LifeSensors, Inc. Launches their Ubiquitin Pathway Enzymes Assay Kits Licensed from Progenra, Inc. MALVERN, Pa.--LifeSensors, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in protein expression technologies and ubiquitin pathway research tools and protein microarrays, announced today the launch of their CHOP2 Reporter assay kits for deubiquitylases (DUBs) and the imminent launch of their ubiquitin ligase assay kits. [...]

RI Research Instruments GmbH Awarded Contract for Production of 86 Superconducting Accelerator Cavities for ARRA-Funded 12 GeV Upgrade of the DOE Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--RI Research Instruments, a majority-owned subsidiary of Bruker Advanced Supercon, Inc., today announced the award of an approximately $6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Energy’s [...]

BioTek Instruments has appointed Millennium Science Pty. Ltd., as their official distributor in New Zealand. Millennium now retains responsibility for sales and support of the entire BioTek line of microplate-based instrumentation and software across the Tasman. “Millennium has a strong focus on applications with expert technical sales and support. They are a natural fit for [...]

CAMBRIDGE, England--Linguamatics, a leader in enterprise text mining for the life science and other markets, today announced that AstraZeneca, a customer of Linguamatics since 2003, has extended its license to the I2E semantic knowledge-discovery platform with a further multi-year deal. I2E provides flexible and scalable enterprise text mining within AstraZeneca’s knowledge engineering strategy, and supports [...]

American Science and Engineering, Inc. Receives $8.6 Million Follow-on Order for Z Portal Screening Systems from Abu Dhabi Customs High-Throughput, Multi-View Inspection Systems to Scan Vehicles on Strategic Border Crossing BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASEI) (AS&E®), a leader in X-ray detection technology, announced today it has received a $8.6 million follow-on order [...]

Millipore to Distribute BioTime’s Novel ACTCellerate™ Human Progenitor Cells ALAMEDA, Calif.--BioTime, Inc. (OTCBB:BTIM) today announced that Millipore Corporation and BioTime’s subsidiary Embryome Sciences, Inc., have entered into a co-marketing agreement whereby Millipore will become a worldwide distributor of ACTCellerate™ human progenitor cell lines. Derived from human embryonic stem cells but not fully differentiated into specific [...]

Cell Signaling Technology® (CST) Acquires BIOKÉ, B.V. and Expands Operations to Europe DANVERS, Mass.--Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. (CST), a leading manufacturer and distributor of antibodies and related reagent products for biomedical research, announced today that it has acquired all the shares of BIOKÉ, B.V., the company’s current distributor of its research products in the Benelux [...]

ZyGEM Releases Data Confirming Its prepGEM(R) Bacteria Kit Is a Simple, Universal Method for Extracting DNA from Different Bacteria Species --New Application Note Documents that prepGEM(R) Bacteria Kit's Rapid and Reliable DNA Extraction Works with Multiple, Mixed and Unknown Bacteria Species-- --Applications include Drug Discovery & Development, Infectious Disease Diagnostics and Vaccine Production & QC-- [...]

Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation to Protect Archived DNA Using Biomatrica's Room Temperature Storage SAN DIEGO, July 8 -- Biomatrica today announced that the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) will use Biomatrica's SampleMatrix room temperature storage technology to archive its DNA samples. SMGF will use the SampleMatrix technology in place of ultra-low-temperature freezers for the long-term [...]

Variable pressure mode extends analytical capabilities CAMBRIDGE/UK, OBERKOCHEN/Germany - Today, Carl Zeiss launches SIGMA VP, which adds variable pressure technology to the range of SIGMA field emission scanning electron microscopes (FE-SEM). Featuring the Carl Zeiss GEMINI® column, proven VP technology and a design with analytical accessories in mind, the SIGMA VP provides a comprehensive analytical [...]