WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments and their Green Team have been recognized by the Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) as winners of the 2009 Waste Reduction Award. This annual award was presented to BioTek for their company-wide efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle including: - Reuse of shipping materials when shipping parts to vendors [...]

University of Lódz invests in the unique Cellaxess®HT System for research on multidrug resistance genes in cancer Gothenburg, Sweden, July 22, 2009 — Cellectricon, a leading provider of cell-based screening solutions for research and drug discovery, today announced its collaboration with University of Lódz, Poland. Under the agreement University of £ódŸ invests in Cellaxess®HT, the [...]

Translume, Inc. announced today that it has launched new models of its fused silica microfluidic chips for bio, medical and chemical applications. In response to overwhelming demand, Translume's microfluidic chips now include embedded, graduated reticles for convenient measurement. The company has already received several advance orders from major corporations and research institutions from around the [...]

Strategic Diagnostics' RapidChek SELECT Salmonella System Awarded AOAC Emergency Response Validation Program Certification for Peanut Butter SDI’s Proprietary Phage-Based Media Offers Detection in 24 Hours to Help Improve Food Safety Programs NEWARK, Del.--Strategic Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ:SDIX - News), a leading provider of biotechnology-based detection solutions for food safety and life science applications, today announced that [...]

Genomic Medicine Institute Adds Seven Additional Illumina Genome Analyzers to Expand Capacity for Asian 100 Genome Project SEOUL, Korea--Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the Genomic Medicine Institute (GMI) at Seoul National University College of Medicine in Korea, purchased seven additional Illumina Genome AnalyzerIIx sequencing systems, expanding the capacity of their recently established Asian Genome Center [...]

Idaho Technology Receives $3.6M Grant to Further Develop Diagnostic Medical Testing Platform for Underserved Populations SALT LAKE CITY--Idaho Technology, Inc. has been awarded $3.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to further develop the Point-of-Care FilmArray™ (POC FilmArray), a clinical diagnostic testing platform designed for underserved populations including the urban poor and rural communities. [...]

DNA Software, Inc. Awarded $2.5 M in NIH Funding to Develop Pioneering Nucleic Acid-based Technologies DNA Software, Inc. has been awarded three Fast Track SBIR grants from the National Institutes of Health to develop original in silico technologies to predict 3D structures of RNA-based molecules, improve diagnostics via modified nucleotides, and model the reaction rates [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches New Solution for Clinical Research and Forensic Toxicology Screening at AACC 2009 CHICAGO - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the introduction of a drug screening and confirmation solution for forensic toxicology based on its Thermo Scientific Exactive benchtop LC/MS (liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry) platform. The [...]

The Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich receives first system from the new line – Major interest around the worldRTF Documents The first AURIGA™ CrossBeam® electron/ion microscope was officially put into service today at the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich. There is considerable global interest in this system, which was introduced only four months ago. A number [...]

For simple capture and enrichment of proteins and phosphopeptides GE Healthcare has launched Mag Sepharose™ magnetic beads for the efficient capture and selective enrichment of proteins and peptides. The visible, dense magnetic beads are easy to use, with simple, flexible protocols and elution conditions optimized for both electrophoresis and MS analysis. The Mag Sepharose beads [...]