Helicos BioSciences Receives $1000 Genome Award
October 8, 2009
NHGRI's “$1000 Genome Sequencing Technology Development” Program supports Helicos’ technology initiatives CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS) announced today that it is the recipient of an award from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The two year grant, totaling $2.9 Million, is part of [...]
Knome Personal Genomics Service Expands
October 8, 2009
Knome Personal Genomics Service Expands to Include 93,000 Rare Mutations from the Human Gene Mutation Database Distributed by BIOBASE. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and WOLFENBÜTTEL, Germany--Knome, a recognized pioneer in the personal genomics industry, announced today that it is incorporating information from The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD® - Cardiff University, UK) distributed by BIOBASE, into its [...]
Neogen Forms Brazilian Subsidiary
October 8, 2009
LANSING, Mich. -- Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG - News) announced today the formation of a new subsidiary in Brazil, Neogen do Brasil (Neogen of Brazil). The new company, headquartered near Sao Paulo, will distribute Neogen's food safety products throughout Brazil. Neogen do Brasil was created to accelerate the success of Neogen products in Brazil, which [...]
Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies Elects Three Independent Directors
October 8, 2009
BILLERICA, Mass.--Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), today announced that the BEST board of directors has been expanded to include six members, including three newly elected independent directors. Brenda J. Furlong, Professor Dr.-Ing. Thomas Hartkopf and Christopher van Ingen, each of whom qualifies as an independent [...]
Combustion Ion Chromatography System for Analysis of Sulfur and Halogens in Complex Matrices
October 8, 2009
Sunnyvale, CA—Dionex, in cooperation with DIA Instruments (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation) and Cosa Instrument Corporation, is offering a fully automated combustion ion chromatography (CIC) system for the analysis of ionic contaminants, especially sulfur and halogens, in hard-to-analyze samples such as petrochemicals, viscous or non-aqueous industrial chemicals, and solid samples. These types of samples [...]
Transgenomic Signs Exclusive License
October 8, 2009
Transgenomic Signs Exclusive License for Cold-PCR Technology From the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Plans development of extremely high-sensitivity blood-based diagnostic applications of DNA mutation detection for cancer and other diseases OMAHA, Neb. -- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TBIO). The company announced today that it has licensed a high-sensitivity mutation detection technology called Cold-PCR from [...]
ICx Awarded Detect-To-Protect Contract for Mass Transit Security
October 8, 2009
IBAC™ Sensors to Provide Real Time Detection for Bio-Threat Pilot Program ARLINGTON, Va.-- ICx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: ICXT), a developer of advanced sensor technologies for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications, announced today that it has been awarded a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) contract to participate in a FY2010 mass transit security [...]
DiscoveRx and BioFocus Announce a Co-Marketing Agreement for GPCR Screening
October 8, 2009
FREMONT, Calif. -- DiscoveRx Corp. and BioFocus® announced today that they have signed a co-marketing agreement that allows BioFocus to perform screening on behalf of BioFocus’ customers using DiscoveRx PathHunter™ ß-Arrestin GPCR screening assay, HitHunter™ cAMP assays and associated cell lines. DiscoveRx has an industry leading portfolio of over 300 non-force coupled GPCR cell lines [...]
Rapid and efficient lysis of yeast cells
October 8, 2009
Available from amsbio - Zymolyase is a proprietary lytic enzyme mixture that offers superior and broad based biological activity across several genera of fungi including yeast. Purified from culture fluid of Arthrobacter luteus, Zymolyase offers strong lytic activity against living yeast cell walls to produce protoplast or spheroplast of various strains of yeast cells. In [...]
GE Scientists Demonstrate Proof of Concept for Faster, Low Cost DNA Sequencing
October 8, 2009
Wins 2nd round of funding from NHGRI to continue $1,000 genome research project - Research aims to reduce the cost and time of sequencing an entire human genome to

