February 25, 2009
FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 25 -- WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art gene expression, genotyping, cell biology and stem cell research systems, today announced positive data on the company's SmartChip(TM) Real-Time PCR System. These validation results were presented today by WaferGen scientists and collaborative researchers from the University of Pittsburgh [...]
CEM & EspiKem Form Strategic Partnership to Facilitate Joint Training and Research Projects
February 25, 2009
(Matthews, North Carolina) February 25, 2009 - CEM Corporation, a leading global provider of microwave laboratory instrumentation, is pleased to announce the start of a collaboration between the Company and EspiKem, SRL, a contract research organization specializing in the syntheses of peptides and other biomolecules and the development of various bioassays. EspiKem will offer specialized [...]
February 25, 2009
Genedata, a leading provider of in-silico solutions for pharmaceutical R&D and related life sciences, today announced the extension of a biomarker discovery collaboration with Syngenta, a leading global agrochemical company. Syngenta has added the Genedata Expressionist Refiner MS module for LC-MS and GC-MS metabolomic raw data processing and analysis to their existing Genedata Expressionist system. [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Automated Pipette Tips
February 25, 2009
New Molecular BioProducts BioRobotix® 384-Well Automated Pipette Tips for use on Velocity11 Liquid Handling Workstations San Diego, CA (February 25, 2009) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced today the addition of its new 384-well pipette tips for the Velocity11 VPrep® and Bravo™ liquid handling workstations. All pipette tips [...]
February 25, 2009
Battelle Ventures, LP, has spun out Hepregen Corporation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with a commitment of a $5-million Series A investment from the fund and its Tennessee affiliate, Innovation Valley Partners. The company, which is developing bioengineered solutions for drug development, received the first $3 million from the funds last summer, leaving [...]
Nanogen and HandyLab Conclude License and Supply Agreements for Real-Time PCR Diagnostics
February 25, 2009
Nanogen, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGEN), developer of molecular and rapid diagnostic products, announced today that it has expanded its partnership with HandyLab, Inc. by signing a licensing and supply agreement for use of the company’s proprietary Minor Groove Binder (MGB) Probe technology and synthetic nucleic acid chemistries, including dyes and quenchers, for use in in vitro [...]
Analyzing the Effect of Gene Knock-Down in Real-Time Using Roche’s xCELLigence System
February 25, 2009
The RNA-interference has developed to an extremely powerful tool for loss-of-function studies and has substantially stimulated the application of high-throughput screens. Numerous studies have helped to uncover novel gene functions in many biological processes. Most of these studies have used endpoint analysis as a readout for the respective phenotypes. In a recent research study (1), [...]
February 25, 2009
TUSTIN, Calif., February 25, 2009 – Axiom Analytical, Inc. has announced its fiber-optic coupled FPT-750 Near-IR Transmission Probe. The new probe shares many of the characteristics of the Company’s well-established FPT-850 on-line process analytical probes, including the extreme robustness provided by the Company’s patented welded metal window sealing technique(1). However, the new probe also features [...]
February 25, 2009
TUCSON, AZ CDEX Inc. (OTCBB: CEXI) www.cdexinc.com announces the signing of a three-year Master Distribution Agreement with Decatur Electronics, Inc. to market its ID2 Meth Scanner and future illicit drug detection devices on a global basis. The Agreement provides an exclusive marketing right to Decatur in the USA and Canadian markets and on a non-exclusive [...]
February 25, 2009
Carl Zeiss Initiates Landmark Development Project with University of Ulm for Low-voltage Transmission-Electron-Microscopy Downloads and Links ULM/Germany, OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 25.02.2009. Carl Zeiss SMT today announced the creation of a technology development project that represents one of the most ambitious electron microscopy development efforts to be undertaken in recent years. Together with the University of Ulm and [...]
