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AnaSpec Introduces Sixteen New Catalog Peptides
This week AnaSpec, one of the world’s largest providers of custom and catalog peptides, introduced sixteen (16) new catalog peptides. [Cys17]-beta-Amyloid (1-17)- Cat# 62473 This peptide amino acids 1 to 17 is a modified fragment of the b-amyloid peptide; with cysteine substituted for valine... - December 20, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces First Colorimetric SensoLyte™ MMP Assay Kit
AnaSpec has introduced its first quantitative and homogeneous colorimetric MMP assay kit. - December 19, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
RNCOS Releases Report on Asia Pacific Biotechnology Market
RNCOS released a report titled “Asia Pacific Biotechnology Market (2007-2010)” that provides an updated and detailed overview of the Asia-Pacific Biotechnology industry. - December 17, 2007 - RNCOS
AnaSpec Introduces New Selection of Dye-Labeled Beta-Amyloid Peptides
AnaSpec introduces a new line of labeled amyloid peptides. - December 16, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces 10 New Catalog Antibodies
Continuing to rapidly expand its antibody offerings, AnaSpec added ten (10) new catalog antibodies to its growing collection. Anti-ATF2 (pT69/71) - Cat# 54323, 50 µg/250 µl Host: rabbit polyclonal; Species Reactivity: Human; Mouse; Rat; Zebrafish; Bovine; Applications: WB Anti-ATF2... - December 15, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
The Holiday Gift for the Pet Who Has Everything
Pulsed magnetic fields provide strong anti-aging effects while enhancing physical performance in older pets where trauma, arthritis or age related joint deformity has resulted in chronic pain, loss of mobility and subsequent changes in behavior. - December 14, 2007 - EarthPulse Tech, LLC
AnaSpec Releases New Antibodies Brochure
With a collection that has been rapidly expanded in the last few years, AnaSpec has organized its growing selection of antibodies into its newest antibodies brochure. The brochure showcases: • Primary antibodies • HRP, AP and biotin conjugated secondary antibodies • Patented... - December 14, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
ValveXchange Wins The Third Annual Faegre & Benson Venture Showcase Award, Presented At BioWest 2007
ValveXchange has won the third annual Faegre & Benson Venture Showcase Award at the BioWest 2007 conference in Denver. The announcement is made by Chris Shapard, Deputy Director of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), who says the $10,000 Venture Showcase Award was again provided by the Faegre & Benson law firm and announced at the Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA) Awards luncheon at the Grand Hyatt Friday. - December 09, 2007 - Colorado BioScience Association
AnaSpec Introduces Eight New Catalog Peptides and One Unusual Amino Acid
This week AnaSpec, one of the world’s largest providers of custom and catalog peptides, introduced eight (8) new catalog peptides and one new unusual amino acid. - December 07, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces New Collection of Bcl Peptides
AnaSpec introduced a collection of peptides related to the family of proteins called Bcl-2 (B-cell lymphoma 2) for use in cancer research or cell cycle research. - December 06, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces 17 New Anti-Tau Antibodies
Continuing to rapidly expand its antibody offerings, AnaSpec added seventeen (17) new anti-Tau antibodies to its growing collection. Anti-Tau (paired181) - Cat# 54961, 50 µg Host: rabbit polyclonal; Species Reactivity: Human; Mouse; Rat; Applications: WB Anti-Tau (paired198;199;202;205) -... - December 06, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Colorado BioScience Association Announces Winners of Its 2007 Awards Program, Honoring the Best of Colorado's Bioscience Industry
The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has released winners of its 2007 Awards Program. Official presentation of the awards occurs Friday, December 7, 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., at the CBSA’s annual awards luncheon. Held in conjunction with the 2007 BioWest Conference at the Grand Hyatt Denver, registration information is available at the BioWest Conference website. - November 29, 2007 - Colorado BioScience Association
AnaSpec Celebrates the Holidays with Its Customers
