Smiths Detection Wins $1m US Grant to Develop Test for Sepsis-Related Pathogens
October 13, 2009
LONDON--Smiths Detection today announces the award of a $1m, two-year grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) to develop a rapid test for eight micro-organisms that commonly cause burn/wound infections leading to septicemia (blood-poisoning). The test will run on Smiths Detection’s Clinical Bio-Seeq System, designed to be used at Point of [...]
Porvair Sciences Ltd. Low Cost Disposable Reagent Reservoirs
October 13, 2009
Porvair Sciences Ltd. has announced a new range of low cost, disposable polystyrene reagent reservoirs. Optional lids help prevent reagent contamination and spillage as well as enabling reservoirs to be simply stacked economising on use of valuable bench space. Available in a choice of different sizes (25-50ml or 50-100ml) and formats (8 or 12 channels) [...]
SAFC Pharma Installs the Industry’s First Commercial Dual Wavelength X-Ray Diffractometer
October 13, 2009
Allows Increased Throughput for Challenging Single Crystal Analyses ST. LOUIS and MADRID -- CPhI -- SAFC Pharma®, a business segment of SAFC®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group (Nasdaq: SIAL - News), today announced that its Pharmorphix® Solid State Research Laboratories in Cambridge, UK, have installed a new single crystal X-ray diffraction system. The Oxford [...]
Simulations Plus Releases ClassPharmer™ Version 4.7
October 13, 2009
Numerous Data Mining and Drug Design Capabilities Added LANCASTER, Calif.--Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLP), a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, announces the release of ClassPharmer 4.7, the latest version of its state-of-the-art software used by pharmaceutical research scientists for analysis of chemical libraries and design of new molecular [...]
CAMO Software appoints BioImages Ltd as agent for Ireland & United Kingdom
October 13, 2009
CAMO Software is pleased to announce the appointment of BioImages Ltd as a strategic business partner based in Ireland. This partnership further highlights CAMO Software’s commitment to servicing key markets, with a targeted focus on the needs of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Oslo, Norway : CAMO Software, a leading supplier of multivariate analysis (MVA) [...]
October 13, 2009
International Stem Cell Corporation, Through Its Subsidiary Lifeline Cell Technology, Announces the Launch and Sale of New Products into the Human Cell Research Market OCEANSIDE, Calif.-- International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCO) (www.internationalstemcell.com), announces that it has launched fifteen new human cell culture products into the commercial research markets over the last twelve months through its [...]
Applied Biosystems Advances 21st Century Forensics with Innovative DNA Analysis Solutions
October 13, 2009
New Generation of Kits Delivers Faster Recovery of More DNA Results from a Wider Range of Samples CARLSBAD, Calif -- Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced a new generation of forensic DNA kits with chemistry reagents designed to address the increasing challenges facing 21st century forensic laboratories. The new AmpFℓSTR® Identifiler® [...]
DirectFRAP from Carl Zeiss answers questions on dynamics in live cell imaging
October 13, 2009
Analyzing fast processes in the cell Carl Zeiss has developed the DirectFRAP imaging system for all microscope users in cell biology and molecular genetics who examine processes in living cells on the basis of fluorescence-labeled proteins. Thanks to its operating principle and the photomanipulation in the wide field, DirectFRAP opens up the possibility of also [...]
Merck KGaA Acquires Bioscience Company in India
October 13, 2009
Darmstadt, Germany / Bangalore, India -- Merck KGaA announced today the acquisition of Bangalore Genei (India) Private Ltd. (BGIP) by its wholly owned subsidiary in India, Merck Specialities Private Ltd., from the Sanmar Group. By combining BGIP's activities with Merck's existing bioscience business, Merck will become one of the leading bioscience companies in India. BGIP [...]
NuGEN Invests in Larger State of the Art Facility
October 13, 2009
NuGEN Invests in Larger State of the Art Facility While Recruiting New Research Team to Prepare for Entry into NGS Market - New RNA-Seq Kit Debuts by Year End SAN CARLOS, Calif.--NuGEN Technologies, Inc., an innovator in genomic sample preparation, makes a dramatic entry into the next-generation sequencing (NGS) applications market with the strategic addition [...]

