Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced a major strategic sale to Metabolomics Australia (MA), which will provide metabolomics services to Australian researchers. Valued at approximately $2.5 million, the order includes multiple HPLC, LC/MS, GC, GC/MS and CE instruments, plus specific software to facilitate analysis of metabolomic data. "Metabolomics Australia performed a very thorough evaluation of [...]

Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI) today announced the addition of new members to its Software Development Community by forming relationships with InteRNA Genomics B.V. and Biotique Systems, Inc. The commercial software solutions offered by these companies are intended to advance data analysis and management for researchers utilizing Applied Biosystems' SOLiD(TM) System, the company's ultra-high-throughput platform for [...]

IDBS today announced that the School of Pharmacy at The University of Nottingham (UK) has selected E-WorkBook to meet its data management requirements. The School of Pharmacy sought a solution that could meet three distinct requirements – adherence to good governance procedures, IP protection and visibility, and effective management of research activities. The University of [...]

SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN - News) today announced the appointment of Stephen Pentoney as Vice President of Array Biochemistry reporting to Joel McComb, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Illumina’s Life Sciences Business Unit. In Stephen’s new role, he is responsible for leading Illumina’s assay and application development efforts. Prior to joining Illumina, Stephen [...]

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI - News) today announced that it has expanded its Software Development Community to include new software analysis tools that are expected to help drive innovation and speed the development of bioinformatics solutions that will enable researchers to realize the full potential of ultra-high-throughput genomic analysis. These new analysis tools [...]

Mexican Ministry of Health Selects PerkinElmer to Support Screening Program Expansion WALTHAM, Mass.--PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced a one-year agreement with the Mexican Ministry of Health, la Secretaría de Salud, to expand its newborn screening program across Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement, PerkinElmer will [...]

Invitrogen Corporation, a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, and Active Motif, Inc., developer of TimeLogic(R) hardware-accelerated genomics solutions, have announced a joint project to explore the use of field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology for the analysis of next-generation sequencing data. The TimeLogic search appliances couple an FPGA accelerator [...]

(Nanowerk News) For accurate, repeatable real-time transmittance measurement of optical lenses and other optical components, Ocean Optics has introduced the Optical Transmittance Spectrometer (OTS). The compact system measures tint color, photopic transmittance and UV cutoff of ophthalmic lenses, optical coatings, windows and filters, as well as characterizing photochromic, electrochromic and sun lens materials. The OTS [...]

Sterilin Limited, the established leader in single use laboratory plastics for life science applications, presents the Iwaki® range of tissue culture products. The Iwaki branded tissue culture products are signified by their distinctive purple cap. They offer an incomparable level of product quality, service and support for cell biologists. The Iwaki cell culture range consists [...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--CambridgeSoft Corporation announced today that it has completed a $21 million private equity investment by Goldman, Sachs & Co. CambridgeSoft is a leading supplier of discovery, collaboration, and knowledge management research IT enterprise solutions, desktop software, scientific databases and consulting services for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and chemical industries. In connection with the offering, Raheel [...]