Bio-Rad and Bruker Sign Joint Product Development and Co-Marketing Agreement

Bio-Rad and Bruker Partner to Offer New Solutions for Biomarker Discovery and Development HERCULES, CA and BILLERICA, MA--(March 23, 2009) - Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO) and (NYSE: BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, and Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), a leading manufacturer of mass spectrometry (MS) instruments, [...]

Accelrys Announces Support for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Platform to Expand Reach

SAN DIEGO, CA--Mar 23, 2009 -- Accelrys, Inc. (NasdaqGM:ACCL - News), a leading provider of scientific business intelligence software and services, announced it now supports Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 as a publication platform for Accelrys' scientific applications. "As one of the fastest growing products in Microsoft's history, SharePoint Server is currently used by many [...]

Systat Software, Inc., In Collaboration With Rescentris, Releases SigmaCERF – An Electronic Lab Notebook For Life Scientists

Systat Software, Inc., (SSI) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Rescentris, Inc. of Columbus, OH, to globally offer their joint product, SigmaCERF ™ - an Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) and knowledge management platform for life science research organizations. San Jose, CA, USA (PRWEB) March 20, 2009 -- Systat Software, Inc., (SSI) announced [...]

CyBio and Axxam Develop a New System for High Throughput Screening

Expanding capabilities in robotic HTS Jena, Germany and Milan, Italy, March 20th 2009 - CyBio AG and Axxam SpA announce that they have developed, installed and fully validated a new state-of-the-art screening station to be used by Axxam in running hit discovery campaigns with automated luminescence and fluorescence screening systems. CyBio AG is a worldwide [...]

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Provides Corporate Update

SOUTH EASTON, Mass., March 20 -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBIO - News; "PBI" and the "Company") today provided an update on various corporate activities, including (1) the receipt of a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research ("SBIR") Grant from the National Institutes of Health ("NIH"), (2) a presentation by Dr. Alexander Ivanov of the [...]

New technique used to profile anthrax genome

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have used a new approach, known as RNA-Seq, to profile the gene expression of the bacterium that causes anthrax, Bacillus anthracis. Their study, published March 20, 2009, online by the Journal of Bacteriology, marks the first time any bacterial transcriptomethe complete collection of mRNAs produced by a bacterium [...]

CalBioreagents announces the release of 6 NEW Monoclonal Antibodies for MRSA.

MRSA are strains of Staphylococcus aureus that have developed resistance to beta lactam antibiotics. Resistance to these antibiotics is mediated by the MRSA MecA gene and the resulting mutant penicillin binding protein 2a (PBP2a). A series of monoclonal antibodies specific for the MRSA PBP2a protein have been developed by CalBioreagents' partner company DINONA, Inc., (Korea). [...]

GE and National University of Singapore Sign Agreement to Establish US$100 Million Water Technology Center

SINGAPORE—March 19, 2009: —GE Water, a business unit of GE Energy, and the National University of Singapore (NUS) announced that they have signed an agreement to establish the NUS-GE Singapore Water Technology Center on the campus of NUS. Together, GE and NUS are investing US$100 million (SGD$150 million) in the NUS-GE Singapore Water Technology Center. [...]

Screening Pressure Reactor accelerates catalyst and process optimisation…

Symyx Technologies Europe has announced the availability of the Symyx Screening Pressure Reactor (SPR), a high-throughput research system that enables up to a 100-fold increase in the speed of screening and optimising catalysts and catalytic processes. The Symyx SPR is available for refining, petrochemical and fine chemical applications. It encompasses Symyx's chemistry, engineering and software [...]

Easy-to-use Protein Precipitation Cartridge

KINGSTON, England, March 19, 2009--The new 1ml Protein Precipitation Cartridge from Porvair Sciences Ltd. uniquely combines the proven operational benefits of proprietary p3 technology with the low cost and convenience of a cartridge-based separation methodology. Incorporating a novel treated dual matrix frit the new p3 cartridge eliminates the wetting-out and leaking of sample associated with [...]

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