Tecan Rallies Its Expertise and Equipment for the Chinese Earthquake Efforts

DURHAM, N.C.--Tecan, a global leader in laboratory automation and detection, has donated a Freedom EVO® 150 to help process forensic samples for human identification in the aftermath of the May 12 earthquake in the Sichuan Province. The earthquake, which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale, caused major devastation in the Province, with more than 87,000 [...]

RainDance Technologies Appoints Olex Vice President, System Development

LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 13 -- RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced the appointment of Michael B. Olex as Vice President, System Development, effective immediately. "As RainDance introduces its exciting RainStorm(TM) droplet-based technology to market, Mr. Olex will play a key leadership role in designing, [...]

Roche´s xCELLigence System: First Cell Analyzer System Installed at AgenoLab in Stuttgart

PENZBERG, Germany--On April 3rd, three months before worldwide launch, Roche Applied Science sold the first xCELLigence System at the Analytica 2008 trade in Munich. In July the system has been installed at AgenoLab GmbH & Co. KG in Stuttgart (Germany), a supplier of contract biotechnology and life science laboratory services. AgenoLab is the first company [...]

Promega and Leica Microsystems Sign Agreement to Develop Fluorescent Ligands

Enabling Live Cell Imaging at the Sub 100 nm Range MADISON, WISCONSIN (August 13, 2008) Promega Corporation announced that it has signed an agreement with Leica Microsystems to enable fluorescent imaging of proteins in live cells. Under the terms of the agreement, Promega will develop fluorescent ligands for its HaloTag fusion proteins, that will be [...]

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories and CellFree Sciences Announce Distribution Agreement

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories Cambridge Isotope Laboratories (CIL), the world's leader in the manufacturing of stable isotope labeled research chemicals has entered into a distributor agreement with CellFree Sciences Co., Ltd. (CFS) for the distribution of CFS's WEPRO Expression Kits and reagents for cell-free protein production for NMR and Mass Spectrometry applications in North America and [...]

Isogen Biosolutions B.V. Is Now Ocimum Biosolutions B.V.

IJSSELSTEIN, Netherlands & HYDERABAD, India--Isogen Biosolutions B.V. has rebranded itself as Ocimum Biosolutions B.V. The aim of the rebranding exercise is to tap the emerging opportunities and need for globalized solutions in Genomics. This represents a significant milestone in company’s history as the company hones its position as the premier integrated global genomics solutions provider. [...]

Sloan-Kettering Institute to Use GeneBio’s Phenyx Protein ID Platform

Geneva, Switzerland – August 12, 2008 - Geneva Bioinformatics (GeneBio) SA today announced that the Sloan-Kettering Institute, part of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, has licensed GeneBio’s PhenyxServer protein identification and characterization software to be used in the laboratory of Paul Tempst, PhD. Dr. Paul Tempst’s team is one of the five Clinical Proteomic Technology [...]

CombiMatrix Announces Publication of Clinical Validation Study of the HemeScan Array for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

MUKILTEO, Wash., Aug. 12, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- CombiMatrix Corporation (NasdaqGM:CBMX - News) announced today that a retrospective, clinical validation study of its test for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is to be published in the September issue of the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics (J Mol Diagn 2008, 10:442-451). This publication augments an earlier publication in [...]

San Diego Security Technology Companies to Join Forces

QRSciences and Spectrum San Diego to Combine SAN DIEGO, Aug. 12 -- Diversified Opportunities, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DVOP - News) announced that it intends to combine the security technology holdings of two emerging providers of homeland security products, QRSciences Pty Ltd ("QRSciences") and Spectrum San Diego, Inc. ("Spectrum"). The combination will result in a [...]

Smiths Detection and Torion Technologies partner to develop highly portable, advanced military & emergency response chemical threat assessment technology

Strategic Partnership to Leverage Proprietary Technology Danbury, CT, 12 August 2008 - Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announced a partnership with Torion Technologies, an emerging leader in miniaturized Gas Chromotography Toroidal Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry (GC-TMS) technology. The alliance enables the joint development of a next-generation, hand-portable GC-TMS system [...]

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