Roche Applied Science Announces CGX Arrays

Roche Applied Science Announces CGX Arrays Designed by Signature Genomics for Microarray-based Cytogenetic Analysis MADISON, Wis. -- Roche Applied Science (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) will announce the European and Asia Pacific launch of the NimbleGen CGX arrays for microarray-based cytogenetic analysis at a workshop series in four European cities and seven cities in Asia [...]

GE Healthcare Launches Human Fab Capture Kit

For screening and kinetic characterization of human Fab samples using Biacore™ systems Uppsala, Sweden – GE Healthcare announces the launch of the Human Fab Capture Kit for the reliable and rapid screening and characterization of human Fab antibody fragments with Biacore™ instruments. The kit is suitable for use with samples including crude cell lysates, periplasmic [...]

Gulf Fiberoptics Expands With New Photonics Division

Oldsmar, Florida -- Gulf Fiberoptics announced its entry into the Photonics industry by launching a line of fiber optic products and accessories. “We are very excited about our expansion into Photonics,” said Patrick Bennetts, President of Gulf Fiberoptics. “Our new line of specialty fiber optic patch cable assemblies and related application solutions for spectrometers and [...]

Microdroplet-based PCR Enrichment for Large-Scale Targeted Sequencing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 [...]

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