Invitrogen, BayBio Sign Partnership Agreement

CARLSBAD, Calif. & SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, announced today its partnership with BayBio, a leading voice for the life sciences industry in Northern California. “BayBio is a vital voice for California’s life sciences industry and is an effective leader in the [...]

New Workstation for Automation of PCR Set-ups and Serial Dilution

The CyBi®-8plus1 is a compact and easy to use pipetting instrument for the automation of PCR and sequencing set-ups as well as dilution series. Beside 8 fixed channels for the automation of serial dilutions, the system also offers a single channel, which allows pipetting from and into tubes and individual wells. This unique combination of [...]

Agreement with Olympus Expands Open Track Automation Solution for Clinical Laboratories

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. November 11, 2008 – Olympus America Inc. has signed an agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific to enhance Olympus' laboratory automation offerings to U.S. customers with a comprehensive open track automation solution for clinical laboratories. The new product offering will complement existing Olympus Lab Automation products including the OLA2500®. The agreement between the [...]

Gene Security Network Introduces Single Cell Genetic Test for IVF Applications Powered By Parental Support(TM) Technology

Gene Security Network, Inc. (GSN) announced today the introduction of the All Chromosome Aneuploidy Screening test, powered by Parental Support™bioinformatics. This is the first commercially available test to leverage bioinformatics to inform in vitro fertilization (IVF) transfer decisions by identifying potential abnormalities across all 24 chromosomes (aneuploidy) from a single embryonic cell. Test results are [...]

Accelrys Delivers Improved Efficiencies and Cost Reductions to Becton Dickinson Customers Through a New OEM Agreement

Accelrys Delivers Improved Efficiencies and Cost Reductions to Becton Dickinson Customers Through a New OEM Agreement Tuesday November 11, 6:30 am ET SAN DIEGO--Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL - News), a leading provider of scientific business intelligence software and services and Becton Dickinson, a leading global medical technology company, have entered into an agreement under which Becton-Dickinson [...]

Millipore Introduces Industry’s First Flow Cytometry Kits for Chemokine Receptors

Billerica, Massachusetts—November 11, 2008— Millipore has announced the availability of 11 new flow cytometry kits for chemokine receptor quantification. The FlowCellect™ Chemokine Receptor Surface Expression Quantification Kits are the first flow cytometry kits or their kind. They provide rapid, sensitive assessments in various cell types. Such assessments create a new standard in cell biology research, [...]

Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems Announce European Commission Merger Clearance

Closing Date of Merger Scheduled for November 21, 2008; Deadline for Merger Consideration Elections to be Close of Business on November 19, 2008 CARLSBAD, Calif. & NORWALK, Conn.--Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN - News) and Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI - News) today announced that they have received clearance from the European Commission for their proposed merger. This [...]

Affymetrix to Acquire Panomics

Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Panomics Inc., a privately held Fremont, Calif.-based company that offers a powerful suite of assay products for a wide variety of low to mid-plex genetic, protein and cellular analysis applications. The acquisition will strengthen Affymetrix’ position in high-growth validation and [...]

Biopharmaceutical Research benefits from easy-to-use Organic Synthesizer…

Activotec (www.activotec.com) has announced that it has delivered, to a leading Swiss biopharmaceutical company, a PLS Organic Synthesizer for performing high throughput solution and solid phase chemistry research. The acquisition follows a series of purchases for the same item of lab equipment by the customer over the last few years. Commenting on their choice of [...]

Automated System for aCGH Testing Introduced at Annual ASHG Meeting

Automates the laboratory workflow from DNA to scanner November 11, 2008, SciGene (Sunnyvale, CA) today announced at the annual meeting of the American Society for Human Genetics meeting in Philadelphia, PA the introduction of a system that automates the workflow used for aCGH-based testing in cytogenetics laboratories. The new system reduces processing errors and improves [...]

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