Biotechnology News
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RIEDC Executive Director, Keith Stokes, to Address RI’s Bioscience Industry
Stokes will make his first industry-wide appearance at Tech Collective’s BIO ED event to discuss the RI Bioscience industry, growth strategies and commitment of resources. - April 18, 2010 - Tech Collective
Micralyne Achieves ISO 13485 Certification to Better Serve BioMEMS & Microfluidic Device Manufacturers
Micralyne Inc., a world-renowned, independent MEMS solutions company, has been certified to ISO 13485, reinforcing Micralyne’s position as a leading enabler for medical companies requiring advanced BioMEMS and microfluidic devices. - April 15, 2010 - Micralyne Inc.
Silicon Kinetics Announces Addition of Dr. Rick Brown and Dr. Eric Topol to Its Board of Directors
Two new directors bring extensive knowledge and experience in the life sciences industry and academia to the pioneering life sciences tool company. - April 09, 2010 - Silicon Kinetics, Inc.
FutureCarbon Expands Distribution with New Sales Partner in Germany and Austria
Chemicals trader CSC Jäklechemie is the new sales partner of FutureCarbon, the leading supplier of extra-high-grade semi-manufactured products of carbon nanomaterials for further industrial processing. CSC Jäklechemie will in future strengthen FutureCarbon's market presence in Germany and Austria. - April 08, 2010 - FutureCarbon GmbH
Gilson Pipetman® Announces the Release of Pipetman M - a New Ergonomic Motorized Pipette from the Manufacturer of the Renowned Original Pipetman
Gilson is proud to announce the release of Pipetman® M, a new family of pipettes and the latest evolution of the Gilson Pipetman®, the world’s pipetting standard for over 35 years. Lightweight and extremely comfortable, Pipetman M is fully motorized and requires virtually zero... - April 04, 2010 - Gilson, Inc.
Source-Omega Files for Patent Protections in the US for Algae Oil “Metabolic Ratio” and Uses for Serving Diabetes
Source-Omega company founder Scott Doughman, Ph.D., announced this week filing of their first non-provisional US patent application titled "Product and Use of Omega-3s Matching Human Tissue Ratios for Treatment of Inflammatory and Other Conditions." - March 26, 2010 - Source-Omega
Membrana Achieves NSF Standard 61 for Liqui-Cel® 10 x 28 High Purity and 14 x 28 Membrane Contactors
NSF Marks have been added to some of the Liqui-Cel® products including high purity 10 x 28 Membrane Contactors and Liqui-Cel® 14 x 28 Membrane Contactors allowing them to be safely utilized in drinking water systems. - March 24, 2010 - Membrana
U.S. Patent Granted for the Multimeric Adiponectin ELISA
A United States patent has been granted to Sekisui Medical Corp. (Tokyo, Japan), the inventors of the Multimeric Adiponectin ELISA. The Multimeric Adiponectin ELISA is distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by ALPCO Diagnostics. - March 23, 2010 - ALPCO
Affinity Life Science and JSW Life Sciences Ink Strategic Partnership
Affinity Life Sciences, Inc. and JSW Life Sciences have agreed to a Strategic Partnership designed to expand their capabilities and enhance their service offerings. - March 18, 2010 - Affinity Life Sciences
Logicden Launches Drug Medical Information (DMI) Software, Along with Search Request Manager (SRM) and Drug Literature Knowledgebase (DLK) for Pharmaceuticals
Logicden proudly announces the launch of a software-suite for managing published literature in the life sciences at the 21st DIA Annual Workshop at the Medical Communications conference, sponsored by the Drug Information Association. This premier event which attracts writers and information... - March 13, 2010 - Soft Pro Internationa Inc., dba Logicden
Bio-Synthesis Awarded NIH Grant to Develop Synergistic Adjuvants that Stimulate both Innate and Adaptive Immunities
BioSynthesis announces the award of a two-year phase I SBIR grant by NIH to further its development program of immune agonists. These new agents have in their chemical structure different determinants that stimulate both innate and acquired immunity, leading to synergistic effects on the immune response. These new immune agonists could be useful in the development of difficult vaccines such as HIV-1 and cancer vaccines. - March 09, 2010 - Bio-Synthesis Inc.
