Illumina Completes Sequencing of African Trio
May 6, 2008
Internal Sequencing Runs Yield 15GB on Single Flowcell SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc., (NASDAQ:ILMN - News) today announced that scientists at the Company have completed sequencing the genomes of an anonymous African Trio (Yoruba from Ibadan, Nigeria) using the company’s Genome Analyzer sequencing platform. Illumina previously announced the sequencing of the first of these HapMap samples, that [...]
SACHEM Launches Displacement Chromatography Services
May 6, 2008
SACHEM Responds to Customer Demand by Offering Onsite Expertise to Support Scientists in Evaluating and Applying Displacement Chromatography AUSTIN, Texas--In response to customer demand, SACHEM is now offering a new services program to help displacement chromatography users to quickly apply the technology in their laboratory and plant. The program uses SACHEM’s extensive chemical expertise and [...]
Applied Biosystems DNA Analysis Technologies Aiding Genographic Project
May 5, 2008
Landmark Global Population Study Begins to Unlock Genetic History of Human Migration FOSTER CITY, Calif.--As some early humans began to leave their native Africa around 60,000 years ago in a wave of migration that would ultimately populate the planet, they began to slowly accumulate and pass down various random genetic mutations that would ultimately result [...]
May 5, 2008
HORIBA Instruments, Inc. and HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Inc. have recently concluded an exclusive strategic agreement with the Qwest Scientific Group, a West Coast based manufacturer’s representative organization for analytical laboratory instruments. HORIBA Instruments, Inc. and HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Inc. have recently concluded an exclusive strategic agreement with the Qwest Scientific Group, a West Coast based [...]
May 5, 2008
STONY BROOK, N.Y.--Applied DNA Sciences (OTCBB: APDN) announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Smiths Detection (Smiths), part of the global technology business of Smiths Group. Under the terms of the MOU, Smiths will provide APDN with exclusive use of the Bio-seeq™PLUS platform, centered upon a portable, DNA-verifying device for [...]
May 5, 2008
ISSAQUAH, Wash., May 5, 2008 - Applied Precision® LLC a leading provider of imaging, measurement and analysis systems for the life sciences Industries today announced the sale of its Life Sciences business unit to a group led by Senior Management and Telegraph Hill Partners of San Francisco. The resulting company, Applied Precision, Inc., will be [...]
May 5, 2008
- Nearly 40% of Drugs on the Market and 30% of Active R&D Programs Target GPCRs - HOPKINTON, Mass., May 5 -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP) today announced a collaboration with DiscoveRx Corporation that enables functional cell-based G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) assays from DiscoveRx to be performed on Caliper's LabChip(R) platforms. The combined [...]
EST Announces Election of Directors and Chairman
May 5, 2008
NEWBURY PARK, Calif.--Electronic Sensor Technology (EST) (OTCBB:ESNR), a leading provider of innovative homeland security and environmental solutions, announced today that it has elected Mr. William Wittmeyer and Ms. Maggie Tham to its Board of Directors. In addition, Dr. Teong Lim, Founder and Director, has been elected Chairman of the Board. Mr. Wittmeyer and Ms. Tham [...]
Assay Designs(TM) Announces Collaboration with Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
May 5, 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 5 -- Assay Designs, Inc., a leading provider of immunoassay kits, antibodies, and reagents to the life sciences and translational research markets, announced a collaboration on a joint antibody research project with the Medical University of South Carolina and Dr. Jennifer Isaacs' laboratory. Under the terms of this agreement, Assay Designs [...]
U.S. Department of Homeland Security CEDAP Program Awarded $5.9M to Ahura Scientific, Inc.
May 5, 2008
Program Funds Equipment and Training for Smaller Communities Across the Nation to Help Prevent, Deter, and Respond to Terrorist Attacks WILMINGTON, MA--(May 5, 2008) - Ahura Scientific, Inc., a leader in rugged, ultra-compact handheld instruments for chemical identification, today announced that more than 200 FirstDefenders® have been delivered as part of the U.S. Department of [...]
