Genedata and Roche Extend MS-based Proteomics Biomarker Discovery Collaboration
February 2, 2009
Genedata, a leading provider of in-silico solutions for pharmaceutical R&D and related life sciences, today announced a three-year license extension with Roche for the Refiner MS module of the Genedata Expressionist® biomarker discovery system. Refiner MS solves key requirements of large-scale proteomics and metabolomics facilities that need to efficiently process, analyze and store mass spectrometry [...]
February 2, 2009
EP1 System Delivers Enhanced Work Flow and Great Data Quality Monday, February 2, 2009; South San Francisco, CA; Cambridge, UK – Fluidigm Corporation today announced that the Cancer Research UK Centre for Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, based at Strangeways Research Laboratory in the United Kingdom, has purchased the company’s EP1 System to conduct cancer [...]
MDS Announces Formation of Special Committee
February 2, 2009
TORONTO, Feb. 2 - MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS - News; NYSE: MDZ - News), a leading provider of products and services to the global life-sciences markets, today announced that it has constituted a committee of independent directors to support the Company's continuing process of reviewing alternatives to improve shareholder value. With the assistance of management [...]
Scienion appoints Guenter Bauer as CBO
February 2, 2009
Scienion AG today announced the appointment of Dr. Guenter Bauer as Chief Business Officer to Scienion’s management. The focus of his responsibilities will be sales and marketing. Bauer took up his new position on January 1, 2009. Dortmund, Berlin, Germany, January 20, 2009: Bauer is a senior business and technology development manager with scientific background [...]
BioGenes as new designated partner in EU funded dementia project
February 2, 2009
BioGenes GmbH, a specialist in sophisticated antibody development, has been chosen as a new partner of cNEUPRO. cNEUPRO is a EU funded research project to analyse neurodegenerative diseases and discover novel biomarkers, and so improve early and differential diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia. BioGenes will provide laboratory facilities and key personnel to develop specific monoclonal antibodies [...]
ProteOn Used to Rapidly Screen for Binding Affinities of Reagents
February 2, 2009
HERCULES, CA – January 29, 2009 – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announced today the University of Toronto selected the ProteOn™ XPR36 protein interaction array system to screen protein-specific affinity reagents, including antibodies and antibody fragments, as part of an [...]
February 2, 2009
PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO - News), the leading provider of atomic force microscopes (AFMs) to the nanoscience community, announced today the release of its Dimension® Icon™ AFM. Building upon the world’s most utilized large-sample AFM platform, the latest member of Veeco’s Dimension product line delivers the highest resolution, best ease-of-use, and fastest time-to-results [...]
February 2, 2009
Targets Diagnosis and Early Detection of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases OMAHA, Neb. and HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 2, 2009 -- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC BB: TBIO.OB) and Power3 Medical Products, Inc. (OTC BB: PWRM) today announced they have finalized a transaction, pursuant to their signed Letter of Intent announced December 2, 2008 (see “Transgenomic Signs Letter of [...]
Forbes Names Luminex Corporation One of the 25 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in America
January 30, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas--Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced that it has been named one of the 25 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in America by Forbes. “We are honored to be recognized by Forbes for our strong financial performance, growth and execution,” said Patrick J. Balthrop, president and chief executive officer of [...]
Forbes Names Illumina America’s Fastest-Growing Technology Company for Second Time
January 30, 2009
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that Forbes named it to the top of the 2009 list of 25 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in the United States. This is the second time in the past three years that Forbes has ranked Illumina #1 on its list of rapidly growing technology companies. Illumina develops, manufactures, and markets a [...]
