Denator builds up sales organization prior to launch premiere at HUPO 2008

Gothenburg, Sweden, 24. 07. 2008. Denator AB announced today that the company is establishing a commercial sales network in Europe and the US. Katarina Alenäs joins Denator to become the European Sales Director. Over the past 10 years, Ms. Alenäs has held sales, marketing and product management roles in several life science and diagnostics companies [...]

Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium and Affymetrix Expand World’s Largest Study of Genetic Diseases

Second Phase to Analyze the Genetic Information of 36,000 Additional Individuals to Better Understand Seven New Common Disorders SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX - News) today announced that the Wellcome Trust of Great Britain has awarded to Affymetrix the second phase of its Case Control Consortium (WTCCC) project, the world’s largest-ever study of the genetics [...]

Scripps Research Institute Scientists Find Structure of Critical Ebola Virus Protein

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have uncovered the structure of a critical protein from the Ebola Virus that allows viral entry in human cells. “This structure reveals how this critical piece of the virus is assembled and helps explain how the pathogen evades and exploits the human immune system," explained Erica [...]

BioTek Instruments, Inc. Announces Product Lineup for 2008 DDT World Congress

July 23, 2008, WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments, Inc., will attend the 13th annual Drug Discovery & Development of Innovative Therapeutics World Congress, August 4-7, 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts with several of their latest technologies as well as a yet to be announced addition to their beneficial microplate instrumentation portfolio. Products featured at BioTek's [...]

SuperArray Bioscience Changes Name to SABiosciences and Moves Into New Larger Facility on Verge of Tenth Anniversary

FREDERICK, Md., July 23 -- SuperArray Bioscience Corporation announced today it has changed its name to SABiosciences Corporation and moved to a brand new facility three times larger than the previous location. The changes reflect both its phenomenal growth over the last few years and its continuing expansion into other additional technologies besides gene expression [...]

Carbon Nanoprobes, Inc. Announces Production Agreement with Leading MEMS Foundry

CNProbes, an Emerging Nanotech Solutions Provider, Has Executed an Agreement with a Leading MEMS Foundry (Contract Manufacturer) This Agreement Puts CNProbes Closer to Ramping up Full-Scale Production and Launch of CNProbes' Flagship Product, a Carbon Nanotube Probe Tip for Use in the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Last update: 9:06 a.m. EDT July 23, 2008 SEATTLE, [...]

ICx Technologies Adds Stride Radionuclide Identification Detection Units and Systems to its Sophisticated Roster of Detection Products

WASHINGTON--ICx Technologies™ (NASDAQ:ICXT - News), a developer of advanced sensor technologies for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications, announced today the release of Stride™ Radionuclide Detection and Identification Systems. Stride Systems are designed to automatically screen people, luggage and packages at critical checkpoints, as well as entries into facilities, to detect the covert movement [...]

Yale University chooses Rigaku X-ray Diffraction (XRD)

The Woodlands, TX - July 22, 2008. Rigaku Americas Corporation today announced that the Department of Chemistry at Yale University has chosen two Rigaku X-ray Diffraction (XRD) instruments to form the core of their new center for X-ray diffraction. Both the Rigaku RAPID II and Rigaku SCXmini™ diffractometers will be housed in a new facility [...]

GE Healthcare Financial Services Closes $3.5 Million Financing With VisEn Medical

VisEn Medical, a leading developer of fluorescence-based agents and system solutions that enable non-invasive in vivo imaging, has received $3.5 million in venture debt financing from GE Healthcare Financial Services. VisEn will use the credit facility to support its working capital needs and expanding commercialization efforts worldwide. "We worked closely with GE Healthcare Financial Services [...]

BioTrove Expands Customer Support, Corporate Presence with New West Coast Office

BioTrove, Inc. today announced the opening of a new Bay Area location to expand customer and technical support to the west coast region. Located in San Carlos, California, the new BioTrove corporate offices and laboratory will facilitate research collaborations with clients based nearby, as well as technology demonstrations of the company's OpenArray(TM) genomic analysis system [...]

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