AnaSpec will be adding a one pound box of See’s Candy into every order placed from now through the end of the year. - November 29, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces AnaTagTM Protein Labeling Kits with HiLytePlusTM
AnaSpec introduced a new series of AnaTagTM Labeling Kits now available with the revolutionary new HiLytePlus™ series of long-wavelength dyes. - November 29, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
BioCentury Editor Dr. Karen Bernstein Added to the Roster of National Speakers for The BioWest 2007 Conference and Expo
Karen Bernstein, Ph.D., Co-Founder, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of the BioCentury family of publications, including the well-read “The Bernstein Report on Biobusiness” has been added to the roster of national speakers for BioWest 2007 on Thursday, December 6 (12:15 – 1 p.m.) at the Grand Hyatt Denver. Dr. Bernstein replaces Colorado Governor Bill Ritter for the Thursday luncheon address. The Governor's commitments required his speech be rescheduled to the 2:30 – 3 p.m. time slot the same day. - November 19, 2007 - Colorado BioScience Association
AnaSpec Introduces HiLytePlus™ Labeled Secondary Antibodies & Streptavidin
AnaSpec introduces a new collection of secondary antibodies and streptavidin labeled with the new HiLytePlus™ series of fluorescent dyes. - November 17, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Markus Haller, Chief Technology Officer for Otologies Llc, Has Been Selected for Inclusion in the 2007-2008 Princeton Premier Registry
Markus Haller, Chief Technology Officer for Otologies LLC, has been selected for inclusion in the 2007-2008 Princeton Premier Registry. Markus makes his home in Boulder Colorado and received his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, his Masters Degree in Paramedical Engineering and his PH.D... - November 16, 2007 - Princeton Premier
Majid Belouchi Has Been Selected for Inclusion in the 2007-2008 Princeton Premier Registry
Majid Belouchi has been selected for inclusion in the 2007-2008 Princeton Premier Registry. Majid is the Founder, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Genizon Biosciences which is working on discovering new diangnostics and drug targets based on genetic research. Majid received his PH.D... - November 16, 2007 - Princeton Premier
Glycosan BioSystems Announces the Release of Extracel Sponge-96
Glycosan BioSystems launched its new product for cell-based assays Extracel Sponge-96. - November 15, 2007 - Glycosan BioSystems, Inc.
Yiannis Monovoukas Has Been Named Princeton Premiers Honored Member in Healthcare
Yiannis Monovoukas has been named Princeton Premiers Honored Member in Healthcare. Yiannis is the Chairman, President and CEO of TEI Biosciences which is a leading biomedical device company. Yiannis earned his Masters Degree in Business Administration from Harvard University and received his PH.D. - November 15, 2007 - Princeton Premier
Five Top Colorado Bioscience Company CEOs Present at This Year’s BioWest Mature Company Forum
CEOs from five of Colorado’s top bioscience companies will present at the BioWest 2007 Mature Company Forum on December 6th – registration is still open for the two-day BioWest event, which is the Rocky Mountain Region’s premier bioscience conference and expo. CEOs featured in the Mature Company Forum include Bob Conway, Array Biopharma; Greg Baldwin, Baxa Corporation; Jeff Probst, Blue Sun Biodiesel; Chris Smith, Cochlear Americas; and Bob Grieve, Heska Corporation. - November 12, 2007 - Colorado BioScience Association
AnaSpec Introduces Thirteen New Catalog Peptides
Today AnaSpec, one of the world’s largest providers of custom and catalog peptides, introduced thirteen (13) new catalog peptides. Bak BH3 (71-89)- Cat# 62261 This peptide is amino acids 71 to 89 fragment of the Bak BH3 domain .The BH3 domain plays a critical role in mediating the cell death... - November 11, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces HiLytePlus™ – AnaSpec’s Highest Performance Fluorescent Dyes
This week AnaSpec announced the release of the HiLytePlus™ series of fluorescent dyes. Demonstrating even greater brightness than AnaSpec’s HiLyte Fluor™ line, this series represents the next generation in AnaSpec’s line of high performance fluorescent dyes. With excitation... - November 09, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Pardus' eQMS::DNA to be Used by Macedonian (FYR) Police CSI Team
Macedonian (FYRM) Police to use Pardus' eQMS::DNA in DNA forensic lab to store crime scene DNA profiles. - November 05, 2007 - Pardus d.o.o.
