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Pipette.com Launches Its Seasonal Sale with Incredible Savings
Pipette.com announces their Black Friday Sale on pipettes, pipette tips, and lab equipment, it will help labs make the best out of their year-end budget. - November 27, 2014 - Pipette.com
Advanced Cancer Therapeutics’ PFK-158 Selected as One of Informa and Kantar Health 2014 Top 10 Most Interesting Oncology Projects to Watch
Advanced Cancer Therapeutics (ACT), a privately held company dedicated to bringing new anti-cancer therapies to market, has been chosen by Informa and Kantar Health as one of the “2014 Top 10 Most Interesting Oncology Projects to Watch” for its compound, PFK-158. PFK-158 is a small... - November 27, 2014 - Advanced Cancer Therapeutics
8.5K in Los Angeles Raises $33,000 for PBTF
Starry Night, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation’s new walk/run that shines a light on children with brain tumors, raised $33,000 in Los Angeles on Nov. 22. The 8.5K event at Griffith Park honored local children with brain tumors. These Stars were Adam, Bella, Brittney, Caitlyn, Cassie,... - November 27, 2014 - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
NanoCellect’s WOLF Cell Sorter Attracts Additional $2.8M from NIH
NanoCellect Biomedical announced new NIH funding and technical advances on their WOLF Cell Sorter. NanoCellect has the goal of making the “coin star” for cell biologists. “Instead of pennies and nickels, we are counting and sorting specific cells,” says José Morachis,... - November 26, 2014 - NanoSort
NanoHybrids Publishes White Paper on "Make vs Buy" Gold Nanoparticles
“Should we try and make our own gold nanoparticles or buy them from a supplier?” This white paper approaches the question objectively to see which customers could benefit the most from buying gold nanoparticles instead of making them in house. - November 26, 2014 - NanoHybrids
Creative Bioarray Announces Product Promotiom for Magic™ Serum-Free Freezing Medium
Creative Bioarray announces its product promotion for Magic™ serum-free freezing medium towards the worldwide market. - November 26, 2014 - Creative Bioarray
Kevin M. Smith to Retire as President & CEO of the Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development; Search Committee Formed to Hire Smith’s Successor
The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4) has begun a search for a new Executive Director, as Kevin M. Smith leaves as part of a planned retirement. Mr. Smith will remain with CID4 through February 2015 to ensure a smooth and successful transition for CID4’s new leader. - November 24, 2014 - Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development
Pipette.com Announces an Extension on the Sartorius Entris Balance Promotion to the End of 2014
Because of its previous success, Pipette.com is extending the Sartorius Entris Balance promotion. This is an ideal promotion for academic and smaller size independent laboratories. - November 22, 2014 - Pipette.com
Creative Biomart’s Most-Favored Services List is Available Now
Creative Biomart, a world leading biotech company that offers recombinant proteins, antibodies, antigens and a wide range of biotech services worldwide, today has released its most favored services list officially. It was said that this was done to make them have a better understanding of what... - November 22, 2014 - Creative Biomart
Logos Biosystems to License “Clarity™” Technology from Stanford University
A novel tissue clearing technology allows researchers to obtain optically transparent and macromolecular permeable brain tissue. - November 21, 2014 - Logos Biosystems, Inc
AveXis to Present at the 26th Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference
AveXis, a biotechnology company focused on using gene therapy to transform the lives of patients with severe genetic and orphan diseases like Spinal Muscular Atrophy, today announced that Mr. John Carbona, Chief Executive Officer, and Dr. Brian Kaspar will present at the 26th Annual Piper Jaffray... - November 21, 2014 - AveXis Inc.