AnaSpec Introduces New Selection of RGD GO™ Peptides
As part of its GO™ Peptides collection, AnaSpec has introduced a selection of cyclic and non-cyclic RGD peptides. - March 05, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
CBRN Defence Market Worth $7.9bn - New Report Released on ASDReports.com
Visiongain report assesses that the global CBRN defence market was worth a total of $7.9bn in 2009. Visiongain expects to continue to see significant sales growth in the global marketplace. - March 04, 2010 - ASD Media BV
AnaSpec Introduces New SensoLyte® 520 Total GSH Quantitation Assay
After the successful launch of its SensoLyte® 520 Thiol Quantitation Assay Kit (patent pending), AnaSpec has released the SensoLyte® 520 Total GSH Assay Kit (patent pending). - March 04, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Translational Regenerative Medicine Event to Feature Venture Forum
A spray-on skin product and an injectable cell therapy for heart attack patients are among 17 regenerative medicine technologies that will be showcased during the Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum, set for April 6-8 in Winston-Salem, N.C. Representatives from 17 startup biotech companies... - March 01, 2010 - Regenerative Medicine Foundation
AnaSpec Introduces New MESA qPCR Mastermixes
AnaSpec is pleased to announce the availability of new MESA FAST and BLUE qPCR Mastermixes as part of its growing product catalog. - February 28, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Collects Food for Alameda County Community Food Bank
AnaSpec is pleased to announce that AnaSpec employees collected ninety pounds of food. - February 26, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec’s Published References Pass 900
As compiled by Stanford University’s Highwire Press, the number of published papers that cite AnaSpec’s products has passed 900. Products cited include AnaSpec’s custom and catalog peptides, antibodies, assay kits, dyes, standard amino acids, unusual amino acids and synthesis... - February 12, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces New SensoLyte® Anti-PLP Assay Kits
AnaSpec, has announced the release of two new multiple sclerosis (MS)/experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) related ELISA assays kits, the SensoLyte® Anti-PLP(139-151) Assay Kit and the SensoLyte® Anti-PLP(178-191) Assay Kit. - February 11, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Innovative Boot Camp Motivates Lab Managers
"Lab Manager Boot Camp: Innovation and Creative Problem Solving," presented by Lab Manager Magazine at Pittcon 2010 in Orlando, Florida will cover a variety of topics related to lab management including leadership, creativity, innovation, challenges, communication, ethics and best practices. - February 09, 2010 - LabX
Silicon Kinetics Announces New Biosensor Chips with Wide Palette of Surface Chemistries
The world's first 3D biosensor surface for label-free biomolecular interaction analysis now offers surface chemistries for: carboxyl, streptavidin, benzaldehyde, NTA-Ni for His-tagged proteins, Protein A and Protein G for coupling antibodies. - February 08, 2010 - Silicon Kinetics, Inc.
Biomarker Discovery Grant Deadline Extended
RayBiotech, Inc., today announced that they are extending the deadline for submitting applications for its Biomarker Discovery Pilot Grant program. RayBiotech will now accept applications for the pilot grants through February 22nd, 2010. “The last-minute surge in interest in the grant program has been overwhelming,” said Brett Burkholder, Director of Marketing & Business Development for RayBiotech, Inc. - February 02, 2010 - RayBiotech, Inc
GenScript Recognized as Preferred Contract Supplier of Life Science Products by University of Pennsylvania
GenScript draws attention from UPENN School of Medicine for obtaining best quality products and services. - January 28, 2010 - GenScript USA Inc.
