June 3, 2009
MADISON, Wis.--Roche NimbleGen introduces a new high-resolution scanning instrument, the NimbleGen MS 200 Microarray Scanner. The MS 200 is the first scanner optimized to reveal the full potential and capture the complete picture from all NimbleGen DNA microarrays. This offering completes the NimbleGen DNA Microarray processing family, comprised of a high-resolution suite of innovative microarray [...]
CLC bio expands Next Generation Sequencing solutions with ChIP-sequencing
June 3, 2009
AARHUS, Denmark--CLC bio today announced the release of new versions of their premier solutions for analyzing and visualizing Next Generation Sequencing data, the desktop application CLC Genomics Workbench, version 3.5 and the award-winning enterprise platform CLC Genomics Server, version 1.5. With this release, CLC bio is making a major push into epigenomics by supporting chromatin [...]
June 3, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C.--Sequence, Inc. and Global Automation Partners, Inc. (GAP) today announced a strategic partnership designed to offer computer system integration and compliance solutions to the life sciences industry. The partnership will combine the proven automation and manufacturing IT engineering processes of GAP with the regulatory expertise of Sequence, Inc. to effectively design, implement and validate [...]
InforSense and febit Announce OEM for Geniom Platform
June 3, 2009
febit Embeds InforSense Platform to Support Flexible Microarray Analysis LONDON and CAMBRIDGE, MA--(June 3, 2009) - InforSense Ltd., the leading provider of next generation business and scientific intelligence solutions, today announced that febit has integrated key components of the InforSense platform to provide the data analysis and visualization functionality in febit's new Geniom flexible microarray [...]
Cepheid Receives Health Canada License for Xpert(R) HemosIL(R) FII & FV Test
June 3, 2009
On-Demand Test for Genetic Risk of Thrombosis Improves Time-to-Result over Current Molecular Tests SUNNYVALE, Calif. and BEDFORD, Mass., June 3 -- Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) and Instrumentation Laboratory today announced that Health Canada has issued Cepheid a medical device license for its Xpert HemosIL FII & FV test. The test detects Factor II (FII) and Factor [...]
Shrink Nanotechnologies Acquires Acclaimed Nanotechnology Business for $9,000,000
June 3, 2009
Shrink Nanotechnologies to Commercialize Nanotech Device Platform and Manufacture Diagnostic Polystyrene Devices for Drug Discovery, DNA Research, Immunological and Environmental Testing Assays and Other Devices Based on Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence Nanostructures CARLSBAD, Calif.--Shrink Technologies, Inc. (“Shrink Technologies”), a California corporation, has agreed to be acquired in a stock-for-stock transaction by Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (OTCBB: AUIO). The [...]
June 3, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, June 3 -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT - News) announced today that the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) presented Prof. Alison Ashcroft of the University of Leeds with the first Ron Hites Award for Outstanding Research Publication in the Journal of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry (JASMS). Prof. Ashcroft's paper titled, Monitoring [...]
AnaSpec Signs Distribution Agreement with Bioeksma UAB
June 3, 2009
AnaSpec, Inc. and Bioeksma UAB today announced a non-exclusive distributor agreement that will allow Bioeksma UAB to distribute AnaSpec’s catalog and custom products throughout Lithuania and Latvia. PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 03, 2009 – AnaSpec, Inc. and Bioeksma UAB today announced a non-exclusive distributor agreement that will allow Bioeksma UAB to distribute AnaSpec’s catalog [...]
Varian, Inc. Introduces First True Benchtop Ion Trap GC/MS
June 3, 2009
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 3 -- Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI - News) today announced the release of the 225-MS, a true benchtop GC/MS (gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer). The 225-MS ion trap is the world's first mass spectrometer to enclose all of its components, including the foreline vacuum pump, in one compact design. Intended for use in [...]
More flexible and faster FRET experiments
June 3, 2009
Extended AxioVision 4.7 physiology software from Carl ZeissRTF Documents JENA/Germany, 03.06.2009. All FRET applications are now integrated into the physiology module of the AxioVision 4.7 microscopy software from Carl Zeiss. This enables cell and development biologists to use all AxioVision functionalities such as the enhancement of fluorescence signals and the suppression of image noise. Operation [...]