Houston Runs to Help Kids with Brain Tumors
Starry Night, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation’s new walk/run that shines a light on children with brain tumors, raised nearly $15,000 in Houston on Nov. 15. The 8.5K event at Discovery Green honored local children with brain tumors. These Stars were Mandy, Taylor, Tobin and... - November 20, 2014 - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
DNAe Highlights the Urgent Need for Fast Diagnostics to Help Tackle the Growing Threat of Antibiotic Resistance
Welcomes £10 million Longitude Prize for an accurate, rapid, cost-effective and easy-to-use point-of-need diagnostic test for bacterial infections - November 20, 2014 - DNA Electronics
Available from MoBiTec GmbH: Unique Ready-to-Use Vectors for Live Cell Imaging of Nuclear Proteins
During cell division the kinetochore is the protein structure on chromatids where the spindle fibers attach to pull sister chromatids apart. MoBiTec now offers unique gene fusion constructs of proteins to investigate kinetochore formation and cell division. - November 20, 2014 - MoBiTec GmbH
Patent Awarded to AdvantaPure(R)’s AdvantaPass(TM) Clean Room Wall Pass-Through System; Ensures Room Isolation During Fluid Transfer
A United States patent has been awarded to AdvantaPass, a clean room wall pass-through system designed to transfer fluids between clean rooms during pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical production. The system is the first of its kind to provide complete isolation between manufacturing suites when transferring multiple fluid lines through a single wall portal. AdvantaPass uses Single-Use components, such as tubing and seals, along with durable stainless steel in-wall parts. - November 20, 2014 - AdvantaPure
Creative Diagnostics Announces Product Promotion for Antigens Towards the Worldwide Market
Creative Diagnostics - Quality monoclonal and polyclonal antibody provider for the global market at very substantial savings begins at this thanksgiving month. - November 19, 2014 - Creative Diagnostics
Experimentica Ltd Announces a Strategic Partnership with the Research and Development Center for Ophthalmic Innovations SILK, Tampere, Finland
Experimentica Ltd., a Finland-based ophthalmic CRO, announces a strategic partnership with The Research and Development Center for Ophthalmic Innovations SILK, Tampere, Finland. SILK is a research network composed of research units engaged in basic and clinical eye and vision research. Dr. Giedrius... - November 19, 2014 - Experimentica Ltd
Creative Bioarray’s High Quality Dry Bath Incubators
Creative Bioarray is a well-recognized biotech company. The company is specializing in providing bio-laboratory products and services such as human tissue, animal tissue, tissue array, microorganisms, cells, probes, cell services, biosample services, histology services, and also laboratory equipments. - November 16, 2014 - Creative Bioarray
Jake Worthington to Perform at Starry Night Houston
Houston native Jake Worthington, a recent finalist on The Voice, will perform at Starry Night Houston on Saturday, Nov. 15 at Discovery Green. The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation’s Starry Night 8.5K is an evening walk/run that shines a light on kids battling one of the deadliest forms of... - November 15, 2014 - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
Atlanta, San Francisco Top $100,000 for Kids with Brain Tumors
Starry Night, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation’s new walk/run that shines a light on children with brain tumors, attracted 875 participants in Atlanta and San Francisco on Nov. 8. At start time, the events had raised $116,000. The crowds came to the 8.5K events at Centennial Olympic Park... - November 15, 2014 - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, Offers New Bacillus Megaterium Strain for Gene Expression and Protein Production - YYBm1
MoBiTec GmbH expands its product line of tools for gene expression in Bacillus megaterium with the new expression host YYBm1. Strain YYBm1 is unable to utilize the expression system's inductor molecule xylose as carbon source. - November 13, 2014 - MoBiTec GmbH
MoBiTec GmbH's Supplier Peninsula Laboratories, USA, with New Corporate Website
Peninsula Laboratories International, Inc, USA, a leading supplier of superior immunology products, proudly announces its own corporate website www.penlabs.com. Formerly, PenLabs was integral part of Bachem's internet presence. - November 11, 2014 - MoBiTec GmbH
Creative Bioarray’s WISP-PTC Dry Bath Incubator
Creative Bioarray launches another brand new dry bath incubator: WISP-PTC Dry Bath Incubator, with the support of its advanced technology platform. - November 08, 2014 - Creative Bioarray
Colorado BioScience Association Showcases Industry’s Best at 2014 Awards Dinner Celebration
Centennial’s AlloSource is the 2014 BioScience Company of the Year, Boulder’s Virocyt is the industry’s Rising Star and Dr. Richard Duke is honored with CBSA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. - November 06, 2014 - Colorado BioScience Association
Creative Bioarray’s 3-in-I Mini Dry Bath Incubator
Creative Bioarray launches its 3-in-1 multifunctional Mini Dry Bath Incubator - WISP-TR Dry Bath Incubator. - November 06, 2014 - Creative Bioarray
Enzyme Activity Assay Service Are Available in Creative Biomart
Creative Biomart, a world leading supplier of recombinant proteins, antibodies, enzymes and other biotech services for the research community in the field of biology, has announced today for its official release of the novel service-- Enzyme activity assay. This assay is in the aim of assisting... - November 06, 2014 - Creative Biomart
VMRD’s Q Fever FA Substrate Slide Now Available
VMRD announced today the availability of a substrate slide that can be used for the detection of antibody to Coxiella burnetii (Q fever). The slide can detect antibody to phases I & II of Q fever. - November 05, 2014 - VMRD, Inc.
