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Svetlana Malinovskaya, Expert in Quantum Physics, Elected Chair of Theoretical Physics Community
Dr. Svetlana Malinovskaya, Associate Professor in the Physics Department at Stevens Institute of Technology, was elected as Chair of the Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Community (TAMOC). As chair, Dr. Malinovskaya will coordinate the activities of TAMOC, including the... - July 27, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
AnaSpec Highlights Beta-Amyloid (1-42) Peptides
Harnessing over a decade's worth of experience and a multi-level technology platform that includes peptides, antibodies, dyes and assay kits, AnaSpec, EGT Group is one of the world's most trusted sources of integrated proteomic solutions specifically designed for Alzheimer's Disease... - July 25, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
FyMed Demonstrates Superiority of FY101C Over Ibuprofen and Naproxen in the Treatment of Pain and Inflammation
FyMed, Inc. today announced results from comparative in-vivo studies of FY101C, its lead NSAID candidate, which demonstrated significant superiority to conventional NSAIDs in terms of efficacy and safety in the management of acute and chronic pain and inflammation. - July 25, 2012 - FyMed Inc
Another Top 10 Global Pharmaceutical Company Chooses Dotmatics Over the Rest to Provide Their Global Informatics
Dotmatics Limited, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services to the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries, is pleased to announce that they have licensed their web based informatics platform to another global Pharmaceutical company. After exhaustive evaluation and... - July 22, 2012 - Dotmatics Limited
MoBiTec GmbH Introduces New High Performance Expression Vectors for Bacillus Subtilis
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, further expands its unique portfolio of non-E. coli expression vectors. The new Pgrac100 vectors for gene expression in Bacillus subtilis complement the current product line by more efficient tools. Available are vectors with His-tag and Strep-tag for easy purification of proteins generated in the cytoplasm. - July 20, 2012 - MoBiTec GmbH
SFL’s Managing Director Receives Open University Business School’s Alumni Award for Outstanding Contribution to an Organisation 2012
The Open University Business School Alumni Network nominates and elects individuals that demonstrate best the application of learnings from the Open University MBA training and achievement of outstanding results. - July 19, 2012 - SFL Regulatory Affairs & Scientific Communication Ltd
Colorado BioScience Association Announces 2012 BioWest Conference, Unveiling Finalists in the Venture Showcase Competition
Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) announces the 9th BioWest Conference, September 11, 2012, at the Marriott City Center, Denver. The six finalists in the 2012 Venture Showcase competition at BioWest include: Flashback Technologies Inc. - Longmont, CO; KromaTiD - Fort Collins, CO; Siva Therapeutics Inc. - Boulder, CO; Sophono Inc. - Boulder, CO; SuviCa Inc. - Boulder, CO; and VetDC Inc. - Fort Collins, CO. - July 18, 2012 - Colorado BioScience Association
TransEnterix Takes Minimally Invasive SPIDER Surgical System to India
Laparoscopic surgeon Dr. Michel Gagner headlines symposium in New Delhi's Max Institute. - July 12, 2012 - TransEnterix
SignaBlok Awarded NIH Grant to Develop New Nanotechnology for Diagnostic Imaging of Atherosclerosis
SignaBlok, Inc., a Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical startup, has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop multifunctional nanoformulations for diagnostic imaging of atherosclerosis. - July 12, 2012 - SignaBlok, Inc.
