CombiMatrix Receives Commitments For $8.25 Million in Registered Direct Offering
April 29, 2009
MUKILTEO, Wash., April 29, 2009 -- CombiMatrix Corporation (NasdaqGM:CBMX - News) announced today that is has obtained commitments from a group of select investors to purchase up to $8.25 million of its common stock and warrants in a registered direct offering. Under the terms of the transaction, CombiMatrix will sell approximately 1.1 million units for [...]
Seegene Introduces Diagnostic Test for Diarrhea
April 29, 2009
Seeplex® Diarrhea ACE Detection Tests for 14 Diarrhea Causing Pathogens ROCKVILLE, MD--(April 29, 2009) - Seegene today introduced the Seeplex® Diarrhea ACE Detection test that provides a novel and fast-acting multiplex PCR diagnostic technique to simultaneously verify a complex range of pathogens that cause diarrhea. Based on the company's proprietary DPO (Dual Priming Oligo) technology, [...]
PerkinElmer Appoints Robert F. Friel As Chairman of the Board of Directors
April 29, 2009
Waltham, MA – PerkinElmer, Inc., (NYSE:PKI) a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that its board of directors has appointed the Company’s president and chief executive officer, Robert F. Friel, to the additional role of chairman of the board of directors. The announcement comes in [...]
Hamilton Adds Third-Party Integration Capabilities to NIMBUS Platform
April 29, 2009
Reno, Nevada (April 29, 2009) - Hamilton Robotics announces the expansion of its MICROLAB® NIMBUS platform with third-party device integration capabilities. NIMBUS is a compact, flexible, automated 96-channel pipetting workstation that fits on the benchtop and in many fume hoods. New communications software enhancements enable the integration of NIMBUS hardware with a select range of [...]
Fluidigm BioMark System Helps Assure The Quality Of Agricultural Seed Supplies
April 29, 2009
Fluidigm Corporation and BIOKÉ, a licensed distributor for the company, has announced that Enza Zaden, one of the world's leading suppliers of high-quality vegetable seeds for agriculture, has chosen the Fluidigm's BioMark System for Genetic Engineering and the 96.96 Dynamic Array to help assure the quality of its seed supply. As the world's food supply [...]
April 29, 2009
Analytical Technology Launches New Universal pH/ORP Sensors for Maximum Performance and Reduced Maintenance (April 29, 2009) Specialist electrochemical sensor manufacturer Analytical Technology Inc (ATi) announces the introduction of its new Q22 Specialty pH/ORP sensors. Water companies and industrial users are under constant pressure to reduce maintenance costs and improve performance. Analytical Technology's new sensors are [...]
Cytori and GE Healthcare form partnership to commercialize StemSource products in the U.S.
April 29, 2009
Chalfont St. Giles, UK, April 29th, 2009 – Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CYTX) and GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announce an agreement by which GE Healthcare will commercialize Cytori’s StemSource® technology in the North American stem cell banking and research markets. The StemSource technology includes automated equipment to process stem [...]
Surety, LLC Joins Microsoft BioIT Alliance
April 29, 2009
Data Integrity Provider First to Bring IP Ownership into Discussion Reston, VA (PRWEB) April 29, 2009 -- Surety, LLC (https://www.surety.com/), the leading provider of data integrity solutions, announced today that is has joined the Microsoft-sponsored BioIT Alliance as the first and only data integrity protection (https://www.surety.com) provider of its kind within the alliance. Utilizing digital [...]
Dow AgroSciences Confirms Efficacy of Zinc Finger Nucleases for Precise Genome Modification in Maize
April 29, 2009
Breakthrough technology could transform agricultural advancement Indianapolis (PRWEB) April 29, 2009 - Scientists at Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), have demonstrated insertion of a gene for a herbicide-tolerant trait to a specific, pre-determined location in the maize genome confirming that precise modification is practical and feasible, according [...]
Luminex Corporation Settles Legal Dispute
April 29, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas--Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) today announced that it has settled the pending litigation with The Research Foundation for the State University of New York and the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (“Plaintiffs”). As part of the settlement, the Plaintiffs received a one time cash payment of $4.35 million with no admission of [...]

