AnaSpec, EGT Group Press Releases & News (Page 4)

AnaSpec Awarded Patent for HiLyte FluorTM Dyes

AnaSpec, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company patent number 7,465,810 for “Reactive 1,3’-Crosslinked Carbocyanines and Their Bioconjugates.” - February 01, 2009

AnaSpec Introduces SensoLyte™ Anti-MOG (1-125) IgG ELISA Kits - Mouse & Rat

AnaSpec announced the release of 2 new SensoLyteTM Anti-MOG ELISA assay kits – the SensoLyteTM Anti-Mouse MOG (1-125) and SensoLyteTM Anti-Rat MOG (1-125) IgG ELISA Assay Kits. - January 31, 2009

AnaSpec Introduces New AnaTagTM HiLyte FluorTM 594 & 680 Protein Labeling Kits

AnaSpec has announced the inclusion of two new dyes in its AnaTagTM protein labeling kit collection - HiLyte FluorTM 594 (Ex/Em=593/616 nm) and HiLyte FluorTM 680 (Ex/Em=678/699 nm). Developed by AnaSpec, HiLyte FluorTM dyes are a series of dyes that spans the whole visible spectrum (Figure... - January 25, 2009

AnaSpec Introduces New ClearPointTM beta-Amyloid Peptides

ClearPointTM peptides are AnaSpec’s trademark collection of heavy or stable isotope labeled peptides and amino acids. - January 11, 2009

AnaSpec’s Published References Pass 700

The number of published papers that cite AnaSpec’s products has passed 700. - January 09, 2009

AnaSpec Introduces Line of Fluorescent Probes for Nucleic Acids

AnaSpec carries a variety of premium quality stains, including cell-impermeant and cell-permeant nucleic acid stains. - December 21, 2008

University of New Brunswick and AnaSpec Present Poster at ASCB2008

AnaSpec, in collaboration with the U. of New Brunswick and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), presented a poster entitled, “The Expression and Activity of MMPs during Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Development." - December 20, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces Two New IRAK1 Antibodies – pThr 209 & 387

AnaSpec has introduced two new phosphospecific IRAK1 polyclonal antibodies – anti-IRAK1 (pThr 209) and anti-IRAK1 (pThr387). - December 18, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces Industry’s First Fluorimetric Assay Kit for Aggrecanase-1 Activity Detection

AnaSpec has announced the release of the industry’s first fluorimetric assay optimized to detect ADAMTS-4 (aggrecanase-1) activity - the SensoLyteTM 520 Aggrecanase-1 Assay Kit. A FRET based assay, it is homogeneous and has an emission in the green range (Ex/Em= 490 nm/520 nm). The kit... - December 17, 2008

AnaSpec Signs Distribution Agreement with Yope Biotechnology

AnaSpec and Yope Biotechnology Co. Ltd. today announced a non-exclusive distributor agreement that will allow Yope Biotechnology Co. Ltd. to distribute AnaSpec’s catalog and custom products throughout China. AnaSpec’s Director of Sales & Marketing, Violeta Rajkovska, noted,... - December 04, 2008

AnaSpec Signs Distribution Agreement with Biogenuix Medsystems

AnaSpec and Biogenuix Medsystems Pvt. Ltd. today announced a non-exclusive distributor agreement that will allow Biogenuix Medsystems Pvt. Ltd. to distribute AnaSpec’s catalog and custom products throughout India. AnaSpec’s Director of Sales & Marketing, Violeta Rajkovska, noted,... - November 28, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces New Line of LL-37 GO™ Peptides

LL-37 peptides are AnaSpec’s latest addition to their expansive collection of research-ready, on-demand GO™ Peptides. - November 27, 2008

AnaSpec Releases 4 New Phosphospecific Anti-Tau Antibodies

AnaSpec is excited to announce the release of 4 more new phosphospecific anti-Tau antibodies. This represents the industry’s largest collection of anti-Tau antibodies - 17 phosphospecific and 9 non-phosphospecific antibodies. AnaSpec’s expertise in phosphopeptide synthesis combined... - November 23, 2008

AnaSpec Signs Distribution Agreement with Shanghai Universal Biotech Company

AnaSpec and Shanghai Universal Biotech Company today announced a non-exclusive distributor agreement that will allow Shanghai Universal Biotech Company to distribute AnaSpec’s catalog and custom products throughout China. - November 22, 2008

