Gene Network Sciences Announces Brain Cancer Collaboration With M.D. Anderson
April 14, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 14 -- Gene Network Sciences, Inc. (GNS) today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center aimed at the rapid translation of DNA sequence and clinical data from patients with glioblastoma, the most common and deadly form of brain cancer, into breakthrough [...]
Dr. Jefferey Burgess Joins CDEX Team to Support Expansion of the ID2(TM) Product Line
April 14, 2009
TUCSON, AZ--Apr 14, 2009 -- CDEX Inc. (OTC BB:CEXI.OB - News), www.cdexinc.com, announces that Dr. Jefferey Burgess, MD, has joined the CDEX Team as a consultant to support work on the ID2 product line relating to detection of illegal drugs including methamphetamine. Dr. Burgess is an associate professor and the Director of the Community, Environment [...]
Clinical Data, Inc. Completes Sale of Cogenics Genomics Services Division to Beckman Coulter, Inc.
April 14, 2009
NEWTON, Mass.--Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDA) announced today that it has completed the sale of Cogenics, the Company’s genomics services division, to Beckman Coulter, Inc. for $17.0 million. As previously announced, the sale achieves Clinical Data’s goal to monetize non-core assets and focus resources on advancing its two late-stage targeted therapeutic programs, each of which [...]
Dionex Corporation Names Frank Witney President and Chief Executive Officer
April 14, 2009
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 14, 2009 -- Dionex Corporation (NasdaqGS:DNEX - News) today announced that Dr. Frank Witney will become its President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of its Board of Directors, effective April 30, 2009. Dr. Lukas Braunschweiler, who has been serving as President and Chief Executive Officer since 2002, resigned in order to [...]
Agilent Technologies Enhances Performance of Popular Atomic Force Microscope for Research, Education
April 14, 2009
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the availability of a next-generation atomic force microscope (AFM) that can excel in both the laboratory and the classroom. The new Agilent 5420 AFM, based on Agilent’s popular 5400 platform, is a high-precision instrument that has been re-engineered to deliver lower noise, better performance and greater versatility. [...]
RAE Systems Ships Wireless Gas and Radiation Detection Order to Middle East
April 14, 2009
SAN JOSE, CA--Apr 14, 2009 -- RAE Systems Inc. (NYSE Amex: RAE) (AMEX:RAE - News), a leader in producing innovative sensor solutions to serve industrial, energy, environmental and government safety markets worldwide, has delivered 10 custom-configured AreaRAE Wireless gas-detection Rapid Deployment Kits with wireless, LifeShirt Personnel Management Systems and 100 GammaRAE 2R radiation detectors to [...]
Paul Keim Appointed to febit’s Scientific Advisory Board
April 14, 2009
Paul Keim brings deep knowledge in the field of medical microbiology, biodefense and pathogens to febit, the leader in microfluidic microarray DNA analysis technologies LEXINGTON, Mass. (USA), and HEIDELBERG, Germany, April 14, 2009 – febit today announced the recruitment of Paul Keim, Ph.D., for its Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Keim is Senior Investigator and Director [...]
WaferGen Announces Signing of Private Financing
April 14, 2009
FREMONT, Calif., April 14 -- WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS - News), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell redeemable convertible preferred shares in the company's wholly owned Malaysian subsidiary, WaferGen Biosystems (M) Sdn. Bhd., in a private financing placement with [...]
April 14, 2009
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., April 14 -- GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today that Professor Marcelo Bento Soares of Children's Memorial Research Center has joined the MetaMiner Stem Cell Partnership Program. The goal of the program is to develop a series of blueprint pathway maps for adult, embryonic, fetal, fibroblasts, hematopoietic, mesenchymal, [...]
Hamilton Sundstrand Awarded U.S. Department of Defense Contract for Chemical Detection Equipment
April 14, 2009
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn., April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) has awarded Hamilton Sundstrand an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide up to 156 Chemical Biological Mass Spectrometer II (CBMS II) devices. Hamilton Sundstrand is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). Hamilton [...]

