eGenomics Awarded First U.S. Patent Covering Rapid DNA Sequencing Technology Platform to Control Hospital-Acquired Infections

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 -- eGenomics, Inc., a leader in the development of state of the art genomic and informational systems for infectious disease control, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued U.S. Patent no. 7,449,808, for key elements of its proprietary warning system for hospital infection control. The [...]

ZyGEM and Commonwealth Biotechnologies Announce Research Collaboration for DNA Extraction Products

- Companies are Joining Forces to Further Evaluate and Apply ZyGEM's Unique DNA Extraction Technology to CBI's DNA Forensic Operations - - Includes Potential Development of New DNA Forensic Analysis Products - SOLANA BEACH, Calif., HAMILTON, New Zealand and RICHMOND, Va., Sept 04, 2008 -- ZyGEM Corp. Ltd. today announced that it has entered into [...]

Avantes joins m-u-t AG

Avantes Holding B.V. has sold 51% of its shares to the Wedel, Germany based publicly traded company m-u-t AG. m-u-t AG was founded in 1995 and went public in 2007. The company presently develops and produces high-tech solutions for Laboratory Automation, Spectroscopy, Aviation, and Fire detection. Profit from operations during the first half of 2008 [...]

Invitrogen Launches Patent Licensing Program for Enabling Amplification Technology

Company Executes Licenses with Three Leading Life Science Companies CARLSBAD, Calif.--Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, today announced that it has signed non-exclusive agreements with New England Biolabs, Inc., QIAGEN GmbH, and Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories, Inc. (KPL), whereby the companies have licensed Invitrogen’s patented technology [...]

SciGene and ARUP Laboratories to Automate DNA

Sample Processing for aCGH-Based Genetic Tests September 03, 2008, SciGene (Sunnyvale, CA) and ARUP Laboratories (Salt Lake City, UT) announced today they have entered into an agreement under which they will develop an automated platform for processing DNA samples used in microarray-based tests used for detecting genetic defects. Under the agreement, SciGene will provide the [...]

BIOMAX INFORMATICS AG

Releases the New BioXM Version 3.0, A Major Upgrade of Its Flagship Enterprise Platform for Semantic Data Integration and Knowledge Management MARTINSRIED, Germany--Biomax Informatics today announced the new release of a major upgrade of its flagship product BioXM™ Knowledge Management Environment. The BioXM system integrates information from different data sources to dynamically build semantic networks [...]

EDAX LAUNCHES LATEST GENERATION OF ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION DETECTORS

DigiView IV Broadens EDAX Portfolio of X-Ray Microanalysis Instruments MAHWAH, NJ - EDAX Inc., a leader in X-ray microanalysis and electron diffraction instrumentation, has launched the DigiView IV, the latest generation electron backscatter detector (EBSD). "The DigiView IV is designed to serve a wide range of EBSD applications," explains Del Redfern, Manger of Product Marketing [...]

Roche NimbleGen’s Revolutionary Sequence Capture Technology Now Available for Use in Research Laboratories

Enabling researchers to perform targeted sequencing from any region in the genome, within any research institute, at any time they want. MADISON, Wis--This spring, Roche NimbleGen announced the launch of their Sequence Capture Technology, a groundbreaking technique for enriching targeted genomic regions for high-throughput sequencing. Initially offered as a service, the Sequence Capture Technology is [...]

Corning Announces Commercial Agreement with HighRes Biosolutions

LOWELL, Mass., September 4, 2008 -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), a global supplier of scientific laboratory and drug discovery products for more than 90 years, today announced the signing of a commercial agreement with HighRes Biosolutions Inc. of Woburn, Mass. to develop innovative consumables to meet the needs of medium-to high-throughput screening customers. HighRes Biosolutions [...]

Millipore Forms Collaboration with Agilent Technologies to Expand Capabilities in Epigenetics Research Market

Companies to develop ChIP-on-Chip kits to enhance protein research BILLERICA, Mass. & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL - News) and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A - News) today announced they have formed a collaboration to develop innovative ChIP (chromatin immunoprecipitation) kits for the fast-growing epigenetics research market. The kits will be designed to improve [...]

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