Six Finalists Selected for the BioWest 2007 Venture Showcase Competition, Presenting World-Changing Technologies
Novel diagnostics focusing on the management of therapeutics, innovative nanoscale drug and vaccine delivery technology, pioneering use of small molecule therapeutic products for treating multiple diseases of the brain, cutting edge technology for the production of algae-based biofuels, new... - November 02, 2007 - Colorado BioScience Association
Princeton Premier Honors Julie Jesuit Kessler as Its Honored Member in Healthcare
Princeton Premier Honors Julie Jesuit Kessler as its Honored Member in Healthcare. Julie is the Vice President of Sales for Genpharm LP based in Maryland and handles and negotiates agreements, maintains the company's competitive database which documents market pricing and makes herself privy to... - November 02, 2007 - Princeton Premier
Marketing a Chiropractic Healthcare Practice Easier with ZYTO Technology
Chiropractors using the latest biotechnology from ZYTO Corp. report success in the growth of their practice and a better ability to assess the needs of their patients. - November 01, 2007 - Zyto Corp.
NCSRT Introduces WORKS™, an Integrated Program of Products, Applications Guides, Optimization Tools, and Services
NCSRT Introduces WORKS™, an integrated program of products, applications guides, optimization tools, and services to dramatically improve downstream processing in the biopharmaceutical production environment. With the patented SmartFlow™ TFF modules and industry leading PUROSEP®... - October 30, 2007 - NCSRT, Inc.
Industrial Biotechnology Corporation Announces Divestiture of Licensed Technologies and the Formation of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company
BioRenewable Chemicals Corporation to focus on ethanol derivative chemicals as an alternative to petroleum based compounds. Industrial Biotechnology Corporation (OTC Pink Sheets: IBTY) (IBC), a company dedicated to new biotechnologies and innovations in the chemical industry, announces the... - October 24, 2007 - Industrial Biotechnology Corporation
Sector Close Up: Pharmaceutical and Biotech Stocks – is Gene Therapy the Next Major Breakthrough in Cancer Treatment?
InvestorIdeas.com, a leading online global investor resource, issues the Sector Close Up – Pharmaceutical and Biotech Stocks. Gene therapy, which entails the introduction of genetic material into a person’s cells to fight or prevent disease, is a highly promising area but one that is long on theory and short on commercial product. - October 24, 2007 - InvestorIdeas.com
AnaSpec Introduces Anti-Keratin-18 & 19 Antibodies
AnaSpec has introduced two new catalog antibodies: Anti-Keratin-18 and Anti-Keratin-19. Intermediate filaments (IFs), together with actin microfilaments and tubulin microtubules, comprise the three major cytoskeletal networks that are found in most eukaryotic cells.1 Keratins, which are the... - October 24, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
FEECO International to Exhibit at the 2007 International Distillers Grain Conference
FEECO will be exhibiting at the 2007 IDGC – International Distillers Grain Conference this weekend - October 20, 2007 - FEECO International, Inc
AnaSpec Introduces Labeled RGD Peptide for In Vivo Imaging
Leveraging its dual expertise in peptides and detection reagents, AnaSpec has released c[RGDyK(HiLyte FluorTM 750)], a labeled RGD peptide that has produced significant imaging results in a recent in vivo research study. Extracellular matrix proteins containing the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) motif, and... - October 18, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces One New Amino Acid and Two New Catalog Peptides
Today AnaSpec, one of the world’s largest providers of custom and catalog peptides, introduced one new unusual amino acid and two new catalog peptides. HRP Prorenin; Decoy Handle Region Peptide- Cat# 62118 Sequence: RILLKKMPSV Fmoc-HomoArg(Pbf)-OH- Cat# 60004-1/ 60004-5 TP508;... - October 17, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Dr. Vasudevan Vijaya Kumar Has Been Selected as Princeton Premiers Honored Member in Business
Dr. Vasudevan Vijaya Kumar has been selected as Princeton Premiers Honored Member in Business. Dr. Kumar is the technology manager for Futurenet Group Incorporated and holds a P.H.D. in Finance from Baltimore University. As technology manager, Dr. Kumar oversees research and development of solar... - October 11, 2007 - Princeton Premier
AnaSpec Launches New SensoLyteTM Caspase-8 Assay Kit
AnaSpec introduces its newest offering – the SensoLyte™ Homogeneous AFC Caspase-8 Assay Kit - October 11, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces Improved Website Search Tool
