GOTHENBURG, Sweden, December 3, 2008 -- Cellectricon, a leading provider of screening solutions for drug discovery, today announced the signing of a collaborative agreement with The Automation Partnership (TAP) in the UK, manufacturers of advanced automated systems for cell culture, sample management and high throughput screening applications. Under the agreement TAP will co-develop and manufacture [...]

- Consortium to improve DNA analysis technologies launches under EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) - OXFORD, United Kingdom--Oxford Nanopore Technologies (“Oxford Nanopore”) today announced its participation in the Revolutionary Approaches and Devices for Nucleic Acid analysis project (READNA). The newly-launched READNA consortium includes researchers from 16 academic and industrial institutions and will receive €12m in [...]

Digital Sensors Help Reduce Installation, Maintenance and Calibration Efforts December 3, 2008 – METTLER TOLEDO, a global manufacturer and marketer of precision instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications, has announced the launch of digital sensors with ISM® (Intelligent Sensor Management) technology, which helps reduce installation, maintenance, and calibration efforts for the [...]

Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX) today announced it is realigning and restructuring its business operations to drive performance, improve operating efficiency and increase positive cash flow in 2009. Specific steps include: -- Combining Symyx Tools and Symyx Research to create Symyx High Productivity Research (HPR). Richard Boehner, President of Symyx Research, will serve as President [...]

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3 -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) and SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), a leading producer of single-wall carbon nanotubes, announced today that they have signed an agreement under which Sigma-Aldrich will distribute SWeNT's single-wall carbon nanotubes to the research and development community. Under the terms of the agreement, Sigma-Aldrich will exclusively distribute research quantities [...]

SEATTLE--Rosetta Biosoftware, a global leader in life sciences informatics solutions, today announced the availability of the Elucidator system version 3.2, with major enhancements for support of SILAC and 14N/15N labeling and phosphoproteomics. The expanded suite of features empowers scientists with new workflows for biomarker discovery, verification and validation in basic and translational research. The Elucidator [...]

SHANGHAI, China & CARLSBAD, Calif.--Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE - News), a provider of innovative life science research and discovery solutions, today announced that the Chinese government and two leading food manufacturers are implementing its mass spectrometry-based technologies for food analysis as part of efforts to identify and contain the spread of [...]

PANalytical (Almelo, the Netherlands) will launch its new 2830 ZT Wafer Analyzer at SEMICON Japan 2008, 3-5 December. The 2830 ZT offers the ultimate capability for simultaneous non-contact determination of layer thickness and composition. Designed specifically for the industry, it provides manufacturers with a powerful tool for achieving the tightest process monitoring throughout the entire [...]

PENZBERG, Germany--Following the launch of the xCELLigence RTCA SP Instrument in June, Roche Applied Science has introduced the new xCELLigence RTCA MP Instrument. In comparison with the RTCA SP, the new RTCA MP Instrument has a higher throughput capacity and it is more versatile which enables application on a wider range of experimental set-ups. The [...]

WALTHAM, Mass., Dec 02, 2008 -- Decision Biomarkers Inc, a leading developer of protein biomarker analysis systems for pharmaceutical research and development, today announced the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board consisting of internationally renowned scientists and physicians at the forefront of biomarker and clinical research. The Scientific Advisory Board includes: -- Daniel W. Chan, [...]