Luminex Corporation Announces Executive Appointments

AUSTIN, Texas--Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX - News), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced three executive appointments, all effective July 1, 2009. Michael F. Pintek has been named Senior Vice President, Operations. Mr. Pintek is an industry veteran with deep and broad experience in the life science industry. He joins Luminex from Roche, where [...]

Kyoto University’s CiRA (Director, Dr. Yamanaka) Purchases Fluidigm BioMark™ System for Stem Cell Reprogramming Research – Single Cell Study Holds the Key to iPS Progress

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Fluidigm Corporation today announced that the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA; Director Dr. Shinya Yamanaka) of Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), has introduced a BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis. CiRA is using the unique microfluidic properties of the system’s integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) to analyze selected [...]

ADA Technologies Receives $1.15 Million NIH Grant

Research for Glycan Analytical Tool Could Have Major Impact on Drug Discovery and Biopharmaceutical and Diagnostic Industries DENVER--ADA Technologies, Inc. received a $1.15 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue research into the development of a low-cost glycan analytical tool that is capable of rapidly and accurately identifying the functional properties of [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces New Software for Reagent Dispensers

Thermo Scientific FILLit Software Provides Additional Functionality to the Thermo Scientific Multidrop Combi and Multidrop Combi nL MILFORD, Mass., (June 24, 2009) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has introduced the new Thermo Scientific FILLit Software, maximizing the flexibility of the Thermo Scientific Multidrop Combi and Multidrop Combi nL reagent [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Delivers Enterprise-Wide Connectivity with Integration Manager – an Enterprise Level Data Transformation Tool

Further Expanding the CONNECTS Solution Set Philadelphia. (June 24, 2009) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, introduces Integration Manager™ - a flexible, powerful data transformation tool for automated data acquisition and point-to-point data distribution across the enterprise. Integration Manager provides connectivity to all parts of the laboratory workflow and translates [...]

New England Journal of Medicine Study Highlights Need for Rapid, PCR-based Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Testing at Time of Admission for Labor and Delivery

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 24 -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD - News) today noted that a new article, Evaluation of Universal Antenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus, published in the June 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that rapid, PCR-based testing at the time of admission for delivery may improve the accuracy of [...]

Avantium to Deliver Flowrence System to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), USA

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has signed an agreement with Avantium to enable the sale and delivery of an Avantium Flowrence(TM) parallel fixed bed reactor system. The Flowrence(TM) will allow PNNL to accelerate its catalyst research for infrastructure compatible biofuels and bioproducts. PNNL is operated [...]

Mark Schena, PhD, Positions Arrayit Corporation to Enter Molecular Diagnostics Using VIP Technology Single Laboratory Test Can Screen up to 100,000 Patients

Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB: ARYC), a leading manufacturer of products and services for disease prevention, treatment and cure, announced today that its patented testing procedure, sold under the trade name Variation Identification Platform (VIP), is ready for distribution and use. Created by pioneer and Arrayit President, Dr. Mark Schena, VIP is the world's key microarray diagnostics [...]

TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. Announces Sales and License Agreement With Glen Research Corporation for CleanAmp(TM) Amidites

SAN DIEGO, June 24 -- TriLink BioTechnologies (TriLink), announced that it has signed a sales and license agreement with Glen Research Corporation to sell TriLink's CleanAmp(TM) Amidites. Glen Research can now sell the patented CleanAmp(TM) Amidites produced by TriLink to third parties for use in the production of CleanAmp(TM) Primers. TriLink's CleanAmp(TM) technology offers a [...]

SP Industries Inc. has announced the introduction of a new generation Sample Thief™ sample extractor accessory for its Virtis Genesis range of freeze dryers

Freeze drying sample extractor ensures effective cycle development… Proven to remove samples from the freeze dryer without disturbing the process facilitates - researchers in many organisations worldwide routinely use a Sample Thief to ensure effective cycle development. Constructed from clear acrylic the new generation Sample Thief provides scientists with improved visibility throughout the product chamber [...]

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