AB SCIEX 5800 System Sets New Standard to Translate Biomarker Discovery Into Applications for Personalized Medicine CARLSBAD, Calif.--Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies (NASDAQ:LIFE), and its mass spectrometry joint-venture partner, MDS Analytical Technologies, a business unit of MDS Inc. (TSX:MDS) (NYSE:MDZ), today introduced the AB SCIEX TOF/TOF™ 5800 System, the fastest, most sensitive MALDI-based [...]

Study Results Show Improved Sensitivity for Detecting Low-Prevalence Resistance Variants When Compared to Traditional Methods BRANFORD, Conn.--A study published online last week in the Journal of Infectious Disease reports that ultra-deep sequencing has the ability to identify low-frequency hepatitis B virus (HBV) drug-resistant mutations in infected samples, including mutations undetected by standard direct PCR sequencing [...]

TADM Lab Analyzer Supports Sample Chain of Custody Procedures Reno, Nevada (April 7, 2009) - Hamilton Robotics introduces the TADM (Total Aspiration and Dispense Monitoring) Lab Analyzer for MICROLAB® STAR and STARlet liquid handling workstations. Made possible through a collaboration with Apartis Information Management, this new software solution enhances the usability of TADM data from [...]

SUNNYVALE, CA--(April 7, 2009) - Arrayit Corporation (OTCBB: ARYC), a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announces a new research collaboration with The Parkinson's Institute of Sunnyvale, California to discover biomarkers for Parkinson's disease. This unique study involves the prospective collection of samples from well-characterized Parkinson's patients combined with Arrayit's new H25K microarray technology. The first [...]

Company Expands Presence in EU to Meet Rapidly Growing Demand SAN CARLOS, Calif.--NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a leader in nucleic acid sample preparation announced today it has named Dr. Lutz Kirchrath to serve as managing director of European field operations reporting to Dr. Sue Pandey, vice president of field operations. Dr. Kirchrath will lead both sales [...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences (Nasdaq:HLCS) today announced the release of transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) datasets on the HeliSphere™ Technology Center (https://open.helicosbio.com), the company’s open access Web site for sharing Helicos datasets and bioinformatics software tools. Helicos’s amplification and ligation-free approach virtually eliminates the creation of false-positive splicing and fusion events, frequently observed in other RNA-Seq datasets. Helicos™ [...]

WITec News April 2009 WITec Instruments Corp., the US branch office of the German microscope manufacturer WITec GmbH recently appointed Bob Hirche as its new US Managing Director. Hirche will be responsible for all sales activities for WITec’s high-resolution optical and scanning probe microscope solutions within the US market. He will also coordinate the established [...]

Guildford, UK, April 6 2009 – IDBS today announced that BSL BIOSERVICE Scientific Laboratories GmbH have purchased E-Workbook, and its Biology extension, BioBook, for use in their GLP-regulated in-vivo department, where it will capture, search, protect and share high value research and preclinical data on behalf of a broad spectrum of international clients. BSL BIOSERVICE [...]

Launches Next Generation Simplified Hardware Format Uppsala, Sweden, April 6, 2009 – GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is marking the 20th anniversary of the prepacked HiPrep column family by launching next generation HiPrep 16/10 columns. The new column hardware has been redesigned to give the same high performance, reproducibility and [...]

U.S. Department of Defense to Use Multi-View, Z Backscatter Gantry Screening System BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASEI) (AS&E®), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced today the first order for its new Z Gantry™ multi-view Z Backscatter™ cargo and vehicle screening system. The Z Gantry’s bi-directional scanning platform operates [...]