ALPCO Launches Rat and Mouse Proinsulin ELISA Kits
ALPCO Immunoassays has developed two new low-sample volume ELISAs for the quantitative analysis of total proinsulin (I and II) in rats and mice. - January 26, 2010 - ALPCO
Scientists from Around the World Connect on Global Marketplace for Laboratory Equipment
Helping researchers locate laboratory equipment they could not find otherwise, business-to-business marketplace LabX.com is the conduit of choice for many international scientists and engineers. - January 26, 2010 - LabX
Colorado’s Bioscience Industry Leaders and Legislators Focus on 2010 Initiatives at the Annual CBSA ‘Bioscience Day at the Capitol’
The second annual “Bioscience Day at the Capitol,” being held Wednesday, January 27, 7:30 – 10 a.m., will allow bioscience industry leaders and state legislators to discuss the industry and thoughts on the year ahead. The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) will also present its legislative initiatives for 2010 to the group. - January 25, 2010 - Colorado BioScience Association
Bioo Scientific Launches Barcoded Adapters for Sample Multiplexing in Next Generation Sequencing
Bioo Scientific launched AIR™ Barcoded Adapters which allow sample multiplexing in miRNA Next-Generation Sequencing reactions, thus decreasing costs by increasing the number of samples that can be run at the same time. - January 25, 2010 - Bioo Scientific
AnaSpec Products Used in Over 400 Patents
The number of patents (both filed and awarded) that cite AnaSpec’s products has passed 400. - January 24, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Blue Sky Biotech and Protein Attachment Technologies Announce Global Exclusive Licensing Agreement
Blue Sky Biotech, Inc. (Blue Sky) and Protein Attachment Technologies, LLC (PA Tech) announced today that they have entered into a global, exclusive license agreement covering PA Tech’s proprietary Template Directed Assembly (TDA™) technology for use in High-Throughput Screening [HTS] of drug candidates against membrane-associated protein targets. - January 24, 2010 - Blue Sky Biotech
A & G Therapeutics, Inc. Founded with Private Capital
A & G Skin Solutions, Inc., of Mission Viejo, CA, anounced today the founding of A & G Therapeutics, Inc. Financing through private capital will allow A & G Therapeutics to advance several of its development programs for the treatment of skin wounds, dry ye, and lower extremity diabetic ulcers. - January 23, 2010 - A & G Skin Solutions, Inc.
GenScript Launches Click Peptide Services
GenScript’s click peptide service aims to handle difficult peptide you intended to study. - January 21, 2010 - GenScript USA Inc.
GenScript’s Presence in Japan Relocated from Osaka to Tokyo
GenScript plans to expand its Japanese market from its capital. - January 21, 2010 - GenScript USA Inc.
AnaSpec to Host Bone Marrow Donor Drive
AnaSpec, Inc. has partnered with AADP to host a bone marrow donor drive on the AnaSpec campus on February 1, 2010. The goal of the event is to raise awareness around bone marrow donations and add new donors to the bone marrow donor registry. The event will take place in AnaSpec’s cafeteria... - January 20, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Bioinformatics Summer Projects Training in Hyderabad from DLI (DNA Labs India)
Bioinformatics Summer Projects Training in Hyderabad in Drug Designing, Immunoinformatics, Chemioinformatics, Rational Drug Designing and Protein Modeling. - January 13, 2010 - DNA Labs India
AnaSpec Introduces Its Longest-Wavelength Dye, HiLyte Fluor™ 750
Highlighting its collection of high performance HiLyte Fluor™ dyes, AnaSpec has introduced HiLyte Fluor™ 750. Spectrally similar to Cy7™ dye, HiLyte Fluor™ 750 dye is the longest-wavelength HiLyte Fluor™ dye currently available. Its fluorescence emission maximum at... - January 02, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Adds Z-Fish™ MMP Antibodies to MMP Research Portfolio
AnaSpec has introduced the industry’s most comprehensive collection of anti-MMP zebrafish (Z-Fish™) specific antibodies. - December 23, 2009 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Bioo Scientific Launches Kit for Targeted siRNA Delivery Into Any Cell Type
Bioo Scientific announced the launch of their T3™ Conjugation Kit, which allows scientists to deliver siRNA into targeted cell types. - December 12, 2009 - Bioo Scientific
RayBiotech Introduces Multiplex ELISA Detecting 200 Human Proteins
RayBiotech, the Protein Array Pioneer Company, has just introduced the Quantibody® Human Cytokine Array 4000 (or Human Q4000, catalog number QAH-CAA-4000), which can quantitatively detect expression of 200 different proteins in a single experiment. The kit consists of 5 different quantitative... - December 12, 2009 - RayBiotech, Inc
TouchSurfaces.Org Launches Public Site for Advancements in Disinfectants
