The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Uses IDBS
October 21, 2009
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Uses IDBS to Improve Understanding of Childhood Diseases Translational Research Solution Delivers Fast Analysis of Clinical and Genomic Data for Diabetes, Asthma, Autism, and Brain Cancer Studies GUILDFORD, UK and CAMBRIDGE, MA -- IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of research data management and analytics solutions to R&D organizations, today announced [...]
Institute for Systems Biology & Agilent Technologies Announced a Collaboration
October 21, 2009
Institute for Systems Biology, Agilent Technologies to Build MRM Atlas for Quantification of All Human Proteins SEATTLE & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced a collaboration to create the Human Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM) Atlas, a comprehensive resource designed to enable scientists to perform quantitative analysis [...]
Combimatrix Molecular Diagnostics Strengthens Management Team
October 21, 2009
MUKILTEO, Wash. -- CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX - News) announced today that Mr. Chris Emery and Dr. Lony Lim have joined its wholly owned subsidiary, Combimatrix Molecular Diagnostics (CMDX), as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Operations, respectively. The tandem will use their extensive laboratory diagnostics services expertise to help implement the company's strategic initiatives [...]
INTEGRA Accurate Handheld Micro to Millilitre Liquid Handling
October 21, 2009
INTEGRA has announced that it is now able to offer a complete range of handheld pipetting systems offering accurate liquid handling from 0.5µl to 100ml. Proven in over one hundred thousand installations worldwide the PIPETBOY pipettor range sets a high benchmark for ease-of-use, reliability, build quality, performance and operational safety. Each PIPETBOY pipettor can be [...]
Illumina Announces Roadmap to Five Million Variants for Next-Generation Whole-Genome Genotyping
October 21, 2009
HONOLULU -- At the 59th annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced its 2010 roadmap for the Infinium whole-genome genotyping platform, offering products capable of analyzing up to five million (5M) variants per sample. As part of this announcement, Illumina outlined an ongoing collaboration with leading researchers to [...]
Zygo Announces Leadership Transition Plan
October 21, 2009
MIDDLEFIELD, CT -- Zygo Corporation (NASDAQ:ZIGO - News) today announced that Chief Executive Officer J. Bruce Robinson, 67, will be retiring after leading the Company for over ten years. Mr. Robinson plans to transition from his current role as CEO and director into a non-director consulting position with ZYGO. The transition is expected to occur [...]
Protein Discovery and New Objective Announce Strategic Co-Marketing Collaboration
October 21, 2009
KNOXVILLE, TN and WOBURN, MA -- Protein Discovery, Inc. and New Objective, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a strategic co-marketing and development agreement designed to enable and expand key applications for intact protein analysis using mass spectrometry ("top down" proteomics). The companies intend to co-market their respective product lines focused on "sample [...]
Life Technologies SOLiD™ 3 Plus System
October 21, 2009
Life Technologies Delivers Enhanced Next-Generation Genomic Analysis Technology for Large-Scale Resequencing Projects - SOLiD™ 3 Plus Enables Higher Throughput, Decreased Cost, and Faster Data Analysis on Life Science Industry’s Most Accurate Sequencing Platform CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announced the commercial availability of the SOLiD™ 3 Plus System, [...]
GE Launches $250 Million Healthymagination Fund
October 21, 2009
New equity investment fund to invest in high potential healthcare technology companies; Supports GE’s global Healthymagination initiative, focusing on cost, access and quality. Fairfield, CT, USA – GE (NYSE: GE) announced today the formation of the “GE Healthymagination Fund”, a new equity fund that will make investments in highly promising healthcare technology companies. The fund [...]
Carl Zeiss Introduces Barrier-Breaking Superresolution Microscope Systems
October 21, 2009
Resolution Beyond the Diffraction Limit JENA/Germany, CHICAGO/Illinois/USA -- Carl Zeiss is launching new systems for optical sectioning during the annual Society for Neuroscience’s Neuroscience 2009 meeting to be held in Chicago from October 17th to October 21st. The ELYRA product family features several new superresolution microscopy methods and significantly expands the application of light microscopy [...]