ALPCO Diagnostics Launches Mouse Sclerostin ELISA
ALPCO Diagnostics announces the launch of an ELISA specific for measuring mouse sclerostin in serum and plasma. - July 10, 2012 - ALPCO
New Data Shows Colorado’s BioScience Industry Outpaced National Growth Since 2001 and Continued Adding Jobs Overall Since 2007
Quoting New Battelle/BIO Report: "Colorado’s bioscience industry is large and has outpaced national growth since 2001 by continuing to add jobs overall since 2007. Its companies employ nearly 27,000 with the large and highly specialized state medical device and equipment subsector growing by 16 percent since 2001. Job growth in research, testing, and medical labs has also driven overall sector growth since 2001." - July 08, 2012 - Colorado BioScience Association
GoldBio Becomes Certified Philips LED Horti Partner
Philips announces that Gold Biotechnology, Inc., a supplier of molecular biology research chemicals based in St. Louis, MO, has become a certified Philips LED Horti Partner. Bart Saracino (Director of Marketing at GoldBio), Udo van Slooten (Director of Horticulture LED at Philips) and Erik Jansen... - July 07, 2012 - Gold Biotechnology, Inc
ByoPlanet International Selects Plumbing Solutions as Caribbean Distributor
ByoPlanet International, LLC (ByoPlanet) a leader in the elimination of health-threatening pathogens, has affiliated itself with Plumbing Solutions, who will now be the exclusive distributor of ByoPlanet products and services in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Antigua, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Jamaica, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, St. Lucia, and St. Marten. - July 07, 2012 - ByoPlanet International, LLC
MoBiTec GmbH Introduces First Secretion Vectors for the Lactococcus lactis Gene Expression System NICE®, Developed by NIZO Food Research
NIZO food research has developed the first commercially available secretion vectors for the widely used Nisin Controlled gene Expression system NICE®. The NICE® System is a Gram-positive gene expression system for Lactococcus lactis already used by many labs all around the world. The NICE System as well as the secretion vectors are marketed worldwide by Germany-based MoBiTec GmbH. With these new secretion vectors MoBiTec expands its rich portfolio of non-E. coli vectors and expression systems. - July 04, 2012 - MoBiTec GmbH
Bioo Scientific Launches NEXTflex DNA-Seq Kits for Use with the Ion Torrent Sequencing Platform
Bioo Scientific has expanded its line of kits for NGS library preparation to include the NEXTflex™ DNA Sequencing Kit for Ion Torrent, which has been validated for use with the Ion PGM™ System from Life Technologies. The NEXTflex DNA Sequencing Kit features “Enhanced Adapter... - July 04, 2012 - Bioo Scientific
Stevens Researchers Win NASA Grant to Investigate Severe Weather Threats to New York City
Dr. Alan Blumberg, Dr. Philip Orton work with NASA researcher Timothy Hall on sweeping risk assessment. - July 01, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
AnaSpec Introduces SensoLyte® Beta-Amyloid ELISA Kits
AnaSpec, EGT Group is pleased to announce the release of the SensoLyte® ELISA kits for the quantification of human and mouse/rat β-Amyloid (1-40) or (1-42) peptide. Compared to similar kits in the industry, these kits are a one-step assay optimized to detect human or mouse/rat beta-Amyloid... - June 29, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Stevens Hosts Experts on Severe Weather Threats to Urban Areas
Dr. Alan Blumberg of Stevens and Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig Host a Conference on the Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Urban Coasts. - June 27, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
AnaSpec Offers PTM Peptide Synthesis
Proteins undergo post-translational modifications (PTM) as a mechanism to expand the coding capacity of genes.1 PTMs found in histone “tails” (amino termini) such as acetylation, methylation and phosphorylation affect chromatin structure and exquisitely regulate gene... - June 27, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
SFL’s Managing Director Invited to Chair Session and Speak at DIA 48th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia
SFL's Managing Director updates DIA attendees on Revision of European Medical Device Directives. - June 27, 2012 - SFL Regulatory Affairs & Scientific Communication Ltd
ALPCO & Argutus Medical Collaboration
Kidney & Liver Toxicity Gold Standard Rat Alpha GST ELISA Available Once Again - June 26, 2012 - ALPCO
AnaSpec Offers Industry’s Longest Wavelength Assay Kit for HDAC Dectection
