Sigma-Aldrich Announces Appointment of Michael Kanan as Vice President and Corporate Controller

ST. LOUIS, April 10 -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Kanan as Vice President and Corporate Controller effective April 13, 2009. Kanan (age 46) succeeds Karen Miller who was recently promoted to Vice President-Strategy & Corporate Development. He will report to Rakesh Sachdev, Vice President and Chief [...]

New Genomics Tools from Applied Biosystems Broaden Applications of RNA Expression Analysis

Expanded Coverage of Species Aids Disease Research and Agricultural Studies CARLSBAD, Calif.--Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the release of a new set of genomic analysis tools to aid disease research and agricultural studies. These tools are available through the latest release of the TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays product line [...]

Cemtrex Announces Mercury Emissions Monitor for Cement Plants

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., April 9 -- Cemtrex Inc. (OTC: CTEI - News) announced today that the Company now offers a Continuous Mercury Monitor, SM-3, for cement plants. The SM-3 is a proven performance monitor, easy to operate, with low maintenance and ownership cost which has been operational for many years in leading European cement manufacturing companies. [...]

Millipore and the University of Massachusetts Lowell Dedicate the Millipore Process Development Laboratory

BILLERICA, Mass.--Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL), a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today announced the opening of the Millipore Corporation Process Development Laboratory in partnership with the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell. Jean-Paul Mangeolle, President of Millipore’s Bioprocess Division and University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Chancellor Marty Meehan attended [...]

Golden Helix and Spinco Biotech Reach Distribution Agreement for India

BOZEMAN, Mont.--Golden Helix, Inc., a global leader in genetic analysis software and services, and Spinco Biotech Pvt Ltd have entered into an exclusive agreement under which Spinco will act as a premier distributor of Golden Helix products and services in India. Spinco will provide sales, marketing, and first-level customer support for Golden Helix’ analysis and [...]

SAFC Biosciences(R) Expands Media Capability for Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) Cell Lines

EX-CELL(TM) CD CHO Fusion Media Formulation and CHO cGMP Media Library for Cell Culture Applications Now Available ST. LOUIS, April 9 -- SAFC Biosciences®, a business segment within SAFC®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group (Nasdaq: SIAL - News), today announced that it has expanded its portfolio of products and services for use in Chinese [...]

Jivan Focuses on Solutions for Transcriptome Sequencing

LARKSPUR, Calif., April 9 -- Jivan announced today that it will provide bioinformatics solutions for high-throughput transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) and expression. Leveraging Jivan's industry-leading bioinformatics infrastructure for analysis of mRNA in biological samples, Jivan will provide "bioinformatics for the next generation." Jivan will offer content for targeted sequencing with mRNA capture arrays, mRNA specific PCR [...]

Novus Biologicals is the USA distributor for IBA GmbH’s Apoptosis Assay Kits

Novus Biologicals introduces the new FasL-Strep Apoptosis Assay kits from IBA GmbH. A new patented fusion technology linking FasL with a “T4-foldon” globular protein provides for a superior bioactive, stable, well defined trimer. Novus Biologicals introduces the new FasL-Strep Apoptosis Assay kits from IBA GmbH. A new patented fusion technology linking FasL with a “T4-foldon” [...]

Scientists Use Advanced Genomic Technology from Applied Biosystems to Uncover Profiles of Gene Activity from Single Cells

Published Research in Nature Methods Details the Detection of 75% More Expressed Genes Than Microarray Approaches CARLSBAD, Calif.--Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announced that researchers have discovered comprehensive profiles of gene activity from single cells using the SOLiD™ System, its next-generation genomic analysis platform. The finding, which is detailed in [...]

Malvern moves to direct support for Viscotek products in India

8 April 2009: Malvern, UK: Users of Viscotek GPC/SEC, dilute solution viscosity and light scattering systems in India are taking advantage of newly enhanced customer support, with the entire product range now being managed direct in the region by Malvern Aimil Instruments Pvt Ltd. Viscotek, a leader in gel permeation chromatography (GPC/SEC) solutions became a [...]

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