Rubicon Provides Genome Amplification for the Cancer Genome Atlas Project
October 13, 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 13 -- Rubicon Genomics, Inc. today announced an agreement with SAIC-Frederick to amplify DNA samples for The Cancer Atlas Genome Project. Rubicon Genomics was selected to amplify and standardize total genomic DNA from 3,000 tissue and blood samples from cancer patients. The Rubicon GenomePlex(TM) Whole Genome Amplification technology was judged best [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches MetWorks 1.2 for Accurate Metabolite Identification
October 13, 2008
SAN JOSE, Calif. (October 13, 2008) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of MetWorksTM 1.2, an updated version of its successful metabolite identification software. Thermo Scientific MetWorks is a powerful data-mining tool for small molecules that can be used to search for and identify a variety [...]
m2p-labs sets a new standard in micro bioreactors with the Flowerplate
October 13, 2008
Flowerplate Cells will love it(pressebox) Aachen, 09.10.2008 - m2p-labs GmbH launches it's new micro bioreactor platform, the Flowerplate, at the Biotechnica fair in Hannover (7.-9. October 2008). With this development m2plabs sets a new standard in micro bioreactors. The Flowerplate was selected from a multitude of different microreactor geometries in an intensive research project in [...]
BioTrove Announces Agreement with BD to Boost Drug Discovery Research Efficiency
October 13, 2008
BioTrove, Inc. today announced an exclusive alliance with BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) to provide customers with a complete solution for sample preparation and data analysis of high-throughput in vitro ADME assays. BD CYP450 Inhibition Screening Service with RapidFire Technology is a first-of-its-kind service that combines BD's expertise in the field of ADME, sales force [...]
Invitrogen Congratulates Winners of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
October 13, 2008
Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, today congratulates the three winners of the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry: Drs. Roger Tsien, Osamu Shimomura and Martin Chalfie, all of whom contributed to developing and expanding the use of fluorescent proteins in biological applications. Fluorescent proteins, including those [...]
Open up a new world of analysis…
October 13, 2008
Once again, Oxford Instruments has revolutionized EDS! Its new X-Max Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) now provides electron microscopists with the biggest area detector ever – over TEN times the solid angle of conventional EDS detectors. “This product is already changing the way people think about EDS. There is no longer a compromise between productivity and [...]
The Smart RHEO 5000 by CEAST Evolution in Rheology
October 10, 2008
Pianezza (Torino), Italy - October 10, 2008 - CEAST proudly announces the launch of the new Smart RHEO 5000, the third in its series of Smart RHEO bench-top capillary rheometers, a line developed for both QC labs and R&D teams alike, and aimed to meet the needs of those looking for a compact yet powerful [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Wins LIMS Contract from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
October 10, 2008
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (October 10, 2008) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science announced today that the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has awarded the company a contract for its Nautilus LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) for use in the medical school’s spinal cord injury research. During the project, scientists [...]
Invitrogen Launches Countess(TM)
October 10, 2008
Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, today announced the introduction of a new benchtop instrument, Countess(TM) automated cell counter, which offers a new method of automated cell counting to replace manual cell counting using a glass hemocytometer. "This instrument was designed with the scientists' workflows in [...]
Finesse Solutions Launches TruBio 3.4 Bioreactor Control Software
October 10, 2008
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 10 -- Finesse Solutions, LLC, Santa Clara, CA, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life science process applications, announced the release of version 3.4 of its TruBio bioreactor control software. TruBio 3.4 software can automate bioreactors across a wide variety of applications, ranging from 1L bench top R&D glass [...]
