Golden Helix Expands Copy Number Collaboration Program; Signs Five Additional Institutions
June 24, 2008
BOZEMAN, Mont.--Golden Helix, Inc., the global leader in genetic association software, today announced it has expanded its collaboration program to refine and advance the science of copy number analysis. The company recently signed five additional academic institutions to the program, bringing the total to 11. Those added include Imperial College London, University of Edinburgh, University [...]
June 24, 2008
10 second analysis enables fast detection of IEDs London, 24 June 2008 - SMITHS Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces the launch of a hand-held vapour detector for volatile chemicals commonly used in home-made bombs. The SABRE EXV, using Smiths Detection’s proven Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) technology, is a lightweight [...]
Sterilin Limited Introduces New Catalogue for its Complete Range of Single Use Laboratory Products
June 24, 2008
(Caerphilly, UK, 24 June 2008) – Sterilin Limited, the established leader in single use laboratory plastics for life science applications, announces the availability of its newly rebranded comprehensive catalogue of single use plastic and Iwaki® tissue culture products. The 120 page catalogue features a large innovative range of products from containers, jars, pipettes and petri [...]
Invitrogen Advances Drug Discovery Safety Testing
June 24, 2008
Launches First Non-Radioactive Test Kit for High Throughput hERG Channel Blockage Screening CARLSBAD, Calif.--Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a leading provider of essential life sciences technologies for research, production and diagnostics, today announced the availability of a proprietary test kit that enables better screening for cardiotoxicity traits of potential drug compounds earlier in the discovery process. The [...]
Aushon BioSystems Expands Microarray Service Offering
June 24, 2008
Aushon BioSystems, a provider of microarray instrumentation and services, today announced the expansion of its microarray service line to include offerings dedicated to reverse phase arrays (RPA). Previously, Aushon offered RPA print services through its Custom Microarray Printing Services, but has now added downstream array processing and data analysis. Unlike forward phase arrays in which [...]
June 24, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences (NASDAQ:HLCS - News), a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies, announced today that it has entered into a scientific collaboration with the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) in order to interrogate a wide spectrum of genomic variation within various sarcomas, an aggressive type of bone or soft tissue cancer usually [...]
Advance Nanotech’s Owlstone Subsidiary Receives a $629,000 Order From Selex Galileo NEW YORK
June 24, 2008
June 24 -- Advance Nanotech, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: AVNA), announced today that its Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. ("Owlstone") subsidiary has received an order from SELEX GALILEO totaling $629,000. SELEX GALILEO, a Finmeccanica company and one of Europe's foremost Aerospace and Defense organizations, is a leader in surveillance, protection, tracking, targeting, navigation & control and imaging [...]
Geospiza™ Joins Illumina Connect Partnership Program
June 24, 2008
SEATTLE, Washington – June 24, 2008 – Geospiza, Inc., a leading developer of workflow management software for genetic analysis, today announced that it joined Illumina Connect, a bioinformatics software partnership program established by Illumina to advance data integration and analysis. Illumina is a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of next-generation life science tools and integrated [...]
June 24, 2008
GenElute(TM) HP 96-Well Plasmid Miniprep Kit provides rapid generation of transfection-grade plasmid from bacterial cultures ST. LOUIS, June 24 -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL - News) today announced the launch of its GenElute(TM) HP 96-Well Plasmid Miniprep Kit for DNA purification. The new 96-well kit is suitable for a variety of pharmaceutical and biotechnology research applications, [...]
Tecella “Amps” Up Cellectricon’s Dynaflow® HT for Pharma Leader
June 24, 2008
COSTA MESA, CA--(June 24, 2008) - Tecella today announced that Cellectricon has selected Tecella's Richmond patch clamp amplifier system to be integrated into their next generation Dynaflow® HT platform. Cellectricon earlier announced plans to deliver Dynaflow® HT platforms to a pharmaceutical leader under a collaborative agreement. "Our focus has been high throughput with high quality [...]

