Rosetta Biosoftware Licenses the Syllego™ System to Stanford University

SEATTLE--Rosetta Biosoftware today announced that Stanford University has licensed the Syllego™ system for the management and analysis of genetic data produced by the GENEticS of Insulin Sensitivity (GENESIS) consortium. GENESIS researchers in the Quertermous lab at Stanford University will use the Syllego system to support genome-wide association studies (GWAS) targeted at the genetic mechanisms underlying [...]

New Lab Reactor combines versatility, ease-of-use and productivity…

Radleys have announced the introduction of Lara Lite™ - a manually Controlled Lab Reactor (CLR) that eliminates the need for multiple reaction set-ups, saving space, money and making your synthesis more productive. Lara Lite includes a dedicated speed control box with LCD display. This push button speed control box provides electronic control from 70 to [...]

VisualSonics to Sell Mauna Kea Technologies’ Cellvizio(R) LAB on a Worldwide Basis to Animal Imaging Market

PARIS and TORONTO, March 31 - Mauna Kea Technologies and VisualSonics today announced that they have entered an exclusive distribution agreement through which VisualSonics will market and sell Cellvizio LAB high resolution in vivo imaging systems to pre-clinical researchers on a worldwide basis. Cellvizio LAB provides researchers with a new way to understand physiological phenomena [...]

FEI Introduces the Fibermetric System for Automated Measurement and Analysis of Micro- and Nano-fibers

The Fibermetric system delivers statistically valid data in minutes to improve fiber and filter material development and manufacturing Hillsboro, Ore./March 31, 2009―FEI (Nasdaq: FEIC), a leading provider of electron imaging and analysis systems, today announced the Fibermetric™ system powered by the Phenom™ personal electron microscope. The Fibermetric system is designed to discover and quantify the [...]

Sigma-Aldrich Enters Exclusive Supply Agreement With Gene Oracle to Leverage Its Unique GeneIOS Gene Synthesis Platform

ST. LOUIS and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 31 -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) today announced an agreement to supply high quality services and oligonucleotides to Gene Oracle, an innovative gene synthesis company. Under the terms of the agreement, Sigma-Aldrich will be the exclusive supplier of custom oligonucleotides for Gene Oracle, and the two Companies [...]

Waters Corporation and Peak Scientific Instruments enter OEM Agreement for the supply of Nitrogen Generators for LCMS

Thousands of scientists around the world use Waters LCMS systems to make new discoveries every day. As Mass Spectroscopists continue to push the boundaries of science with Waters LCMS systems, nitrogen supply will remain a key element. The gas requirements for LCMS systems are often taken for granted and not appreciated or understood until results [...]

International Scientists Secure Quality in Molecular Diagnostics

Consensus Guideline Reached For Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction SALT LAKE CITY, March 31 -- ARUP Laboratories and the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) announced today that a consensus guideline for a key laboratory method called qPCR (or quantitative polymerase chain reaction) was published by a group of international scientists representing the medical and research [...]

WaferGen Announces Year End 2008 Financial Results

FREMONT, Calif.--WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCBB: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art gene expression, genotyping, cell biology and stem cell research systems, announced that on Friday, March 27, it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. Complete financial results for our 2008 [...]

Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. Enters into a $1.27M Contract with the National Cancer Institute to Develop Multiplex Mass Spectrometric Immunoassays for Detection of Low Abundance Cancer-Related Proteins

TEMPE, Ariz., March 31 -- Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. today announced the start of a contract with the National Cancer Institute to develop effective technologies for accurate measurement of cancer-related proteins and peptides that improve diagnostic capabilities by effectively discerning diseased from non-diseased states. The total cost of the two-and-a-half-year contract is $1,276,360, out of which [...]

Cepheid Announces European Release of First On-Demand Molecular Pre-Surgical Screening Test for Simultaneous Detection of Methicillin-Sensitive and Resistant S. aureus- World’s Most Comprehensive On-Demand HAI Test Portfolio Now Available to European Hosp

SUNNYVALE, California, March 31 -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD - News) today announced the release of the Xpert® MRSA/SA Nasal test as a European CE IVD Mark product under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. The test is designed for the simultaneous detection of nasal carriage of both Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and [...]

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