Metabolon, Inc., the leader in metabolomics-driven biomarker discovery and analysis, today announced that it has released mFocus TST™ (Tissue-based Sarcosine Test), a research use only assay that measures the level of sarcosine in a biological sample. Based on biomarkers identified in a study conducted by Metabolon to better understand the metabolic changes associated with prostate [...]

24 February 2009: Malvern, UK: A new photodiode array (PDA) detector for the TDAmax™ gel permeation chromatography/size exclusion chromatography (GPC/SEC) system from Viscotek, a Malvern company, provides a powerful and flexible tool for the rapid analysis of both polymers and biological macromolecules. The PDA is ideal for the analysis of blends used to produce high [...]

Manchester, UK (February 24, 2009) - RTS Life Science, a worldwide supplier of automated sample management and drug delivery testing systems, supplied its A3 SmaRTStore as part of the commercial scale Biorepository at the Broad Institute. The Broad Institute's Biological Samples Platform (BSP) is a sample management program with expertise in sample storage and processing [...]

Dublin, CA, February 24, 2009 - Eksigent, a developer of advanced low-flow fluid delivery technologies for drug discovery and other life science applications, introduces the cHiPLC-nanoflex System, delivering improved reproducibility and ease of use to proteomics research. The system is a docking station for up to three microfluidic chips that contain nanoLC or trap columns. [...]

BioTrove, Inc. today announced the launch of the OpenArray® DLP Real-Time qPCR platform, providing the first fully licensed high-density qPCR platform for use with customers’ TaqMan® chemistries. The launch is the latest addition to BioTrove’s real-time qPCR product offerings, rounding out the company’s suite of genomics research tools, which include custom OpenArray Real-Time qPCR panels [...]

YOKOHAMA, Japan--Feb. 24, 2009-- Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) announced the opening of its expanded, state-of-the-art multi-technology applications and demonstration laboratory, which is co-located with Bruker’s R&D and manufacturing facility for X-ray analysis systems in Yokohama. Yesterday, more than 150 customers, collaborators and business partners witnessed the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Bruker’s expanded 3,000 square-meter Yokohama facility, [...]

Company's Goal Is to Lower the Cost of Genome Analysis to $100 In Order To Make Genomic Information Universally Available for Routine Medical Care- PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24 -- BioNanomatrix, Inc., a developer of breakthrough whole genome imaging and analysis platforms for biomedical research, molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine, today announced that its low-cost nanofluidic genome [...]

New Data Acquisition Software Allows Clinicians and Researchers to Streamline Laboratory Workflow and Enhance Productivity AUSTIN, Texas--Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced the commercial release of xPONENT® 3.1 data acquisition software. Launched for use on Luminex 100 and Luminex 200 systems, xPONENT 3.1 includes more than 65 new features [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A - News) today introduced a new HPLC-Chip that dramatically simplifies the analysis of phosphopeptides in proteomics research. The Phosphochip is used with Agilent HPLC-Chip/MS instrumentation to identify post-translational modifications (PTMs) as part of regulating biological pathways. This new HPLC-Chip was co-developed with Professor Albert J.R. Heck’s group at Utrecht [...]

Latest Addition to the STARLIMS Unified Lab Informatics Platform Is Ideal for Highly Regulated Environments HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Feb. 24, 2009 -- STARLIMS Technologies Ltd. (NasdaqGM:LIMS - News), a leading provider of laboratory information management systems, or LIMS, today announced that it is adding Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) functionalities to its comprehensive offerings for laboratory informatics. [...]