Current HDAC assay kits have been based on a short wavelength substrate whose detection is darkened by the presence of autofluorescence interference. SensoLyte® has ushered in the dawn of ultra-sensitivity. AnaSpec, EGT Group’s SensoLyte® 520 HDAC Activity Assay Kit is the... - June 20, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Sequilab Unites Life Science Researchers Online by Combining (Gene) Sequence Analysis and Social Networking
A website called “Sequilab” has created a revolutionary concept for life scientists doing sequence analysis using DNA/RNA/Protein sequence data while allowing them to interact with each other. Services provided are currently free to all registered users. - June 17, 2012 - Sequilab
MiTeGen Spring 2012 Catalog Available Online or in Hardcopy
Mitegen LLC, a provider of innovative consumables for X-ray diffraction, crystallography and protein crystallization to academic, pharmaceutical, industrial and government researchers around the world, has released a catalog of their current products for crystallographers. - June 15, 2012 - MiTeGen, LLC
MiTeGen Awarded $185K NIH Phase I STTR Grant to Develop Hyperquenching Devices
Mitegen LLC, a provider of innovative consumables for X-ray diffraction, crystallography and protein crystallization to academic, pharmaceutical, industrial and government researchers around the world, has been awarded a Phase I STTR (small business technology transfer program) award from the NIH (National Institute of Health) for the development of a rapid crystal cooling device (“hyperquencher”) for cryocrystallography. - June 15, 2012 - MiTeGen, LLC
Colorado BioScience Association Releases 2012 Edition of BioScience Colorado Magazine
Colorado Centers of Excellence: Elevated Thinking - June 15, 2012 - Colorado BioScience Association
Professor Miasnikov Awarded NSF Grant to Unravel Mysteries of Model Theory and Algebraic Geometry
Innovative new framework opens door to solving unapproachable mathematical questions. - June 15, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Inventys Research Butibori (Nagpur) Plant, Achieves ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14000:2004, and ISO 18000:OSHAS Certification
Inventys Research Company has achieved ISO 9001:2008, 14001:2004 and 18000:OSHAS Management System accreditation. The ISO 9001:2008 certification of compliance recognizes that the policies, practices, and procedures of Inventys ensure consistent quality in the products and services Inventys... - June 13, 2012 - Inventys Research Company Pvt Ltd.
CreAgri Receives International Recognition with Paris Polyphenols 2012 Award
CreAgri, Inchas been awarded the Paris Polyphenols 2012 Award for the most effective, innovative and sustainable process to recover healthy polyphenols from agricultural biomass. - June 13, 2012 - Creagri, Inc.
The Jon Block Challenge Supports Washington University Athletics Program
With a history of working with companies who develop orthopedic devices and its interest in athletics, The Jon Block Group has an on-going effort to establish sponsorships for promising tennis and motorcycle road racing athletes. Continuing this commitment, Dr. Jon Block, a graduate of and former... - June 13, 2012 - Jon Block Group
2012 Has Seen Three of the Largest Global Petrochemical Companies in the World Adopt Vortex from Dotmatics. Why? One Reason is Collaboration
Vortex from Dotmatics is a data visualisation and analysis solution that provides the tools needed to plot and chart data, and explore trends and relationships within any type of dataset. It also enables different areas of the petrochemical business to efficiently share and manage its data. - June 13, 2012 - Dotmatics Limited
ALPCO Diagnostics Recognized for Support of the American Red Cross 2011 Relief Efforts
ALPCO was recognized on May 29, 2012 for their generous contributions to the American Red Cross in 2011. - June 11, 2012 - ALPCO
SFL’s Senior Communication Manager to Speak at the 8th Annual Conference of the Pharmaceutical Contract Management Group
SFL is pleased to announce that Dr Faiz Kermani, Senior Communication Manager, will be giving a presentation entitled “The Regulatory Framework for New Drug Innovation” at the 8th Annual Conference of the Pharmaceutical Contract Management Group. - June 09, 2012 - SFL Regulatory Affairs & Scientific Communication Ltd
AnaSpec Offers Anti-5-Methylcytidine (Clone 33D3)
AnaSpec, EGT Group is pleased to offer Eurogentec’s popular monoclonal antibody, anti-5-methylcytidine (Clone 33D3) for use in epigenetics research. Purified from ascites, this IgG1 / λ isotype antibody is supplied as a 1 mg/ml solution (in PBS) and is available in three sizes (0.1 mg,... - June 06, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
OmegaH2O® Clear Shelf Stable Omega-3, CoQ10 and Other Non Polar Compounds Patent Application 12/383,244 Approved in Europe and Notice of Allowance in U.S.
