Foster City, CA and Austin, TX —Applied Biosystems has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ambion’s Research Products Division, a supplier of RNA-based reagents, for $273 million in cash. Ambion’s Research Products Division sells sample preparation, RNAi, micro RNA, and gene expression and array products. Ambion’s 2005 revenues are forecasted to increase 22% to more [...]

Thermo Electron Corporation’s NITON Analyzers announces the introduction of the first hand-held X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyzer equipped with a helium purging mechanism for direct analysis of so-called “light elements”. Thermo’s line of NITON portable XRF analyzers has been recognized worldwide for their ability to provide immediate chemical analysis of alloys, electronic materials, coatings, plastics and [...]

BREMEN, GOETTINGEN and Tuebingen, Germany - - Bruker Daltonik GmbH, the University of Goettingen and German biotech company PANATecs GmbH today announced a new development collaboration in protein biomarker discovery and molecular diagnostics research based on mass spectrometry. PANATecs will apply Bruker Daltonics’ CLINPROT™ tools for biomarker discovery, profiling and identification in the field of [...]

Seattle, WA and Carlsbad, CA- Invitrogen has agreed to acquire Xcyte Therapies’ cell expansion technology, including intellectual property, clinical data, raw materials and equipment, for $5 million in cash. In addition, Xcyte will also be entitled to a percentage of sublicensing revenue related to the intellectual property for therapeutic applications. “To Invitrogen, this transaction represents [...]

Wilmington, MA –Process Monitoring and control technologies provider MKS Instruments has agreed to acquire Umetrics AB, a maker of multivariate data analysis and modeling software for semiconductor, pharmaceutical, petrochemical and manufacturing processes. Terms of the transaction were not announced. “I am pleased that our partnership with Umetrics has expanded beyond our exclusive license agreement, and [...]

Gothenburg, Sweden -- Cellectricon today announced the launch of the new CellaxessTM CX1 and CX3 Systems for adherent cell electroporation based on Cellectricon’s patented (U.S. Patent #6,521,430) capillary electroporation technology. The technology provides new possibilities for hard-to-transfect cells. Developed for life scientists, Cellaxess offers novel transfection capabilities based on patented and revolutionary capillary electroporation technology. [...]

Melbourne, Australia-Genetic Technologies (GTC) has reached a final settlement with Applera, resulting in binding agreements, and a license for Applera to use GTC's patents covering non coding regions of the human genome. In 2003, GTC filed suit against Applera for infringement of its US Patent No. 5,612,179. (Intron Sequence Analysis Method for Detection of Adjacent [...]

Teledyne Isco Announces Retirement of President and COO Douglas Grant; David Kennedy Appointed Vice President and General Manager Lincoln, NE – December 8, 2005 -Teledyne Isco, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY) announced today that Douglas Grant, long-time President and COO, will retire December 31, 2005 following 37 years of service. Concurrent with [...]

For Immediate Release Contact: Ann McDonough Corporate Communications 508-482-3729 Milford, Mass., -- Waters Corporation today announced the shipment of Waters MassLynx 4.1 Software, its market-leading solution for the company’s line of mass spectrometers. MassLynx Software has been enhanced and reconfigured to facilitate high-performance quantification and qualitative analysis so that users can process and review results, [...]

Venlo , The Netherlands and Foster City , CA – – QIAGEN N.V.Frankfurt , Prime Standard: QIA) and Applied Biosystems Group an Applera Corporation business announced that they have entered into a license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Applied Biosystems has granted a license to QIAGEN under the expanded Applied Biosystems PCR (polymerase [...]