The Burnham Institute for Medical Research Becomes a GeneGo Center of Excellence Using MetaCore for Stem Cell Research and Neurology

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Dec. 2 -- GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today that Burnham has become a certified GeneGo Center of Excellence. Burnham researchers will have institution-wide access to GeneGo's MetaCore data analysis suite, training and advanced support. The Burnham institute is a world-class biomedical research facility running multiple OMICs experimental [...]

BioTrove, Gene Express to Co-Market Novel Standardized Genetic Profiling Test

BioTrove Inc. and Gene Express, Inc. today announced an exclusive co-marketing agreement to test market a standardized genetic profiling test for indicators of lung cancer risk. Supported by a two-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, the new profiling test combines BioTrove’s OpenArray® nanofluidic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology platform, Gene Express standards for accurate [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Program to Meet Melamine Detection Challenges

WALTHAM, Mass.--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced it has launched a program focused on assisting government and commercial food testing laboratories in the development and implementation of methods for the analysis of melamine in food products imported from China. This new program comes in response to the recent alert issued [...]

Helicos BioSciences Corporation Realigns Senior Management Team

Helicos BioSciences (NASDAQ:HLCS) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Ronald Lowy as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Ron has served on the Board of Helicos since November 2007 and will continue to do so. Steve Lombardi will continue in the position of President of Helicos and a member of the [...]

InforSense Partners With the U.K.’s South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London to Combat Alzheimer’s Disease

InforSense Ltd., the leading provider of next generation business and scientific intelligence tools, today announced that the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust (SLaM) and Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London will use InforSense's translational research tools [...]

Ahura Scientific Wins Second Cygnus Innovation Award

Company honored in HazMAT/WMD category for TruDefender FT, its newest handheld chemical identification product WILMINGTON, Mass. – December 2, 2008 – Ahura Scientific, Inc., a leader in rugged, ultra-compact handheld instruments for chemical identification, today announced that it was recognized with a Cygnus Law Enforcement Group Innovation Award in the HazMAT/WMD category for its most [...]

INDUCTIVE CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR MONITORS INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS IN AGGRESSIVE MEDIA

Sensor is Engineered to Endure the Most Hazardous Conditions While Screening for Manufacturing Seepage December 1, 2008 – METTLER TOLEDO, a global manufacturer and marketer of precision instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications, introduces the inductive conductivity sensor InPro7250. The sensor is engineered to endure the most hazardous conditions while screening [...]

Asuragen, Inc. Launches a Multiplex qRT-PCR Assay for the Detection of BCR/ABL1 Fusion Transcripts

Asuragen, Inc. announced today the launch of its BCR/ABL1 Quant (RUO)* kit, a research tool utilizing multiplex real-time quantitative RT-PCR to provide simultaneous detection and quantification of BCR/ABL1 fusion transcripts (b2a2, b3a2, and e1a2), ABL1 (an endogenous control), and BCR/ABL1Quant Norm (an exogenous control) in a single reaction. The kit is based on TaqMan® technology [...]

Nikon and JEOL join forces to introduce a powerful yet economic benchtop SEM

Nikon Instruments Europe and JEOL have announced an agreement that appoints Nikon as the official European distributor of the innovative NeoScope benchtop SEM (scanning electron microscope). Whether used by trained electron microscopists as a compact screening instrument, or by lab technicians seeking a higher resolution alternative to the light microscope, the NeoScope will help accelerate [...]

Cellectis Meets the 20 Meganucleases Annual Capacity Milestone

Biocitech Life Sciences Park, France - Cellectis S.A. (Alternext: ALCLS), the genome engineering company for therapeutic, life science research and other biotechnology industries, announced today the achievement of a key milestone set at the time of its 2007 IPO. The company also provides an update on its objectives and timeline. By reaching the 20 meganucleases [...]

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