Luminex Corporation Settles Legal Dispute
April 29, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas--Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) today announced that it has settled the pending litigation with The Research Foundation for the State University of New York and the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (“Plaintiffs”). As part of the settlement, the Plaintiffs received a one time cash payment of $4.35 million with no admission of [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Lands at Sakhalin II with SampleManager LIMS
April 29, 2009
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced that Sakhalin Energy has selected its SampleManager LIMS for use in one of the largest integrated oil and gas projects in the world. PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (April 29, 2008) The Sakhalin II Project, located on Sakhalin Island in Russia’s Far East, includes a partnership incorporating [...]
InforSense and Tessella Forge Strategic Partnership
April 29, 2009
Companies Partner to Deliver Scientific Intelligence for Improved Drug Discovery, Disease Understanding and Productivity LONDON, CAMBRIDGE, MA and OXFORD, UK--(April 29, 2009) - InforSense Ltd., the leader in next generation business and scientific intelligence, and Tessella, the information technology and consulting services company selected by R&D, science and engineering leaders for business-critical assignments, today announced [...]
April 29, 2009
Real-time PCR-based kits and software improve identification of foodborne pathogens CARLSBAD, Calif.--Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the expansion of its portfolio of food safety testing solutions with new kits and software to improve the detection of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes in food. These new tools, which include MicroSEQ® Pathogen [...]
SEQUENOM Announces Delay in Launch of SEQureDx Trisomy 21 Test
April 29, 2009
SAN DIEGO--SEQUENOM, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM - News) announced today that the expected launch of its SEQureDx™ Down syndrome test is delayed, due to the discovery by company officials of employee mishandling of R&D test data and results. Accordingly the company is no longer relying on the previously announced R&D test data and results. SEQUENOM has [...]
April 28, 2009
- Test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) Expected to Highlight Broad On-Demand CE IVD Test Menu at Booth #611 SUNNYVALE, California, April 28 -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD - News) today announced speaker and program highlights for its symposium, "Patient Management in the Era of Rapid Diagnostics," which the company will host at the 19th European Congress [...]
April 28, 2009
LILLE, France--At the 15th Annual Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) Conference , PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the release of 16 new G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) and ion channel cell lines. With these latest offerings, PerkinElmer’s GPCR cell lines portfolio is [...]
April 28, 2009
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., April 28 -- Block Engineering announced today that it has been awarded a total of $3,300,000 in contracts from several DoD agencies to develop next generation, ultra-miniaturized infrared spectrometers, based on the company's Microelectromechanical (MEMS) and Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) technologies. "These awards are the result of our focused efforts to demonstrate to [...]
Ambry Genetics Announces Illumina CSPro Certification for GA Sequencing
April 28, 2009
Aliso Viejo, CA - April 28th, 2009 – Ambry Genetics announced today that it has successfully completed Illumina CSPro™ certification for Genome Analyzer (GA) Sequencing, gaining entry to an elite group of Illumina genomics service providers globally. Illumina Inc., a San Diego-based company, provides leading-edge genetic analysis tools to genomics centers worldwide. Illumina CSPro is [...]
Strand Life Sciences Solution for Bioinformatics Challenges in NGS
April 28, 2009
New software solution for the analysis of data from Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) experiments. Bangalore, India, April 28, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Strand Life Sciences announced that it is developing a new software solution for the analysis of data from Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) experiments. This new solution incorporates algorithms optimized to process NGS data while focusing on integration [...]

