September 4, 2008
Avantes Holding B.V. has sold 51% of its shares to the Wedel, Germany based publicly traded company m-u-t AG. m-u-t AG was founded in 1995 and went public in 2007. The company presently develops and produces high-tech solutions for Laboratory Automation, Spectroscopy, Aviation, and Fire detection. Profit from operations during the first half of 2008 [...]
Invitrogen Launches Patent Licensing Program for Enabling Amplification Technology
September 4, 2008
Company Executes Licenses with Three Leading Life Science Companies CARLSBAD, Calif.--Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, today announced that it has signed non-exclusive agreements with New England Biolabs, Inc., QIAGEN GmbH, and Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories, Inc. (KPL), whereby the companies have licensed Invitrogen’s patented technology [...]
SciGene and ARUP Laboratories to Automate DNA
September 4, 2008
Sample Processing for aCGH-Based Genetic Tests September 03, 2008, SciGene (Sunnyvale, CA) and ARUP Laboratories (Salt Lake City, UT) announced today they have entered into an agreement under which they will develop an automated platform for processing DNA samples used in microarray-based tests used for detecting genetic defects. Under the agreement, SciGene will provide the [...]
September 4, 2008
Releases the New BioXM Version 3.0, A Major Upgrade of Its Flagship Enterprise Platform for Semantic Data Integration and Knowledge Management MARTINSRIED, Germany--Biomax Informatics today announced the new release of a major upgrade of its flagship product BioXM™ Knowledge Management Environment. The BioXM system integrates information from different data sources to dynamically build semantic networks [...]
EDAX LAUNCHES LATEST GENERATION OF ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION DETECTORS
September 4, 2008
DigiView IV Broadens EDAX Portfolio of X-Ray Microanalysis Instruments MAHWAH, NJ - EDAX Inc., a leader in X-ray microanalysis and electron diffraction instrumentation, has launched the DigiView IV, the latest generation electron backscatter detector (EBSD). "The DigiView IV is designed to serve a wide range of EBSD applications," explains Del Redfern, Manger of Product Marketing [...]
September 4, 2008
Enabling researchers to perform targeted sequencing from any region in the genome, within any research institute, at any time they want. MADISON, Wis--This spring, Roche NimbleGen announced the launch of their Sequence Capture Technology, a groundbreaking technique for enriching targeted genomic regions for high-throughput sequencing. Initially offered as a service, the Sequence Capture Technology is [...]
Corning Announces Commercial Agreement with HighRes Biosolutions
September 4, 2008
LOWELL, Mass., September 4, 2008 -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), a global supplier of scientific laboratory and drug discovery products for more than 90 years, today announced the signing of a commercial agreement with HighRes Biosolutions Inc. of Woburn, Mass. to develop innovative consumables to meet the needs of medium-to high-throughput screening customers. HighRes Biosolutions [...]
September 3, 2008
Companies to develop ChIP-on-Chip kits to enhance protein research BILLERICA, Mass. & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL - News) and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A - News) today announced they have formed a collaboration to develop innovative ChIP (chromatin immunoprecipitation) kits for the fast-growing epigenetics research market. The kits will be designed to improve [...]
Pall Corporation Acquires Molecular Diagnostics Manufacturer GeneSystems
September 3, 2008
EAST HILLS, N.Y.--Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL - News), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, announced today the purchase of GeneSystems, a privately held French biotechnology company that has developed a unique, easy-to-use and cost-effective molecular diagnostics platform. The acquisition of GeneSystems, with its patented approach to rapid microbiological detection equipment and disposables, expands [...]
PERKINELMER AND M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER COLLABORATE
September 3, 2008
WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader in Health Sciences, today announced an arrangement with The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center that will bring PerkinElmer’s Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) to the cancer center. aCGH is analogous to traditional karyotyping but with greater throughput, resolution and ease of use. A unique [...]