Comprehensive, Microarray-Based Analysis Designed Specifically for Cytogeneticists SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Today, Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) launched its next-generation series of products for cytogenetics. The entirely new solution, which includes arrays, reagents, and software, enables fast and reliable detection of known and novel chromosome aberrations. “We worked closely with the cytogenetics community to develop these products,” said [...]

Horizon Discovery (Horizon) today announced it has secured world-wide exclusive rights to a panel of new patient-relevant human isogenic disease models developed by University of Maryland, Baltimore using its proprietary GENESIS platform. The in-licensed lines will be added to Horizon’s rapidly expanding number (150+) of X-MANTM (Mutant And Normal) cell models that allow drug discovery [...]

MENLO PARK, Calif.--Pacific Biosciences, a private company developing third-generation single molecule DNA sequencing technology, announced today that it has been named the Senior Party in a patent interference declared by the United States Patent and Trademark Office with Life Technologies Corporation (LIFE). Pacific Biosciences was accorded Senior Party status based upon patent priority dates that [...]

Sirius Analytical Ltd., (UK), a leading provider of instrumentation and analytical services to the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, have launched a new automated instrument for measurement of ionisation (pKa), lipophilicity (logP/D) and solubility (kinetic and intrinsic) using sub-milligram quantities of drug sample. The SiriusT3 system is a new state of the art hardware platform designed [...]

New 5 mL CO-RE Channel Enables High-Volume Pipetting on MICROLAB® STAR Workstations Reno, Nevada (March 24, 2009) - Hamilton Robotics announces the addition of a 5 mL channel and disposable tip to its volume range on the MICROLAB STAR liquid handling workstations. The larger 5 mL channel is the first air-displacement pipetting tool to address [...]

NANTES, France & BASEL, Switzerland--Genedata, a leading provider of in-silico solutions for pharmaceutical R&D and related life sciences, today announced a collaboration with TcLand Expression, a world-leading company in the field of gene expression biomarkers for autoimmune disorders and transplantation. As part of the collaboration, the Genedata Phylosopher® and Expressionist® biomarker discovery platforms will be [...]

MARLBORO, Mass.--Xcellerex, Inc. announced today that the company, along with three collaborators, has been awarded an $11M Phase 2 contract by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) - Joint Science and Technology Office, Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative (TMTI), to develop technology for accelerated monoclonal antibody and vaccine manufacturing. The Phase 2 contract follows successful completion [...]

SP Industries Inc. has announced that it will launch the LyoStar³ pilot plant freeze dryer at the forthcoming Achema 2009 meeting in Frankfurt (Germany). The market-leading expertise of FTS Systems and VirTis in freeze drying control systems, hardware and refrigeration engineering have been brought together to create this revolutionary new system. This LyoStar³ will offer [...]

MAHWAH, NJ– SPECTRO Analytical Instruments launches the new SPECTRO GENESIS in Chicago at the PITTCON 2009 Conference. The optical emission spectrometer with inductively coupled plasma excitation (ICP-OES) records the entire spectrum between 175 and 777 nm, enabling the simultaneous determination of more than 70 elements. The system provides users with unmatched flexibility and true simultaneous [...]

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., March 24 -- GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today that the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London (BRC-MH), has joined the MetaMiner CNS Partnership Program. Professor Simon Lovestone, Centre Director, and Dr. Gerome Breen [...]