febit's HybSelect(TM) Technology Evaluated to Enable Targeting and Increase Speed for Next-Generation-Sequencing LEXINGTON, Mass. and HEIDELBERG, Germany, Aug. 14 -- febit and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced the formation of a collaboration in which TGen will evaluate Next-Generation-Sequencing equipment in conjunction with febit's proprietary Geniom(R) Microarray Technology. febit's HybSelect(TM) Technology enables selective [...]

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Miraculins Inc. (TSX VENTURE: MOM), a medical diagnostic company focused on developing and commercializing diagnostic tests for unmet clinical needs, is pleased to announce that the Company has completed development of a prototype assay for PSP94 (Prostate Secretory Protein) on the Luminex Bio-Plex 200 Protein Array System and plans to manufacture and begin [...]

Next-Generation Desk Top Explosives Trace Detector IONSCAN 500DT Achieves TSA Lab and Field Certification Qualifying it for Purchase and Deployment PINE BROOK, N.J.--Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has officially certified Smiths Detection IONSCAN 500DT after successful completion of the TSA's Certification Plan [...]

Customers and Partners Enthusiastically Embrace Next Gen Data Analysis Capabilities SEATTLE--Geospiza, Inc. today announced the release of FinchLab Version 3.2, the new version of the company’s acclaimed genetic analysis workflow and data management system. This new version of FinchLab provides powerful new analytic capabilities, including secondary analysis for Next Generation Sequencing. FinchLab provides the only [...]

Three International Studies Use Affymetrix SNP Arrays to Discover Copy Number Variations Linked to Mental Disorder SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX - News) announced today that researchers around the world have used the Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP Arrays 5.0 and 6.0 to uncover important links between copy number variations (CNVs) and schizophrenia. Researchers from the [...]

On April 3rd, three months before worldwide launch, Roche Applied Science sold the first xCELLigence System at the Analytica 2008 trade in Munich. In July the system has been installed at AgenoLab GmbH & Co. KG in Stuttgart (Germany), a supplier of contract biotechnology and life science laboratory services. AgenoLab is the first company worldwide [...]

NEWBURY PARK, Calif.--Electronic Sensor Technology (EST) (OTCBB:ESNR), a leading provider of innovative homeland security and environmental solutions, announces the receipt of an additional order for 6 units of zNose® instruments from its distributor in China. The instruments will be used by China for security applications. Electronic Sensor Technology has approximately 80 instruments in China, most [...]

QRSciences Holdings Limited, (“QRSciences”) (ASX:QRS) (QRSNY:PK) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, QRSciences Security Pty Ltd, has entered into a Distribution Agreement with General Electric Security (GE Security) for its trace detection products. The Distribution Agreement complements the technology licensing agreement that QRSciences entered into with GE Security in May of 2006 and further [...]

DURHAM, N.C.--Tecan, a global leader in laboratory automation and detection, has donated a Freedom EVO® 150 to help process forensic samples for human identification in the aftermath of the May 12 earthquake in the Sichuan Province. The earthquake, which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale, caused major devastation in the Province, with more than 87,000 [...]

LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 13 -- RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced the appointment of Michael B. Olex as Vice President, System Development, effective immediately. "As RainDance introduces its exciting RainStorm(TM) droplet-based technology to market, Mr. Olex will play a key leadership role in designing, [...]