Affymetrix Launches New Platform for Next-Generation Genotyping
October 14, 2009
The Axiom™ Genotyping Solution Expands Content, Throughput, and Customizable Arrays on a Single Platform SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) today announced the launch of the Axiom Genotyping Solution, its next-generation array technology designed to match the significant rise in genetic content generated by government and privately funded sequencing projects. This high-throughput, automated platform enables researchers [...]
Cepheid Expands Leadership Team
October 13, 2009
Appointment of Executive Vice President of Worldwide Commercial Operations SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced that it has appointed Mr. Nicolaas ('Nico') Arnold to the position of Executive Vice President of Worldwide Commercial Operations, effective October 14, 2009. The addition of this role expands Cepheid's marketing and sales leadership, and is expected to [...]
Dolomite introduce the Mitos Resealable Chip Holder
October 13, 2009
A fully flexible microfluidic experimentation platform Royston, UK – Dolomite, a world leader in microfluidic design and manufacture, has introduced the Mitos Resealable Chip Holder. The Resealable Chip Holder has been designed to allow researchers complete flexibility in their cell culture and analysis, dielectrophoresis, impedance detection and biosensor detection. With eight fluidic and eight electrical [...]
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® [...]

