DNA2.0 Expands European Presence By Opening UK Office: Experienced Life Sciences Executive, Dr. Michael Dyson, to Lead European Operations

DNA2.0 opens DNA2.0 Ltd. in the United Kingdom and hires Michael Dyson to run European operations. Menlo Park, CA (PRWEB) December 10, 2008 -- DNA2.0, the leading gene synthesis and protein engineering company, today announced the expansion of the company's European operations with the creation of the United Kingdom-based DNA2.0 Ltd. Michael Dyson, PhD, has [...]

Transgenomic Receives Accreditation from College of American Pathologists

Omaha, NE, December 9, 2008 – Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC-Bulletin Board: TBIO.OB) today announced that its laboratory has been awarded an accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), based on the results of a recent on-site inspection. Transgenomic is now one of the more than 6,000 CAP-accredited laboratories nationwide. [...]

Caliper Gains Access to DuPont Intellectual Assets & Licensing OncoMouse® Technology

Caliper Discovery Alliances & Services Now Offers Researchers Light-Emitting Spontaneous Tumor Models HOPKINTON, Mass. and WILMINGTON, Del., December 09, 2008 -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that it has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement that grants Caliper [...]

Designed to Expedite Study of Complex Proteins, KDRI Large Protein Content Now Included with Promega HaloTag™ Vectors

Promega Corporation in conjunction with Kazusa DNA Research Institute (KDRI) in Chiba Prefecture, Japan will soon offer vectors encoding Promega HaloTag™ with genetic content from KDRI’s catalog. The KDRI content derives from large, typically difficult to clone human genes. In addition, there will be a comprehensive catalog of human transcription factors commonly used in research [...]

Affymetrix Technology Powers Cincinnati Childrens Hospitals Innovative Test for Jaundice

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX - News) today announced that its technology was used by the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to develop an innovative molecular diagnostic test designed to help diagnose the genetic defects in patients with inheritable forms of jaundice. Jaundice is the most common symptom of liver disease in young children. Cincinnati [...]

Flow Cytometry provides more effective livestock semen analysis…

Guava Technologies, Inc. has announced an exclusive partnership with IMV Technologies, world leader in reproductive biotechnology, to provide breeders and scientists with a unique cellular analysis platform that enables better evaluation of fertility parameters by introducing a new level of accuracy, reproducibility, productivity and cost effectiveness for livestock semen analysis. Performing a panel of simple [...]

Ultra clean deep-well plates promote cell growth…

Produced under class 10,000 clean room conditions from ultra-pure grade polypropylene, BactiGrowth plates from Porvair Sciences Ltd. contain no contaminants that may leach out and affect high yield growth of bacteria, yeast, mammalian or insect cell lines. Every batch of BactiGrowth plates is rigorously tested to validate their contamination-free status ensuring reproducibility and maintaining customer [...]

RainDance Technologies Delivers RDT 1000, Sequence Enrichment Solution to Broad Institute

RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced that the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will become an early access partner for its new RDT 1000 and Sequence Enrichment Solution. Under the Early Access Partner program, RainDance will deliver to the Broad [...]

New DQ Fluorometry Standard

Hoefer, Inc. has introduced a high quality DNA standard for use in fluorometry. The DQ302 Fluorometry Standard contains 0.25 ml DNA at a concentration of 1 ml/ml and is suitable for calibration of fluorometers, such as the Hoefer DQ300, when using the Hoescht 33258 (bis-benzimide) assay for quantitation of double stranded DNA. For complete information [...]

Roche and Axiogenesis Enter into Co-Development and Marketing Agreement

Unique Embryonic-Stem Cell Derived Specific Organ System Will Further Boost the Technology of the xCELLigence System for Life Cell-Analysis PENZBERG, Germany, Dec 09, 2008 -- Roche and Axiogenesis AG, Cologne, Germany today announced that they have entered into an agreement for the development and distribution for Axiogenesis' Cor.At(R) 100% pure cardiomyocytes platform as an integral [...]

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