Identification of blood samples benefits from new white storage tube range…
November 13, 2008
Micronic has introduced a new range of white, flat bottom alphanumeric tubes (0.5ml, 0.75ml, 1.1ml and 1.4ml) for storage of blood samples or other highly coloured liquids. Traditionally alphanumeric tubes have been manufactured in clear polypropylene. However with highly coloured samples such as blood - manual reading of alphanumeric coding can be prone to error. [...]
O.I. Corporation Announces Launch of Total Organic Carbon Analyzer to International Space Station
November 13, 2008
COLLEGE STATION, TX--Nov 13, 2008 -- O.I. Corporation (NasdaqGM:OICO - News) today announced that a next-generation Total Organic Carbon Analyzer ("TOCA") is scheduled to be launched tomorrow on the Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. OI developed the core TOCA technology for this analyzer, which will be a key component of the water [...]
Millipore Launches Cell-based Assays for Neurotoxicity
November 13, 2008
New kits provide greater sensitivity than traditional drug discovery cytotoxicity analyses Billerica, Massachusetts—November 13, 2008—Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL) today announced the launch of new high content analysis kits for detecting neurotoxicity. The kits are designed for use in drug discovery and basic neuroscience research. The kits identify toxicity biomarkers in neurons and glial cells. Detection [...]
BioForce Nanosciences to Collaborate With University Pierre & Marie Curie
November 13, 2008
Nano eNabler(TM) a Key Tool for the Development of Neural Cell-Based Assays AMES, IA--Nov 13, 2008 -- BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB:BFNH.OB - News), a leader in systems integration at the micro- and nano-scales to create products for the life sciences, is pleased to announce that it has signed a scientific collaboration agreement with [...]
November 13, 2008
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has purchased 11 additional Genome Analyzers, increasing the organization’s total number of the Illumina sequencing platform to 37. The continued scale up on the Genome Analyzer will support the Sanger Institute’s many initiatives, such as its contribution to the 1000 Genome Project, which requires [...]
November 12, 2008
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today unveiled a new product for DNA Analysis: the Infinium® HD Human660W-Quad BeadChip. This four-sample BeadChip features 2.6 million genetics markers and was developed in collaboration with The Centre for Applied Genomics at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom. The [...]
The MathWorks Opens Office in Bangalore, India
November 12, 2008
The MathWorks, the world’s leading developer of software for technical computing and Model-Based Design, today announced the opening of a new office in Bangalore, India, that will be responsible for selling and supporting the Company’s MATLAB and Simulink product families throughout the country. The new office will enable The MathWorks to provide direct support and [...]
RainDance Technologies Introduces Sequence Enrichment Solution
November 12, 2008
RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today officially introduced its Sequence Enrichment Solution for targeted sequencing applications of the human genome. RainDance unveiled the solution at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) in Philadelphia, Penn. “The RainDance Sequence Enrichment Solution [...]
November 12, 2008
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) announced today it has launched a new thermal cycler, the high-performance Stratagene Gradient Cycler. The new instrument broadens Agilent’s PCR product line and gives researchers access to a complete workflow solution for end-point PCR from a single supplier. PCR is a fast and inexpensive technique used to amplify or copy small [...]
November 12, 2008
Liège, Belgium - November 12, 2008, 08.00 CET - OncoMethylome Sciences (Euronext Brussels: ONCOB, Euronext Amsterdam: ONCOA) announced today that it has signed a world-wide, non-exclusive license agreement with QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA). Under this agreement, QIAGEN has licensed certain of OncoMethylome's methylation technologies for use in certain of QIAGEN's future products. [...]

