HER2 CISH Gene Amplification Test Now Available CARLSBAD, Calif.--Invitrogen Corporation, (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, has signed an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Biocare Medical LLC, a leading provider of immunohistochemistry reagents, multiplex stains, and automated platforms for the anatomic pathology market, for the new SPOT-Light® HER2 [...]

Accurate baculovirus quantification in less than an hour London, UK, 15th September 2008… deltaDOT Ltd, a developer of highly innovative enabling technologies and products for bioscience research, has announced the launch of deltaTITER, a novel one hour baculovirus titration system. deltaTITER enables researchers to accurately quantify the amount of baculovirus in a sample in just [...]

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 15 -- Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI) today announced that its Board of Directors has promoted Sean M. Wirtjes, Vice President and Controller, to a new position, Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, effective September 15, 2008. Wirtjes assumes the Treasurer position from G. Edward McClammy, who continues as the Company's Senior Vice [...]

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 15 -- GE Healthcare and Varian, Inc. announced today that they will begin a collaboration to develop a new pre-clinical 7T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system. Under the agreement, initial development and integration will be a joint effort between the two companies. Once development is complete, Varian will offer customers a [...]

InforSense Workflows and Analytics Used to Deliver Automated Protein Annotation for Proteome Discoverer London, UK and Cambridge, MA, September 15, 2008 – InforSense Ltd., the leading provider of next-generation business and scientific intelligence tools, today announced that Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has begun shipping its Proteome Discoverer [...]

Loveland, Colorado, September, 2008 — Hach introduces chlorine and iron testing parameters for its total laboratory analysis system featuring TNTplus chemistries, methods and DR2800/5000 Series Spectrophotometers. Ideal for drinking water and industrial water facilities, both chlorine and iron TNTplus parameters are USEPA equivalent and can be used for reporting. Chlorine TNTplus allows users to sequentially [...]

SRU Biosystems today announced the launch and first commercial sale of its recently introduced Cartridge Reader into a leading academic laboratory. The Cartridge Reader is the company's entry-level instrument for assay development and low throughput applications to cellular and biochemical studies based on 8- and 16-well label-free biosensors. "SRU accelerated the launch of its Cartridge [...]

High Performance Radioisotope Identifier (HPRIDTM) Optimized for Quick Identification of Multiple Radiation Sources Simultaneously PINE BROOK, N.J.--Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces the launch of its HPRIDTM, High Performance Radioisotope Identifier, a next generation handheld device for detecting and identifying highly enriched uranium, plutonium and other radioactive materials. The [...]

WELLESLEY, Mass., Sept. 15 -- Xceed Molecular, a pioneer in the development of cost-effective, easy-to-use gene-expression analysis systems, announced that Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, is the latest high-profile institution to implement Xceed's Ziplex System as a critical tool to advance its translational research. Harriet Feilotter, Ph.D., FCCMG, of the University's Department of Pathology [...]

Scientists from the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), a leading genome research institute, will use ultra-high throughput genomic analysis systems from Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI) to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the genetic changes that characterize cancer in humans. Applied Biosystems announced today that GIS will add three new SOLiD(TM) Systems to its existing base [...]