ABR Launches New Mycoplasma Testing Services
ABR (now a VMRD division) announced today the availability of new testing services that can detect the presence of mycoplasma in animal origin products, master virus seeds, and other sample types. The new services satisfy various regulatory standards including US Pharmacopoeia (USP), European... - November 04, 2014 - VMRD, Inc.
Pathology Diagnostics Ltd Publish First White Paper in Series - The Use of Immunohistochemistry in Biomarker Research and Clinical Trials
The white paper, "The Use of Immunohistochemistry in Biomarker Research and Clinical Trials" is to be the first of a series of white papers published by Pathology Diagnostics over the next six months. - November 04, 2014 - Pathology Diagnostics Ltd
Pipette.com Alleviates Lab Budget Cuts with BrandTech’s Plate and Multichannel Pipette Promotion
Pipette.com offers the Buy 1 BrandTech Transferpette S Multichannel Pipette and Get 1 Case of BRANDplates for Free. This promotion will benefit those seeking to replenish their plate inventory. - November 01, 2014 - Pipette.com
NanoHybrids Receives Funding to Develop Molecular Imaging Agent for Atherosclerosis
NanoHybrids, Inc., an Austin-based, emerging biotech company developing nanotechnology-based clinical and pre-clinical solutions, was recently awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract grant to develop a targeted biocompatible imaging contrast agent that will help detect high risk atherosclerotic plaques. - October 25, 2014 - NanoHybrids
Trial Reported in Headache and Pain Journal Further Confirms the Effectiveness of electroCore’s Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation Treatment for Headache
Preliminary results of an open-label trial carried in the journal of Headache and Pain reported that a single treatment with electroCore’s hand held non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) device gammaCore, completely resolved 44.8% of migraines within 30 minutes, with an additional 11.4%... - October 25, 2014 - electroCore
Liftstream Report Finds Ten Men for Every Woman Present in Biotech Boardrooms
Liftstream Ltd, a company providing executive recruitment services to the biotechnology sector, announces the publication of its new gender diversity report, “Diversifying the Outlook – The X&Y of Biotechnology Leadership,” a detailed analysis of women leaders in European and US life biotech companies. The research covers 700 companies, 60 C-level interviews and 530 survey respondents. - October 25, 2014 - Liftstream
Pipette.com Launches the Addition of Sartorius CPA Semi-Micro Balance to Their Product Portfolio with Special Promotional Pricing
Pipette.com has added the Sartorius CPA Semi-Micro Balance to their portfolio. This introductory price is only for a limited time and will benefit lab technicians looking for a dependable and durable laboratory balance. - October 24, 2014 - Pipette.com
Amoy Diagnostics, China, Expands List of CE-Marked Real-Time PCR Kits for Cancer Diagnostics
Amoy Diagnostics, who recently appointed MoBiTec GmbH as distributor for Germany, proudly announces the availability of further CE-marked detection kits, which are based on a proprietary real-time PCR technology called “ADx-ARMS,” for Cancer Diagnostics. - October 24, 2014 - MoBiTec GmbH
Boston, Philadelphia Join Starry Night to Cure the Kids
Starry Night, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation’s new walk/run that shines a light on children with brain tumors, attracted more than 500 participants in Boston and Philadelphia on Oct. 18. At start time, the events had raised $61,000. The crowds came to the 8.5K events at Joe Moakley... - October 23, 2014 - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
Colorado BioScience Association Announces Finalists for 2014 "Company of the Year" and "Rising Star" of the Year Awards
The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has chosen the finalists for the 2014 “Company of the Year” and “Rising Star” Awards, which they will present during the Annual Awards Dinner held on Thursday, November 6, at the Marriott City Center, 1701 California Street, Denver,... - October 22, 2014 - Colorado BioScience Association
Colorado BioScience Association Honors Industry’s Best at 2014 Awards Dinner, Featuring Keynote by Olympic Medalist & Parkinson’s Survivor Davis Phinney
The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) will honor outstanding bioscience companies and individuals throughout the state at its Annual Awards Dinner, November 6, at the Denver Marriott City Center. This year’s event will feature keynote speaker Davis Phinney, Olympic medalist and cycling great who is successfully living with early-onset Parkinson’s disease and in 2004 founded the Colorado-based Davis Phinney Foundation. - October 20, 2014 - Colorado BioScience Association