TouchSurfaces.Org launches (http://www.touchsurfaces.org) a public health information website educating visitors on how a multitude of hard surfaces are germ-contaminated and on disinfectants that will kill them. - December 11, 2009 - BioTech Medical, LLC
10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge Announces Winners of Elevator Pitch Competition
The 10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge announced today that Biogenic Medical Devices, led by Garrett Muramoto (MBA’11), took home the Judge’s Choice award of $1000 and The Produce Purity Project, led by Stephanie Fruth (MBA’11), won the Audience Choice award of $250 and a special gift of $500 from lead judge Bill Maris, Co-Founder of Google Ventures. A video recording of the event is available on the Start-Up Challenge website at www.dukestartupchallenge.org. - December 08, 2009 - Duke Global Entrepreneurship Network
ALPCO Diagnostics and BioPorto Diagnostics Enter Into Distribution Partnership
ALPCO Diagnostics has taken on the responsibility to promote and sell BioPorto Diagnostics’ immunoassays on the US and Canadian markets. The primary product focus is BioPorto’s unrivalled portfolio of human and animal immunoassays for measuring NGAL – the breakthrough kidney... - December 08, 2009 - ALPCO
Captiva Spine Receives 510(k) Clearance for Its Proprietary Lumbar Interbody Fusion Device, the PIVOTEC™
Captiva Spine, Inc., a medical device organization dedicated to developing and distributing spinal technologies in the US and internationally, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance for its cutting edge interbody system, the PIVOTEC™. Dale Mitchell, President and Founder of... - December 04, 2009 - Captiva Spine, Inc
Dedicated Computing Honored by Northrop Grumman
Dedicated Computing was awarded a Sector Supplier Excellence Award by Northrop Grumman for work on a ruggedized computer system that was part of a radar workstation. - December 02, 2009 - Dedicated Computing LLC
AnaSpec Introduces α & β -Synuclein Recombinant Proteins
AnaSpec has announced the release of two new recombinant proteins, a-synuclein (SNCA) and b-Synuclein (SNCB). These proteins, along with g-synuclein (SNCG), are members of the synuclein family of small proteins expressed primarily in neural tissue and in some tumors.1 Synuclein proteins, found only... - November 26, 2009 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Liberty Industries Introduces the “PureSeal Pass Thru Unit”
Liberty Industries announces the expansion of its manufacturing product line to include the newly designed PureSeal Pass Thru unit. The PureSeal Pass Thru unit is designed for demanding applications that a require the use of sterilization or disinfection in a pass thru. - November 26, 2009 - Liberty Industries Inc.
Rapid Drugs of Abuse Screening from Rando
Randox has developed an innovative multi-marker drugs of abuse testing procedure for rapid drug screening programmes. The Drugs of Abuse (DoA) biochips permit the analysis of up to 10 drug classes from a single patient sample providing rapid and accurate testing. Randox biochip array technology is... - November 26, 2009 - Randox Laboratories
AnaSpec Introduces SensoLyte 520 Calpain Kit
AnaSpec has announced the release of the SensoLyte 520 Calpain Activity Assay Kit, the industry’s first longest wavelength FRET based calpain assay. Optimized for detecting calpain activity, this kit contains a novel internally quenched 5-FAM/QXLTM 520 FRET substrate. Cleavage of this FRET... - November 20, 2009 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Selvita to Present a Poster on the Developments of Its Oncology Program During the 2009 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference
Selvita Ltd. announced that it will present a poster on the company's investigational compounds during the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, which will be held on November 15-19, 2009 in Boston, MA, USA. Selvita will present the poster # A242,... - November 18, 2009 - Selvita
Bio Conference Live
Bio-Synthesis has teamed up with BioConference Live for a revolutionary event. BioConference Live is a free, online-only conference for the life sciences and laboratory science community. The event will take place Tuesday, November 17, to Thursday, November 19. Attendees will be able to see and... - November 17, 2009 - Bio-Synthesis Inc.
News at MEDICA: ALPCO Announces the Launch of Several New Products in 2009
ALPCO will return to MEDICA, showcasing these new immunoassay kits, which cement the company's perennial committment to serving the demands of the pre-clinical research market. This will be ALPCO's fourth year at MEDICA as part of the “Best of New England” consortium of companies, located in the US pavilion in Halle 3, D15-4. - November 16, 2009 - ALPCO