November 21, 2008
New hire brings over 20 years of commercial life sciences sales experience to Cyntellect SAN DIEGO, Nov. 21 -- Cyntellect, a privately-held life sciences company leading the development and commercialization of live cell analysis and manipulation systems, announced today that it has appointed Andre Lubarsky as the Company's Director of Sales - North America. Andre [...]
Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems Complete Merger
November 21, 2008
Combined Company, Called Life Technologies Corporation, is a Global Leader in Biotechnology Reagents and Systems Company to Begin Trading Under Ticker Symbol LIFE CARLSBAD, Calif.--Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN) and Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI) today announced the successful completion of their merger transaction. The new company will be named Life Technologies Corporation and will be traded on [...]
Mirion Technologies To Provide Radiation Monitoring Systems for German Nuclear Power Plant
November 20, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO--Mirion Technologies Radiation Monitoring Systems Division today announced a contract award by Westinghouse Electric, Germany to supply radiation monitoring systems equipment for the Philippsburg 1 Nuclear Power Plant in southwestern Germany. The Particulate, Iodine and Noble Gas Monitors and associated signal processing electronics from Mirion’s MGPI-H&B product line provide critical process and event monitoring [...]
University of Florida and Cyntellect Collaborate to Unlock Mysteries of Cancer Stem Cells
November 20, 2008
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 20 -- Cyntellect, a privately-held life sciences company leading the development and commercialization of live cell analysis, manipulation and purification systems, announced today that it has entered a research collaboration agreement with the University of Florida Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research. The agreement will focus on a variety of research areas including [...]
Geospiza Acquires Award-Winning GeneSifter® Data Analysis Product
November 20, 2008
Acquisition Extends Data Analysis and Visualization Capabilities SEATTLE--Geospiza, Inc. and VizX Labs today announced a definitive agreement whereby Geospiza, a privately held developer of genetic analysis software, has acquired the award-winning GeneSifter Data Analysis product. This product will provide scientists a true sample to results solution for gene expression for both microarrays and next generation [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Accelerates Biomarker Research at Pronota
November 20, 2008
ULM, Germany, Nov. 20, 2008– Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it is helping Pronota, pioneer in biomarker validation through mass spectrometry based in Ghent, Belgium, discover and validate disease biomarkers faster and more cost-effectively with its new HeavyPeptide FasTrack™ service. Heavy peptides are isotopically labeled peptides (very short [...]
Luminex Corporation and Mingyuan Medicare Development Company Sign Distribution Agreement
November 20, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas & HONG KONG--Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX - News), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, and Mingyuan Medicare Development Company, a leading supplier of biomedical products in China, today announced the signing of a distribution and supply agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Mingyuan will serve as the exclusive distributor in China and [...]
Open-source Analysis Tool enables Rapid Annotation of Metagenomes
November 20, 2008
The study of microbial communities from environmental samples, known as metagenomics, has been propelled forward by technological advancements in high-throughput, low-cost sequencing such as 454’s Genome Sequencer FLX System. With the recent use of sequencing approaches for metagenomic analysis, the major research challenges have shifted from generating to analyzing data. To resolve these analysis bottlenecks, [...]
November 20, 2008
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 20 -- Transgenomic (OTC Bulletin Board: TBIO) today announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the development of its proposed SURVEYOR Endonuclease Adaptor-ligated Libraries (SEAL) technology. A cost-effective and high throughput enabling technology for whole genome [...]
November 20, 2008
International Agreement Licenses Seno's Opto-Acoustic Imaging Technology To VisualSonics to Enable Molecular Imaging at the Cellular Level and Aid in the Pursuit of Neurology, Regenerative Medicine, Inflammation, and Cancer Applications TORONTO and SAN ANTONIO, TX, Nov. 20 - VisualSonics and Seno Medical Instruments today announced the official signing of a licensing agreement providing VisualSonics exclusive [...]