AnaSpec Establishes New Dedicated GMP Manufacturing Facility

In response to increased demand for GMP peptide production, AnaSpec has established a new facility dedicated to GMP manufacturing. Located adjacent to its current San Jose, California-based headquarters, the expansion provides an additional 5000 sq. ft. of dedicated GMP space including two class... - November 16, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces Series of Luminescent and Non-Luminescent Calcium Indicators

AnaSpec offers coelenterazine and several synthetic coelenterazine analogs for reconstituting aequorin in cells that have been transfected with apoaequorin cDNA. - November 14, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces Improved AnaTagTM APC, B-PE and R-PE Labeling Kits

AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of the improved AnaTagTM APC, B-PE and R-PE Labeling Kits. Labeling of antibodies can be both tedious and time-consuming. Without the use of proper techniques and reagents, the conjugation may result in suboptimal or no labeling. AnaSpec’s improved... - November 12, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces Fluorescent Calcium Indicators

Calcium plays a vital role in the regulation of cardiac contractility, growth and gene expression; consequently, calcium measurement is critical in numerous biological investigations. Fluorescent probes that show spectral responses upon Ca2+ binding have enabled researchers to investigate changes... - November 05, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces New PKD1 & PKD2 Antibodies

Protein kinase D (PKD belongs to the calcium calmodulin superfamily of kinases (2-3). - October 23, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces New SensoLyteTM MMP ELISA Kits

MMPs are key players in normal and pathological processes, including embryogenesis, wound healing, inflammation, arthritis, and cancer. - October 18, 2008

AnaSpec’s FRET Feature Article Available at Photonics.com

AnaSpec published a technical article entitled, “Sensitive FRET Assays Aid Drug Discovery” in the August edition of Biophotonics International. - October 16, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces Histone GO™ Peptides - Acetylated & Methylated

The core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) act as spools around which DNA winds. Covalent modification on the amino terminal of the core histones through de/acetylation, de/methylation and de/phosphorylation affect chromatin structure and exquisitely regulate gene expression.1-3 Histone... - October 11, 2008

TBTA - Click Chemistry Ligand for Cu (I)

Copper (I) species are powerful catalysts for the formation of 1,2,3-triazoles from azides and alkynes. The general thermodynamic instability of Cu(I) however, results in easy oxidation to Cu(II) and/or disproportionation to Cu(0) and Cu(II).1 TBTA, Tris-[(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)... - September 24, 2008

AnaSpec Celebrates 15 Year Anniversary

Since its inception in 1993, AnaSpec has provided drug discovery reagents to some of the world’s largest biotech, pharmaceutical, and academic research institutions. - September 21, 2008

AnaSpec to Manufacture BD™ Fluorescent Dyes for BD Biosciences

AnaSpec announced today that BD Biosciences, a business segment of BD (Becton Dickinson and Company), has chosen it to manufacture and supply the BD™ H7, Calcein AM and DiIC12(3) Fluorescent Dyes. “BD Biosciences has a tremendous reputation in the industry for innovative products of... - September 19, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces High Performance Labeled Streptavidins

AnaSpec has introduced its latest collection of streptavidins labeled with its patented HiLyte Fluor(TM) and HiLytePlus(TM) dyes which promise brighter fluorescence and better photostability compared to FITC and Cyâ dyes. - September 18, 2008

RayBiotech and AnaSpec Sign Licensing Agreement for HiLyte™ Dyes

AnaSpec and RayBiotech today announced a licensing agreement that will allow RayBiotech to label antibodies with AnaSpec HiLytePlus™ and HiLyte Fluor™ dyes and integrate into protein and antibody arrays. HiLytePlus™ and HiLyte Fluor™ are AnaSpec's proprietary series of high... - September 17, 2008

AnaSpec and Cyclex Sign Licensing Agreement for Deacetylase Activity Assay Kits

AnaSpec and Cyclex Co. Ltd. today announced a licensing agreement that will allow AnaSpec to make, use, and sell deacetylase activity assay kits and the related products as covered by Cyclex’s patent # ‘s EP 1243658, US 7033778, US 7256013. "We are pleased to partner with Cyclex... - September 14, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces Kinase Substrates as GO™ Peptides

Protein kinases are a transferase family of self-regulatory enzymes that catalyze the phosphorylation of other proteins by covalently attaching phosphate groups to them, using ATP as a phosphate donor. Reversible protein phosphorylation-dephosphorylation has a principal role in the regulation of... - September 11, 2008

