Helicos BioSciences Corporation Announces Pricing of Common Stock and Warrant Private Placement
December 19, 2008
Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS), a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies for the research, drug discovery, and diagnostic markets, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with certain investors to raise approximately $18.6 million in gross proceeds in a private placement through the sale of shares of its [...]
Online Measurements of Physiological Parameters in Living Cells Downloads and Links
December 19, 2008
AxioVision Physiology module for microscopyRTF Documents The AxioVision Physiology software module from Carl Zeiss enables image capture with a camera and the measurement of physiological parameters in living cells both during microscopic observation (online) and afterwards (offline). The software documents both the images and all major steps of the experiment and makes them available together [...]
Bio-Rad Announces the Launch of Its CFX384 Real-Time PCR Detection System
December 19, 2008
HERCULES, Calif., December 19, 2008 – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of its new Bio-Rad CFX384™ real-time PCR detection system as well as its new CFX Manager™ software, Security Edition. CFX Manager can be used to [...]
VWR International bvba is REACH Ready
December 19, 2008
DARMSTADT, Germany--VWR International bvba, a subsidiary of VWR International, LLC, announced today its completion of pre-registration for our portfolio to comply with the requirements of the REACH Directive (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals). VWR, a leading global laboratory supply company, is present in sixteen European countries. Starting December 1st, only pre-registered or registered [...]
VistaGen, WARF sign license agreement for human embryonic stem cell technology
December 18, 2008
MADISON, VistaGen Therapeutics and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) have signed a license for human embryonic stem cell patents for the development and commercialization of stem cell-based research tools. VistaGen, a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, is one of the world's leading companies focused on using the power of stem cell technology [...]
Benchtop laboratory lyophilizer offers new levels of efficiency & flexibility…
December 18, 2008
SP Industries Inc., world leader in lyophilization equipment, has announced the new Virtis AdVantage Plus range of laboratory freeze dryers. Featuring the latest advances in benchtop freeze drying, the AdVantage Plus is now available with up to three fluid-cooled shelves which maintain precise temperature control previously available only in pilot and production scale units. At [...]
CambridgeSoft and StatSoft Execute Collaboration Agreement
December 18, 2008
CambridgeSoft, a leading supplier of desktop and enterprise knowledge management software solutions for life sciences companies, and StatSoft, a leading supplier of desktop and enterprise STATISTICA data analysis and data mining software solutions, announce the execution of a collaboration agreement. The agreement is the start of formal collaborations between the two companies, complementing CambridgeSoft’s Chem [...]
Automatic process control optimises use of raw materials in the dairy
December 18, 2008
Hilleroed, Denmark, FOSS announces XDS Process Analytics™ for the dairy, a powerful analytical and process control solution in a simple-to-integrate form. The XDS Process Analytics solution helps dairy producers to reduce out of specification production and optimize the use of valuable raw materials such as protein and fat. The system can be used to control [...]
December 18, 2008
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Dec 18, 2008 -- ProGenTech Limited, a life science and molecular diagnostics company based in Shanghai, China and the San Francisco Bay Area has signed a collaboration agreement with the China CDC to create a joint laboratory that will focus on developing next generation molecular diagnostic systems and assays. Under the terms of [...]
Fluxion Moves into Germany and Austria with New Distribution Agreement
December 18, 2008
IUL Instruments GmbH to Distribute BioFlux Line of Live Cell Imaging Products Fluxion Biosciences announced today an exclusive distribution agreement with IUL Instruments GmbH. IUL, based in Königswinter, Germany, will handle sales and service in Germany and Austria of Fluxion's BioFlux research tools for live cell image analysis in drug discovery. IUL Instruments GmbH, founded [...]

