PerkinElmer Appoints Its Chief Scientific Officer Daniel Marshak to Lead Greater China Operations
July 7, 2008
WALTHAM, Mass.--PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), today announced the appointment of Daniel R. Marshak, Ph.D., to the additional position of president of its Greater China operations. In this role, Marshak will assume overall leadership of PerkinElmer in Greater China, and will be responsible for expanding its resources in the region to drive innovation and new product [...]
xCELLigence – Online-Measurement of Cell Activities without Labelling
July 7, 2008
PENZBERG, Germany--We are pleased to announce the launch of the xCELLigence System, a cell-based assay system that represents the perfect integration of micro electronics and cell biology. xCELLigence is Roche Applied Science’s new cell analyzer system -- – originally invented by US-based ACEA Biosciences, and co-developed by Roche and ACEA. The xCELLigence system will be [...]
Olink and scientists at Uppsala University founds a new instrument company: Q-linea AB
July 7, 2008
UPPSALA, SWEDEN, 7 July 2008 - Olink AB, a Swedish biotechnology company, has recently founded the instrument company Q-linea AB together with scientists at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Holding AB. Q-linea will develop a new, rapid, and sensitive detection instrument for analysis of, e.g., biological warfare agents. The main customer is currently the Swedish [...]
FEI Introduces New Category of Extreme High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy
July 7, 2008
New Magellan SEM First to Enable Rapid 3D Surface Imaging at Sub-Nanometer Resolution HILLSBORO, Ore., Jul 07, 2008 -- With its announcement today of the Magellan(TM) Family, FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) introduced a new class of instruments called extreme high-resolution scanning electron microscopes (XHR SEMs). The Magellan XHR SEM allows scientists and engineers to quickly see [...]
PerkinElmer Establishes ViaCord Research Institute™ to Further Cord Blood Stem Cell Advancements
July 3, 2008
Led by Medical Scientific Advisory Board of Leading Scientists and Physicians Institute Will Focus on Expanding Uses of Cord Blood Stem Cells WALTHAM, Mass.--PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced the creation of the ViaCord Research Institute™ (VRI™) aimed at investigating new potential future uses of umbilical cord blood-derived stem [...]
July 3, 2008
Aarhus Denmark - Jul 3, 2008 (PRN): Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has signed a global site license agreement for CLC bio’s Next Generation Sequencing solution, CLC Genomics Workbench. The site license covers all researchers at all BGI sites, both inside and outside of China. Head of Bioinformatics Division at BGI, Ruiqiang Li states, ’We have [...]
Leica Microsystems Now Creates High Resolution and High Depth of Field Simultaneously
July 3, 2008
The Leica M205 FA Stereomicroscope with FusionOptics™ Technology Bannockburn, Illinois. Leica Microsystems introduces the Leica M205 FA, the world’s first automated fluorescence stereomicroscope with a fully apochromatically-corrected 20.5:1 zoom. The Leica M205 FA overcomes the previous limits of optical resolution with Leica Microsystems’ latest innovation: FusionOptics. The design principle of the Leica M205 FA is [...]
July 2, 2008
VICTORIA, BC Canada/EWORLDWIRE/July 2, 2008 --- GenoLogics, the leader in translational research informatics solutions for life sciences, today announced that The University of Texas, Health Sciences Center - Houston (UTHSC-H) has selected GenoLogics to provide an informatics solution to support its clinical and translational research initiative. The University of Texas Health Sciences Center - Houston [...]
Simulations Plus Releases Major Software Update for Its Top Rated Predictive Software
July 2, 2008
ADMET Predictor(TM) 3.0 Employs New Technology for Molecular Descriptors, All New Predictive Models LANCASTER, Calif.--Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP - News), a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, announced that it has released Version 3.0 of its best-in-class ADMET Predictor software for predicting properties of molecules from only their structures. [...]
American Science and Engineering, Inc. Receives $55.1 Million Order from Abu Dhabi Customs
July 2, 2008
Abu Dhabi Customs Will Utilize AS&E's Full Range of Cargo Inspection Products for Integrated Border Security BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASEI - News) (AS&E®), a leader in X-ray detection technology, announced today that the Company has received a $55.1 million contract from Abu Dhabi Customs. The Customs Administration at Abu Dhabi, the [...]

