. -- Smiths Detection today announces a $21.9 million delivery order from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to supply portable liquid detection scanners for its Bottle Liquid Scanner (BLS) program. The RespondeR BLS detectors, based on Smith Detection’s RespondeR RCI scanner, are tailored to meet specific [...]
PerkinElmer Proud to Back Winning Brawn GP Formula One Racing Team
November 2, 2009
WALTHAM, Mass. -- As an official technical partner of the Brawn GP Formula One racing team, PerkinElmer is proud to congratulate Brawn on its well-earned double victory in the 2009 FIA Formula One Constructors’ and Drivers’ World Championships (subject to official championship results to be published by the FIA). Advanced PerkinElmer instrumentation was used by [...]
Caliper Life Sciences Presents LabChip(R) Platform to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
November 2, 2009
Scientists from Pfizer, Amgen, and Biogen Idec Joined Caliper in Describing the Applicability of the Platform to New Drug Applications and Quality by Design Approaches HOPKINTON, Mass. -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP - News), a leading provider of life sciences tools, presented at a training session for reviewers from the United States Food [...]
ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. Files Notice of Intention
November 2, 2009
ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. Secures Up to $1.2 Million in Interim Financing in Connection With the Pursuit of Its Strategic Review Process and Files a Notice of Intention Under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. (ART) (TSX:ARA - News), a Canadian medical device company and a leader [...]
Pharsight Launches Phoenix NLME™
November 2, 2009
Continues to Build Next-Generation Platform for Model-Based Drug Development - Phoenix NLME 1.0 Lowers Barriers to Use of Population-Based Analyses ST. LOUIS -- Pharsight, a market-leading provider of software and scientific services to improve productivity and decision-making in clinical drug development, today announced the launch of Phoenix NLME (Nonlinear Mixed Effects), the next generation of [...]
Bioo Scientific Introduces a ELISA to Screen Food for Flumequine Contamination
November 2, 2009
Bioo Scientific has introduced the MaxDiscovery™ Flumequine ELISA kit that facilitates the testing process for this flumequine in food and feed samples. Flumequine is a first generation broad spectrum antibiotic which is used in veterinarian medicine for the treatment of enteric infections in domestic animals, poultry and fish which belongs to the quinolone family of [...]

