Foundation will Use Biomatrica’s SampleMatrix(R) Technology

Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation to Protect Archived DNA Using Biomatrica's Room Temperature Storage SAN DIEGO, July 8 -- Biomatrica today announced that the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) will use Biomatrica's SampleMatrix room temperature storage technology to archive its DNA samples. SMGF will use the SampleMatrix technology in place of ultra-low-temperature freezers for the long-term [...]

Carl Zeiss expands SIGMA FE-SEM platform

Variable pressure mode extends analytical capabilities CAMBRIDGE/UK, OBERKOCHEN/Germany - Today, Carl Zeiss launches SIGMA VP, which adds variable pressure technology to the range of SIGMA field emission scanning electron microscopes (FE-SEM). Featuring the Carl Zeiss GEMINI® column, proven VP technology and a design with analytical accessories in mind, the SIGMA VP provides a comprehensive analytical [...]

Rapid Micro Biosystems Closes $18.6M Series A Financing

BEDFORD, Mass.--Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc., a company developing innovative products for faster detection of microbial contamination, today announced that it has successfully raised $18.6 million in venture financing. Investors in the Series A round include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, TVM Capital, Quaker BioVentures, and VIMAC Milestone Medica Fund (VMM). Rapid Micro Biosystems will use [...]

Nanogen Completes Asset Sale

SAN DIEGO--Nanogen, Inc. (Other OTC: NGEN.PK), developer of molecular and rapid diagnostic products, today announced that on July 2, 2009, pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement dated May 13, 2009, as amended, Nanogen and its subsidiaries Epoch BioSciences, Inc. and Nanotronics, Inc. completed their previously announced sale of substantially all of their assets to Financière [...]

The Research Institute of the Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron is the first Spanish Health Centre to Acquire High-Performance Sequencing Technology of 454 Life Sciences

BARCELONA--The Research Institute of the Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (IR-HUVH) in Barcelona is the first Spanish health centre to acquire the Genome Sequencer FLX System from 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company. This new high-performance sequencing system improves the productivity and precision of genome sequencing at IR-HUVH. Multiple research projects in biomedicine conducted in the [...]

Millipore Sues W.L. Gore & Associates for Patent Infringement

BILLERICA, Mass.--Millipore Corporation, a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against W.L. Gore & Associates for infringement of Millipore’s patent rights under U.S. Patent No. 7,293,477, “Disposable, Pre-Sterilized Fluid Receptacle Sampling Device,” by [...]

AbD Serotec and Spinreact Sign Supply Agreement

AbD Serotec and Spinreact Sign Supply Agreement for Antibodies used in Clinical Diagnostic Kits MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) announced today that its research and diagnostic antibody segment AbD Serotec and Spinreact S.A., a Spanish biotechnology company with more than 30 years of experience in research and manufacturing of clinical diagnostic reagents, [...]

Applied Biosystems Unveils New Real-Time PCR Assays

Applied Biosystems Unveils New Real-Time PCR Assays That Quantify Proteins in Human Cells TaqMan Protein Expression Assays Provide Novel Method for Stem Cell Research International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) conference CARLSBAD, Calif.--Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the introduction of a new line of TaqMan® real-time PCR assays that [...]

Bruker Announces Order from SEMATECH at UAlbany NanoCollege

Bruker Announces Order for D8 FABLINE and D8 DISCOVER X-ray Metrology Tools from SEMATECH at UAlbany NanoCollege ALBANY, New York & MADISON, Wis.--Bruker AXS, the market leader in X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) instrumentation, is pleased to announce that SEMATECH, the global consortium of semiconductor chip-makers, has ordered the Bruker X-ray tools D8 FABLINE™ and D8 DISCOVER™ [...]

Cellix Expands on its European Network – Italy

Dublin, Ireland -- Cellix Ltd and Crisel Instruments today announced a distribution agreement that enables Crisel Instruments to distribute Cellix’s microfluidic products throughout Italy. Cellix’s Vivienne Williams, CEO noted that “Cellix is delighted to partner with Crisel Instruments to make our products available to the active research community in Italy” Crisel Instruments is a leading [...]

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