QIAGEN Introduces Comprehensive Solution for Epigenetics

Expanded EpiTect portfolio targets growing demand for standardized sample and assay technologies to investigate processes regulating gene function Venlo, The Netherlands - June 18, 2008 - QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced a significant expansion of its EpiTect product portfolio for epigenetics, one of the most dynamic areas in life sciences. With [...]

Innovotech Signs North American Marketing/Distribution Agreement

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(June 18, 2008) - Innovotech Inc. (TSX VENTURE:IOT) is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with BioSurface Technologies of Bozeman, Montana to market and distribute its patented MBECTM Assay research tool. "Biofilm research and knowledge have seen dramatic growth over the past five years. BioSurface Technologies is the only company that is [...]

Automatic High-content Image Analysis Simplifies Cell Research

Jena, Germany – June 18, 2008. Cell researchers are now able to obtain biomedically relevant information from micrographs without having to devote their attention to the basics of image analysis. The AxioVision ASSAYbuilder software module from Carl Zeiss enables largely automatic, high-content analyses of images captured with AxioVision. Detailed work instructions and an easy-to-operate user [...]

Invitrogen Partners With International Regulome Consortium to Advance Stem Cell Research for the Development of Life Saving Therapies

SAN DIEGO, CA--Jun 18, 2008 -- The International Regulome Consortium (IRC) announced today it has signed a non-binding letter of intent with Invitrogen Corporation (NasdaqGS:IVGN - News) to develop tools for stem cell research that will aid in the development of new therapies for some of the world's most debilitating diseases. The agreement was signed [...]

ArtusLabs Collaborates with Boston University to Create Three Dimensional Structures

ArtusLabs Collaborates with Boston University to Create Three Dimensional Structures 2008 BIO International Convention DURHAM, N.C.--ArtusLabs, Inc., a leading provider of life science software tools and data management solutions, has entered into a partnership with Boston University’s Center for Chemical Methodology and Library Development (CMLD) to develop a way to standardize and expand the way [...]

Transgenomic Introduces SURVEYOR(R) Endonuclease Adaptor-Ligated Libraries (SEAL) for Determining Whole Genome Sequence Variation

OMAHA, Neb., June 17 -- Transgenomic (OTC Bulletin Board: TBIO) today announced that it is developing SURVEYOR Endonuclease Adaptor-ligated Libraries (SEAL). A cost-effective and high throughput enabling technology for whole genome analysis, SEAL identifies DNA variations between a reference genome and a test genome. SEAL is designed to recognize point mutations and small insertion/deletions at [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces New Chromatography Software

SAN JOSE, Calif., (June 17, 2008) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has introduced new ChromQuest™ 5.0 Chromatography Data System (CDS) software. ChromQuest 5.0 software provides a new user interface, data acquisition, data processing and reporting for Thermo Scientific LC and GC instrumentation, including the Accela™ High Speed LC system [...]

Dionex Expands International Infrastructure with New Subsidiary In Sweden

Dionex Corporation has expanded its international sales and distribution capabilities by opening a wholly owned subsidiary, Dionex Sweden AB, in Stockholm, Sweden. The new subsidiary enables the company to effectively address the growing demand for Dionex products and solutions. The expansion brings to 19 the total number of Dionex direct sales subsidiaries operating outside the [...]

Nysa Announces Company Name Change to Natrix Separations, Inc.

Burlington, ON, June 17, 2008 ¯ Natrix Separations, Inc., a supplier of high performance, single use and multi-cycle disposable chromatography products, announced today the company’s new name and launched a family of lab scale chromatography products based on its patented adsept™ separations technology at the BIO 2008 meeting in San Diego, CA. The company’s name [...]

Invitrogen Corporation, BioTek Instruments, Inc. Announce Strategic Collaboration

Carlsbad, Calif., and Winooski, Vt., June 16, 2008 – Invitrogen Corporation, a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, and BioTek Instruments, Inc., a leader in microplate instrumentation technology, have entered into a collaboration agreement to validate the compatibility of Invitrogen’s reagents and technology platforms with BioTek’s microplate detection instruments. Invitrogen’s [...]

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