Recombinant MOG Proteins - New

Expanding on its world-class collection of MOG peptides and assay kits, AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of 3 MOG recombinant proteins, for human, mouse and rat. These proteins, with sequences corresponding to human, mouse and rat extracellular domain, together with a 6x His tag were... - September 10, 2008

AnaSpec Peptides Used in Latest Alzheimer’s Research Findings by VU University Medical Centre and Lund University

At the 2008 International Conference for Alzheimer’s Disease, the VU University Medical Centre and Lund University presented a joint poster entitled, “Aβ1-42 binding and uptake by primary human astrocytes in vitro: Effects of a1-Antichymotrypsin.” The authors of the study... - August 31, 2008

New Anti-GHSR Antibodies from AnaSpec

AnaSpec has announced the release of two antibodies for growth secretagogue receptor (GHSR). One antibody targets the N-terminus and the other an internal sequence. GHSR is a G protein-coupled receptor with seven transmembrane domains and is primarily expressed in hypothalamus and pituitary glands... - August 30, 2008

AnaSpec and UW TechTransfer Sign Licensing Agreement for Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases

AnaSpec and UW TechTransfer today announced a licensing agreement that will allow AnaSpec to make, use, and sell Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Substrates as covered by UW’s patent # 5,739,278 entitled “Compositions for Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases.” "We are pleased to... - August 29, 2008

Biocore and AnaSpec Sign Distributor Agreement

AnaSpec and Biocore Pty Ltd today announced a non-exclusive distributor agreement that will allow Biocore Pty Ltd to distribute AnaSpec’s catalog and custom products throughout Australia. AnaSpec’s Director of Sales & Marketing, Violeta Rajkovska, noted, “AnaSpec is pleased... - August 14, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces GO Peptides™ - Research-Ready Peptides on Demand

AnaSpec is pleased to introduce GO Peptides™, the next evolution in peptide tools. - August 13, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces New SensoLyte™ 570 Generic MMP Assay Kit with Industry’s Highest Wavelength

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) belong to a family of secreted or membrane-associated proteins capable of digesting extracellular matrix components. The importance of MMPs in tumor development and invasion as well as other diseases is well known. AnaSpec has introduced the SensoLyteTM 570 Generic... - August 09, 2008

Novus Biologicals and AnaSpec Sign Licensing Agreement for HiLyte™ Dyes

AnaSpec and Novus Biologicals today announced a licensing agreement that will allow Novus Biologicals to label Novus antibodies with AnaSpec HiLytePlus™ and HiLyte Fluor™ dyes. HiLytePlus™ and HiLyte Fluor™ are AnaSpec's proprietary series of high performance fluorescent... - July 30, 2008

AnaSpec Offers Custom Peptide-Aminoluciferin Synthesis

AnaSpec now offers custom synthesis service of peptide-aminoluciferin substrates. - July 23, 2008

AnaSpec Introduces New Series of PAR Peptides

AnaSpec has introduced its latest series of PAR peptides. - July 09, 2008

New Anti-Keratin Antibodies Introduced by AnaSpec

AnaSpec has introduced two keratin antibodies that recognize both the intact and caspase digested N-terminal of K18 and K19 at Asp237. These antibodies are useful tools for studying keratin dynamics in mice undergoing hepatocyte apoptosis, patients with cirrhosis, and also in apoptotic cells of... - July 04, 2008

New SensoLyte HDAC Assay Kit Introduced by AnaSpec

Histone deacetylase (HDAC) enzymes modulate gene expression through the deacetylation of lysine residues on histone proteins and act as transcriptional repressors of genes. Based on their role in cell cycling, apoptosis and differentiation, HDACs have been chosen as therapeutic targets for the... - June 27, 2008

AnaSpec Offers Custom Synthesis of Hydrocarbon-Stapled Peptides

The innovative technique of hydrocarbon stapling in peptides is introducing valuable new functionality to peptide-related research. AnaSpec is pleased to offer custom synthesis for hydrocarbon-stapled peptides. Hydrocarbon-stapled peptides are peptides capable of forming stable alpha helical... - June 20, 2008

New Anti-CARMA Antibody Series Released by AnaSpec

AnaSpec has introduced a new series of IHC validated antibodies, Anti-CARMA/CARD/Bimp antibodies. CARMA proteins are scaffold molecules that belong to the membrane-associated guanylate kinase-like (MAGUK) and the caspase-associated recruitment domain (CARD) protein families. They play critical... - June 19, 2008