AnaSpec has introduced Smart Search, an optimized site search engine for locating items in AnaSpec’s expansive collection of products. - October 07, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces Anti-Keratin-18 & 19 Antibodies
AnaSpec has introduced two new catalog antibodies: Anti-Keratin-18 and Anti-Keratin-19. Intermediate filaments (IFs), together with actin microfilaments and tubulin microtubules, comprise the three major cytoskeletal networks that are found in most eukaryotic cells.1 Keratins, which are the... - October 06, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Biosimilars Series: Regulatory and Development Issues Hurdles Exist But Are Surmountable
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Biosimilars market is now available in its catalogue. http://www.reportlinker.com/p060433/ - October 05, 2007 - Reportlinker.com
AnaSpec Introduces Fifteen New Catalog Peptides
AnaSpec introduced fifteen (15) new peptides for drug discovery research. - October 04, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
20 Year Sales Veteran Named ForceLogix Vice President of Sales to Drive Sales Performance Management and Sales Coaching Solutions
ForceLogix today announced the addition of Tim Hackett as its new Vice President of Worldwide Sales, with a focus to drive industry leading sales performance management and sales coaching to the marketplace. - October 03, 2007 - ForceLogix
Wilmington Chiropractor Adds Zyto Biotechnology to Improve Patient Services
Zyto biotechnology enables healthcare providers to use the newest bio-communications technology that enables a computer to actually talk to a patient’s body. The information gathered is used by healthcare workers to make better recommendations for health. - October 01, 2007 - Zyto Corp.
Denver Alternative Healthcare Uses Star Trek Technology for Health and Wellness
Denver alternative healthcare provider Annelle Norman of Vital Energy Clinic is using the latest biotechnology from ZYTO Corp. to guide people to a healthier life. Free demonstrations are available to the press. - September 29, 2007 - Zyto Corp.
North Carolina’s Northeast Ripe for Biotech Industries
Regional Development Commission forms alliance to help farmers and pursue additional biotech companies - September 27, 2007 - Northeast Development Commission
AnaSpec Has Introduced a Collection of Dye-Labeled Amino Acids and Resins
AnaSpec, one of the world’s leading providers of dye-labeled and FRET (fluorescent resonance energy transfer) peptides, has introduced a collection of dye-labeled amino acids and resins. Already conjugated with fluorescent dyes or quencher molecules, these ready-to-use building blocks... - September 27, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Colorado BioScience Association Commends Governor Ritter for Supporting Creation of New Bioscience Companies and Fostering Retention of 400+ Existing Firms
The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) commends Governor Ritter for crafting an economic development agenda for 2008 that will spur the creation of new bioscience companies and help the state retain the 400 plus companies that exist today. The restructuring of the corporate income tax to a system based on in-state sales will make Colorado competitive with others states that understand the value of high-paying technology-based jobs. - September 27, 2007 - Colorado BioScience Association
AnaSpec Introduces Nine New Catalog Peptides
AnaSpec introduced nine (9) new peptides for drug discovery research - September 26, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Introduces Nine New Catalog Antibodies
Continuing in its commitment to expand its antibody offerings, AnaSpec added nine (9) new antibodies to its growing collection of catalog antibodies. Anti-Estrogen Receptor-alpha (Paired 167) - Cat# 28002, 50 µg Host: rabbit polyclonal; Species Reactivity: human; monkey; chimpanzees;... - September 23, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Best-Selling Author Jim Collins Headlines Stellar Lineup of National Presenters for the 2007 BioWest Conference and Expo, Now Open for Registration
Registration is now open for the Rocky Mountain Region’s Premier Bioscience Conference and Expo, BioWest 2007. More than 900 participants are expected at this year’s event, December 6-7, at the Grand Hyatt in Denver. Best-selling author & noted management scholar Jim Collins headlines a stellar lineup of national presenters for BioWest 2007. - September 21, 2007 - Colorado BioScience Association
AnaSpec Introduces New Anti-LC Antibodies
AnaSpec has introduced its newest collection of Anti-LC antibodies that can be used as autophagosome markers. - September 21, 2007 - AnaSpec, EGT Group