ID Business Solutions Enters its 20th Year Announcing Strong Growth in 2008 and Investment in New Products for 2009

Guildford, UK, January 29 2009 – ID Business Solutions (IDBS) begins its twentieth year as a trusted provider of data management solutions to the research and development industries, having shown robust growth and profitability and advances in product development in 2008. Neil Kipling, founder and CEO of IDBS, commented: “Interim results from 2008 show continued [...]

GE Healthcare Introduces 2-D Protein Extraction Buffer

For Efficient Cell Lysis and High Quality Protein Extraction GE Healthcare has introduced 2-D Protein Extraction Buffer, a series of six buffers for efficient and reproducible extraction of high quality protein lysates with high yield. Resulting protein lysates are suitable for applications such as 2-D gel analysis and 1-D electrophoresis, or for rehydrating IPG strips [...]

X-Rite Expands Its Reach into Signage and Wide Format Printing Markets With Appointment Of Tekgraf As Distributor

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--X-Rite, Incorporated (NASDAQ: XRIT - News), the world leader in color management, measurement and communication technologies today announced the appointment of a leader in the wide-format color printing distribution industry, Tekgraf Corporation, as an Authorized Distributor for North America. Under the terms of the agreement, Tekgraf will distribute X-Rite’s full range of award-winning [...]

Genomatix joins Illumina-Connect program

Munich, Germany and Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Jan 28 , 2009 Genomatix Software announced today that is has joined the Illumina-Connect program, linking them to the ongoing Illumina program and working with them to develop new tools and applications for Illumina-generated data. Klaus May, Chief Business Officer for Genomatix Software in Munich, Germany commented: "As [...]

Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine Collaborates with Obstetrix Medical Group to Provide Clinical Samples for LDT Validation Study

Collaboration with Leading Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician Group Signifies Further Step Toward Commercializing Trisomy 21 Test SAN DIEGO--Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM - News), today announced a collaboration with Obstetrix Medical Group, to provide the Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine (SCMM) with samples for a study to further evaluate its novel, noninvasive prenatal test to assess Down syndrome [...]

METTLER TOLEDO Green Electrodes Meet the Latest Environmental Compliance Standards

METTLER TOLEDO is proud to be the first manufacturer to bring to market RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment) and WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) compliant electrodes. After several months of offering these "GREEN" environmentally-friendly sensors, METTLER TOLEDO is delighted to report that users of these electrodes find them to [...]

Sequenom Terminates Exchange Offer to Acquire EXACT Sciences

Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM) today announced it is terminating its exchange offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of EXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ:EXAS) without accepting for exchange or exchanging any shares of EXACT Sciences common stock. Sequenom had previously announced that it would terminate the exchange offer if EXACT Sciences entered into [...]

GE Healthcare Extends PreDictor™ Range of Products with New Software and New Plates

For improved productivity and understanding in process development GE Healthcare has extended its offering for PreDictor™ 96-well plates for High Throughput Process Development (HTPD) and parallel screening of chromatographic conditions with new Assist software and additional prefilled 96-well plates. The extended portfolio now includes: -Assist software for experimental set-up and evaluation -MabSelect Xtra™ and Q [...]

A New MEMS-Based Paradigm for Liquid Flow Management

Now Measure Viscosity to 1,000,000 1/s! RheoSense Inc. has introduced its NEW VROC®-D chip. The NEW D chip expands the measurement ranges offered by existing chips to high shear rate viscosity measurements. Many industry processes involve very high shear rate deformation in material processing, shear rate easily exceeding 10,000 1/s (reciprocal second). And the viscosity [...]

Biohit Goes Green!

Biohit, Inc. has introduced its Environmentally-Friendly "Green" Initiative Biohit pays particular attention to the environmental impact of its operations, and makes highly-effective use of raw material while generating less waste. The state-of-the-art manufacturing technology allows Biohit to create high-quality products while effectively minimizing environmental impact. Some examples of Biohit's Green Commitment include Environmentally-friendly plastics that [...]

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