VIRUN, Inc. Food and Beverage Technology Division announces today that without continuance and as a result of innovation and novelty; patent application 12/383,244 has been approved in Europe and Notice of Allowance in the U.S. 12/383,244 allows the only patented non polar compounds, such as Omega-3, dissolve into foods, beverages and supplements clearer and shelf stable. - June 04, 2012 - VIRUN
Stevens Researcher Tackles Obstacle to Quantum Computing
Dr. Malinovskaya leads a Colloquium at the University of Nevada, Reno. - June 03, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Colorado BioScience Association Praises Boettcher Foundation for Ongoing Commitment to Early-Career Investigators Through Its Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program
Colorado BioScience Association congratulates Boettcher Foundation on the announcement of its 2012 class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program. Now in its third year, the program provides for the discovery of new knowledge that improves human health through the investment in and advancement of early-career scientists. - June 02, 2012 - Colorado BioScience Association
NanoSort, Inc. Wins $1M Award for Next-Gen FACS
NanoSort Inc., is developing next generation flow cytometers and cell sorters that are small, simple, and affordable. This $1M award reinforces NanoSort’s technology with an NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences Phase II SBIR award. A critical aspect of biomedical research and... - June 01, 2012 - NanoSort
PhD Candidate Wins First Prize for Catalysis Research
Research will enhance molecular understanding of chemical reactions. - May 31, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Royal Care Pharmacy (RCP) Joins PCCA
RCP is pleased to announce PCCA membership. - May 31, 2012 - Royal Care Pharmacy Inc
AnaSpec Offers a Wide Selection of GO® Histone Peptides
AnaSpec, EGT Group offers a wide selection of GO® (catalog) Histone peptides that are biotin-labeled. Single or combinations of post-translational modified (PTM) amino acid-containing biotinylated histone peptide sequences have been used in applications such as pull-down assays.1-2 Generally... - May 31, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
BioPharm Systems Named to the Talkin' Cloud 100 List of Top Cloud Service Providers
Leading provider of Oracle's Health Sciences solutions recognized for cloud services growth. - May 31, 2012 - BioPharm Systems
TransEnterix's Single-Incision SPIDER® Surgical System Used for First Time in UK
International renowned surgeon Dr. Michel Ganger performed gastric sleeve through patient's belly button. - May 31, 2012 - TransEnterix
NovaTeinBio Adds New Antibodies to Company Catalogue
Reagents providers NovaTeinBio have recently announced that they have added several new types of Antibodies to the company’s comprehensive catalogue. The new Antibodies being introduced to the company catalogue are designed to help researchers determine the maturation of cells and therefore... - May 30, 2012 - Novatein Biosciences
ImmunoReagents Signs Chinese Distributorship Agreement with AmyJet Scientific
ImmunoReagents, a manufacturer of high quality polyclonal antibodies used by researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, has announced the appointment of AmyJet Scientific as its new distributor in China. ImmunoReagents and AmyJet Scientific will partner to distribute top quality... - May 27, 2012 - ImmunoReagents Inc.
Stevens Researchers Advance Innovative Lab-in-a-Fiber Research Frontier
Dr. Du and Dr. Sukhishvili’s collaboration wins grant from the National Science Foundation. - May 24, 2012 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Former NASA Astronaut Dr. Leroy Chiao Joins Diomics Leadership Team
Diomics Corporation, a leading bioscience company focused on the development of Diomat™ technology for a range of life science, aerospace and specialty products, today announced the appointment of former NASA Astronaut Dr. Leroy Chiao as Special Advisor. - May 20, 2012 - Diomics Corporation
AnaSpec Showcases Fluorescent Nucleic Acid Probes
The detection of nucleic acids is important for many life science research tasks, such as sequencing, cDNA synthesis and cloning, RNA transcription and transfection. Accurate detection of DNA/RNA is key to the success of these techniques. DNA/RNA concentration is often measured by UV absorbance at... - May 19, 2012 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
BioPharm Systems to Host Webinar on Merging Multiple Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance Databases Into One Global Oracle Argus Safety System
Leading provider of Oracle's clinical trial, data, and drug safety software will discuss a recent project for a top pharmaceutical company that entailed the merging of multiple drug safety systems. - May 19, 2012 - BioPharm Systems
Bioo Scientific Releases Improved Kits for Directed Drug Delivery
While it has been eleven years since the demonstration that sequence specific, small, synthetic, double stranded ribonucleic acids were shown to induce gene specific silencing in mammalian cells, delivery formulations that supply a metered dose of RNAi agent to the desired target site in a cost... - May 18, 2012 - Bioo Scientific