Riverview, FL February 2009 Both organizations have demonstrated their commitment to serving the needs of ethanol and biodiesel laboratories with their own portfolios of complementary instruments, reagents and technical support. This cooperative now offers these labs and, most importantly, those performing analytical testing, the most comprehensive solutions available—with the singular goal of helping them conform [...]

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Two scientists at Luminos, LLC (www.LuminosAssays.com) and Professor Ray Trievel from the Department of Biological Chemistry at the University of Michigan (https://www.chembio.umich.edu/people/trievel.html) filed a US patent application that relates to a new, novel method to detect demethylase enzyme activity. Demethylase enzymes remove methyl groups attached to DNA, proteins and toxins and have become [...]

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 [...]

(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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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, 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 [...]

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), [...]

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 [...]