MoBiTec, Germany, and Amoy Diagnostics, China, Sign Distribution Agreement for the German Market
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, focused on selling products for life science and IVD research, has entered into a distribution agreement with Amoy Diagnostics, China. Together with AmoyDx, MoBiTec will continue to expand its portfolio of premier brands. - October 19, 2014 - MoBiTec GmbH
Creative Diagnostics Releases the Hot Products of October for Monoclonal Antibodies
Creative Diagnostics announced the release of its hot products of Oct. 2014 for monoclonal antibodies. - October 17, 2014 - Creative Diagnostics
OutsourcePharma Advisory Board CRO Reviews Database Surpasses Growth Milestone
Online community of outsourcing decision makers doubles its CRO reviews database - October 15, 2014 - Life Science Strategy Group, LLC
Bioo Scientific Offers Complete Line of Sensitive ELISAs for Quinolone Residue Detection
Bioo Scientific now offers the broadest range of commercial kits for quinolone residue detection, with the launch of several new ELISAs. The AuroFlow™ Fluoroquinolone Strip Test Kit for Meat, the AuroFlow™ Fluoroquinolone Strip Test Kit for Milk and the MaxSignal® Fluoroquinolone ELISA Test Kit are rapid qualitative lateral flow assays for the detection of a broad range of flouroquinolone residues. - October 15, 2014 - Bioo Scientific
Zenascope Aids in the Screening and Detection of Cervical Cancer in Developing Countries
Zenalux Biomedical, Inc. presented its latest findings on the investigational use of the Zenascope® in cervical cancer screening at the U.S. Investigators’ Symposium on Global Non-Communicable Disease Research. The poster—titled “Towards a viable solution for a see and treat paradigm for cervical pre-cancer screening in East Africa”—focused on the use of the Zenascope in cervical pre-cancer screening in East Africa where neither HPV testing nor Pap smears are routinely available. - October 10, 2014 - Zenalux Biomedical, Inc.
Creative Biomart Newly Introduced It’s Fc Fusion Protein Production Service
Creative Biomart, a word leading Biotech Company had newly released its novel service of Fc Fusion Protein Production Service in the aim of providing more choices for the scientists conducting biomedical and immunology research. The potential clinical application of cytokins to modulate immune... - October 10, 2014 - Creative Biomart
Starry Night Chicago Raises Funds to Help Kids with Brain Tumors
Starry Night, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation’s new walk/run that shines a light on childhood brain tumors, made its debut in Chicago on Oct. 4 with the support of more than 500 participants. At start time, the event had raised $46,000. The crowd came to the 8.5K at Arlington... - October 09, 2014 - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
Green Biologics is Named in the 2014 Global Cleantech 100
List Recognises the Top Private Companies in Clean Technology - October 08, 2014 - Green Biologics Ltd
AveXis Announces the Completion of Dosing of the Low Dose Cohort in US Clinical Trial for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
AveXis, Inc., a clinic-stage gene therapy company, today announced the completion of dosing in the low dose cohort in the world's first human gene therapy trial for the treatment of infants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The trial (NCT02122952) opened for enrollment in April... - October 08, 2014 - AveXis Inc.
Colorado BioScience Association Promotes Colorado’s Medical Technology Industry, Along with Two of the State’s Economic Development Entities at AdvaMed 2014
Representatives from the Colorado BioScience Association, the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance and the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation will tout Colorado’s growing medical device and diagnostic sectors during the '2014 AdvaMed: The MedTech Conference' in Chicago, IL, October 6-8. - October 08, 2014 - Colorado BioScience Association
Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development Awards Funding & Management Assistance to Sapphire Technology
The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4) has selected Denver-based Sapphire Technology, LLC, to receive funding and management assistance. - October 07, 2014 - Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development
Ability of Semiconductor DNA Sequencing to Transform Healthcare and Save Lives Recognised by the 2014 Faraday Medal to Professor Chris Toumazou
DNA Electronics (‘DNAe’), the inventors of semiconductor DNA sequencing technology and developers of a new, revolutionary point-of-need test for sepsis, announces today that its founder, Chairman and CEO Professor Chris Toumazou FRS, FREng, FMEDSci, FIET, FIEEE, FCGI, FRSM has been... - October 04, 2014 - DNA Electronics