A $1.3 Million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund the next phase of research that is critical to global food security. BRANFORD, Conn.--A team of academic, government and industry researchers has completed a first draft of the cassava (Manihot esculenta) genome. The project is an important first step in accelerating the pace [...]

ForceRobot®300 system for single molecule force spectroscopy studies(pressebox) Berlin -- JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is happy to announce the latest member of their nanotechnology characterization systems family: the ForceRobot®300, the new standard in single molecule force spectroscopy. Force spectroscopy is a single molecule [...]

SC24 non-fouling combined pH sensor offers robust, low-maintenance process sensing for pH/ORP control applications Amersfoort, The Netherlands -- The new Yokogawa SC24 is a differential combined pH sensor intended for inline process control in applications involving aggressive and dirty solutions: for example, brine in chlorine manufacturing. The new sensor features a sealed glass reference cell [...]

Acclaimed multivariate software and training providers, CAMO Software, today announced the integration of its Unscrambler technology with Symbion’s Process Analytical Technology (PAT) software solutions for pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical industries. Woodbridge , NJ -- CAMO Software, a leading supplier of software for multivariate data analysis and design of experiments, today announced the successful integration of The [...]

RapidFire® Business Unit to Become BIOCIUS Life Sciences Inc. WOBURN, Mass -- BioTrove announced today that it is forming a wholly owned subsidiary named BIOCIUS Life Sciences to hold the assets of the RapidFire Business Unit. Upon completion of Life Technologies proposed acquisition of BioTrove, also announced today, BIOCIUS Life Sciences will be spun-out as [...]

SANTA FE, N.M. -- OpenEye Scientific Software, Inc., the developer of innovative molecular modeling and cheminformatics solutions for drug discovery, announced today the release of two new toolkits as part of its v1.7.2 general toolkit release: GraphSim TK, for performing 2D molecular similarity measurements, and MolProp TK, derived from OpenEye’s FILTER application, for the calculation [...]

Lentivirus-Based Gene Delivery Products for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) today announced that it has entered into an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement with Stemgent, Inc. to offer Stemgent's portfolio of lentivirus-based delivery systems for the generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. This agreement expands Sigma-Aldrich's [...]

Stratophase develops new SpectroSens Insertion Probe for real-time bioproduction monitoring - Collaboration with CPI leads to improved bioprocess efficiency Romsey, UK -- Stratophase, a specialist in real-time chemical and biochemical measurement and detection, has collaborated with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) to develop an Insertion Probe variant of its unique SpectroSens system. Enabling real-time [...]

New technology for the online analysis of complex organic gases Munich, Germany – Ascenion GmbH has acquired shares in Photonion GmbH, a start-up company founded by scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München together with two mid-sized companies, Airsense Analytics GmbH, Schwerin, Germany, and Tofwerk AG, Thun, Switzerland. Photonion’s mission is to develop and commercialize a [...]

Shepshed, LEICESTER, UK -- In a new paper published online in Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology by scientists from the University of York, UK, the thermo-reversible mountant CyGEL™ (www.biostatus.com) has been validated for imaging live parasites, demonstrated with Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania major. CyGEL™ proved quicker and simpler to use, with better reproducibility than agarose. Parasites [...]