PALO ALTO, Calif., May 7 Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI - News) announced that its Board of Directors today appointed James T. Glover as a new director. Glover is the seventh member of Varian, Inc.'s board of directors, and was appointed for a term expiring at the annual meeting of the Company's stockholders in 2009. Glover [...]

EAST HILLS, N.Y. & WEST CHESTER, Pa.--Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL - News) and VWR International, LLC, today announced that they have renewed their Master Distributor Supply Agreement. With this agreement, VWR will continue to sell and promote Pall's filtration technologies to VWR customers in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and throughout Europe. Laboratories are [...]

Digilab Genomic Solutions(R) Has Entered Into Supply/Reseller Agreement with Applied Biosystems HOLLISTON, Mass. — Digilab Genomic Solutions(R) (DGS) today announced it has entered into a supply and reseller agreement with Applied Biosystems. According to the agreement, DGS will supply HydroShear(R), a DNA shearing device for library preparation, to Applied Biosystems. Applied Biosystems will offer the [...]

CARLSBAD, Calif. & BELTSVILLE, Md.--In research demonstrating that RNA previously thought to have no biological relevance may be of use for therapeutic and diagnostic targets, Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN - News), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, and BioServe, the leading provider of clinically annotated tissue samples and provider of [...]

The RImax(TM) Gel Permeation / Size Exclusion Chromatography (GPC/SEC) system from Viscotek is a powerful, yet easy-to-use tool for the conventional characterisation of natural and synthetic polymers, copolymers, proteins, nanoparticles and other macromolecules. Combining the market leading GPCmax(TM) fully integrated pump, autosampler and degasser module, Model 3580 Refractive Index (RI) detector and OmniSEC GPC/SEC software [...]

Arrangement Brings Integrated Fluidic Circuit Technology to Nordic Scientists Specializing in Real-Time PCR, Genotyping, Cancer Detection and Absolute Quantification SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & TOROED, Norway--Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits, has appointed AME Bioscience as its exclusive distributor for the BioMark™ Systems in the Nordic Region (Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, and Denmark). [...]

John Wayne Airport management lauded for fostering new collaborative technology testing approach. Syagen Technology, Inc., conducted a trial deployment of its new Guardian Explosives Trace Portal system, in collaboration with the John Wayne, Orange County Airport, in California. This month long trial was conducted at an employee entrance of the Airport, where volunteer employees were [...]

RapidFire™ Distribution Agreement Expands Technology Access for European Customers WOBURN, Mass. & BREDA, Netherlands--BioTrove Inc. and Synchron Lab Automation today announced a distribution agreement for the BioTrove RapidFire™ Services Portfolio in Europe. Under the agreement, Synchron will provide European customers with access to RapidFire Services–including Lead Discovery and Lead Optimization Services–to complement their portfolio of [...]

Genedata, a leading provider of solutions for computational biology, announced the release of Genedata Expressionist version 5.0, its enterprise high-throughput biomarker discovery platform. Identifying and validating biomarkers with the highest degree of confidence has become key for drug safety and efficacy prediction in preclinical development. Doing this effectively necessitates the seamless integration of transcriptomics, proteomics, [...]

Agilent Technologies Inc., (NYSE: A) a leader in precision optics, today announced the availability of a Multi-wavelength Laser Combiner for microscopy applications. Developed to work with laser-based tools in the rapidly expanding microscopy market, the laser combiner is ideal for applications including epifluorescence, laser scanning confocal and flow cytometry. The new combiner provides 19 wavelength [...]