June 22, 2009
CARLSBAD, Calif.--Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the launch of a new sequencing-based genomics tool to advance the analysis of whole transcriptomes. The SOLiD™ Whole Transcriptome Analysis Kit is the latest addition to a leading suite of reagents, optimized for use with the SOLiD System. This new kit enables the [...]
Martin Madaus Joins Mettler Toledo Board of Directors
June 22, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 22 -- Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE: MTD) announced today that Dr. Martin D. Madaus has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2009. Dr. Madaus is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL) , a life sciences company serving the bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing [...]
New Water Immersion Micro Dispenser -Automatic Supply of Water Immersion During Experiments
June 22, 2009
Wetzlar, Germany. Live cell research and screening applications are mainly based on samples in an aqueous solution, so the use of water objectives is becoming more and more important. Water objec�tives allow aberration-free focusing into such samples. Unfortunately, water evaporates at room tem�perature, even more so at 37�C and therefore cannot be used for long-term [...]
– QCL capacity is increased by the acquisition of an additional comPOUND® storage module
June 22, 2009
Queensland, Australia - Queensland Compound Library (QCL) today announced the acquisition and instalment of a third comPOUND® sample store from TTP LabTech Ltd. The purchasing of a third sample store, to integrate with their two existing comPOUND® sample stores and comPANION unit, comes a year after QCL became operational. This new purchase reflects the success [...]
New BioFlux™ 1000 Workstation Enables High-Throughput, High-Content Cellular Assays
June 22, 2009
South San Francisco, Calif. (June 22, 2009) - Fluxion Biosciences introduces the BioFlux 1000 Workstation - a cell analysis system that integrates the company's Well Plate Microfluidic™ technology with automated microscopy for high-throughput shear flow assays. BioFlux 1000 extends Fluxion's line of systems for plate-based, live cell imaging that includes the BioFlux 200, introduced several [...]
CEM Wins Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for the Sprint Rapid Protein Analyzer
June 22, 2009
MATTHEWS, N.C., June 22 -- CEM Corporation has won a 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in the Greener Reaction Conditions category for its Sprint(TM) Rapid Protein Analyzer. The company will accept the award this evening during a ceremony at the Carnegie Institute for Science (CIS) in Washington, DC. The award, presented by the United [...]
June 22, 2009
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Fluidigm Corporation today announced that Dr. Toshio Suda of Keio University’s 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, has selected the BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis to assist their research of mouse hematopoietic single stem cells. Keio University’s COE is using the unique microfluidic properties of the Fluidigm’s [...]
Micronics Receives Patent on Rapid Thermocycling Methodology for Molecular Diagnostics
June 22, 2009
June 22, 2009 05:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time REDMOND, Wash.--Micronics, Inc. today announced that it has been issued a letters patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a system and method for performing rapid thermocycling on a microfluidic device. The new patent has broad utility across the life sciences sector with [...]
CombiMatrix Provides Update on Progress of Its Lawsuit With National Union and $36 Million Judgment
June 22, 2009
MUKILTEO, Wash., June 22, 2009 -- CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX - News) announced today that all Appellate Briefs by CombiMatrix and National Union have been filed with the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (the "Court"). The case is now in the hands of the Court, which will set a date for oral hearings. In February [...]
Fortebio Launches The Octet® RED384 and The Octet QK384
June 22, 2009
MENLO PARK, Calif.— ForteBio®, Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, announced today that it has launched two next-generation instruments: the Octet RED384 for protein, peptide, small molecule and fragment screening; and the Octet QK384 for protein and antibody assays. The new instruments will début this [...]

