GE Healthcare and Geron Announce Exclusive Global Agreement to Commercialize Stem Cell Drug Discovery Tecnologies CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK & MENLO PARK, Calif., June 30, 2009 - GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), and Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN) today announced that they have entered into a global exclusive license and alliance [...]

Applied Biosystems Salmonella Detection Kit Assists Efforts to Protect Food Supply Molecular Testing Solution Receives Emergency Response Validation for Detection of Salmonella in Peanut Butter CARLSBAD, Calif.--Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE - News), today announced the certification of its TaqMan® Salmonella enterica Detection Kit for the identification of Salmonella in peanut butter [...]

Tri-I Biotech, Inc. Named Area Distributor/Representative for Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese Customer Base ST. LOUIS--Certara™, a global, translational sciences company formed by the acquisition of Pharsight® Corporation by Tripos™, today announced expanded investment and presence in China and Taiwan in support of drug discovery and development efforts, and also confirmed that Tri-I Biotech, Inc. has [...]

Bridgewater, New Jersey. LabVantage Solutions, Inc. will acquire Life Technologies Corporation’s SQL*LIMS business, uniting the premier thin-client LIMS, SAPPHIRE™, with a significant global footprint of experienced LIMS professionals. The SQL*LIMS® business from Applied Biosystems, a part of Life Technologies, is an enterprise laboratory information management system (LIMS) provider that manages the laboratory process lifecycle. "This [...]

MADISON, Wis. - Gentel Biosciences, Inc., a leading protein microarray technologies firm, announced today the availability of its APiX™ Chromogenic Protein Array System to the global research community. Composed of a user friendly scanner with optional analysis software, proprietary surface chemistry substrates, and licensed detection reagents, it offers an affordable and ultra-sensitive alternative to current [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Wins Prestigious Microsoft Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Innovation Award in Informatics for Second Consecutive Year - Thermo Scientific Nautilus LIMS for Biobanks significantly increases throughput at Hunt Research Centre and Biobank Philadelphia. (June 30, 2009) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has been [...]

CARLSBAD, Calif.--Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its SQL*LIMS business to LabVantage Solutions, Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Under the terms of the agreement, LabVantage will continue to support the SQL*LIMS product and customers will receive the same [...]

Rubicon Genomics Introduces PicoPlex Single Cell Whole Genome Amplification Kit for Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnostics and Stem Cell and Cancer Cell Research ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Rubicon Genomics, Inc., a developer of pre-amplification products that enable optimal performance of the most advanced genetic analysis tools, announced today the release of its PicoPlex™ Single Cell Whole Genome Amplification (WGA) [...]

SAN LEANDRO, Calif.--Alpha Innotech Corp. (OTCBB:APNO), a leading provider of gel imaging systems for drug discovery and life science research, announced that Mssrs. Chris van Ingen and Dr. Shahram Hejazi were elected to its Board of Directors during the Company’s most recent annual meeting. Mr. van Ingen has served as a consultant to the Company [...]

Union Biometrica, Inc., is the pioneer in the design, manufacture and distribution of COPAS™ Large Particle Flow Cytometers. These instruments can analyze, sort and dispense objects that are too large (20-1,500 micron) or too delicate for traditional flow cytometers. Typical samples range from small multicellular model organisms (C.elegans, D.melanogaster, Zebrafish) to delicate large cells / [...]