Invitrogen Files Merger Notification With European Commission

Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN) today announced that it has filed the necessary formal notification to the European Commission with respect to its pending acquisition of Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI). Under European Commission rules, the Commission has 25 business days following the date of notification to respond to the filing. The company continues to expect the transaction [...]

Sigma-Aldrich and the University of Illinois Offer New Boronic Acid Surrogates to Researchers Worldwide Through Licensing Agreement

Technology expected to aid drug discovery by allowing for the rapid synthesis of molecules using a single reaction ST. LOUIS, Oct. 7 -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign allowing Sigma-Aldrich to offer research quantities of powerful [...]

South African Core Lab Adopts Affymetrix Technology for Genomic Studies

Affymetrix Inc., (Nasdaq:AFFX) today announced that one of South Africa's largest public core labs has begun offering genomic research on the Affymetrix GeneChip(R) platform. The Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR) is using many Affymetrix GeneChip arrays, such as the exon array and the SNP Array 6.0, to explore applications with molecular diagnostics potential, [...]

Microfluidics Introduces New Services Designed to Enhance Customer Success

NEWTON, Mass.--Microfluidics, a division of Microfluidics International Corporation (OTCBB: MFLU), announces the availability of several new services designed to enhance customer success and assist in customer innovation. These new services build on the deep technology, process and applications expertise that Microfluidics has developed through its 25 years of experience with thousands of customer applications, including [...]

Evaluating early stage crystal morphology…

Heidolph Brinkann LLC (Elk Grove, IL) have announced a new option for the Radleys Lara Controlled Laboratory Reactor (CLR) system and bespoke Laboratory Reactors that offers chemists studying crystal morphology significant benefits. Traditionally chemists have used video microscopy as their technique of choice for non-invasive monitoring of particle shape, shape and quantity in process. Radleys [...]

Electronic Sensor Technology Appoints Stetsonex International Company as Distributor for Western Africa

NEWBURY PARK, Calif.--Electronic Sensor Technology (EST) (OTCBB:ESNR), a leading provider of innovative ultra high-speed instrumentation for the homeland security, environmental, flavors and fragrance industries, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Stetsonex International Company (SIC) to distribute EST’s products in Western Africa. Steve Olaye, President of SIC, a leading supplier [...]

Integrated DNA Technologies introduces DsiRNA: high-quality RNA duplexes for RNAi

Screening Dicer-substrate siRNA duplexes enable fast, cost-effective siRNA CORALVILLE, Iowa – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a world leader in oligonucleotide production, has announced the launch of its Screening Dicer-substrate siRNA (DsiRNA) duplex product. Ideal for small scale in vitro applications, Screening DsiRNAs provide researchers with a cost effective and quick solution for their RNAi experiments. [...]

Millipore Opens New Manufacturing Facility in Ireland

Official ceremony also marks company's 20 years in Cork BILLERICA, Mass.--Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL - News), a life science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today opened a new membrane casting manufacturing facility in Carrigtwohill, County Cork, Ireland. The 30,000 square foot facility almost doubles the company’s membrane production capabilities [...]

Ahura Scientific Announces New European Partners Company’s Chemical Identification Solutions Now Represented in Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Benelux, and the Czech and Slovak Republics

WILMINGTON, MA and ESSEN, GERMANY, Oct 07, 2008 -- FROM SECURITY-ESSEN, HALL #7, STAND #329 -- Ahura Scientific, Inc., a leader in rugged, ultra-compact instruments for chemical identification, announced today it is expanding its presence in Europe with three new distribution partners -- Nucletron Technologies GmbH in Germany and Austria, HazmatLINK in the United Kingdom [...]

Omega Microplate Readers with Advanced Technology Package BMG LABTECH’s Omega Series of Microplate Readers: Now TR-FRET & AlphaScreen® compatible

The Omega series, including the FLUOstar Omega and POLARstar Omega, is the world's only microplate reader line with Tandem Technology utilizing high-speed UV/Vis spectrometer based absorbance and ultra-sensitive filter based detection in all measurement modes. These multidetection microplate readers are capable of reading absorbance, luminescence, fluorescence intensity, fluorescence polarization and time-resolved fluorescence. Combined with a [...]

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