News Headlines

Evotec Signs High Throughput Screening Agreement with Active Biotech
12 March 2010
The Collaboration is aimed to identify small molecule modulators of a priority biological target involved in immune disorders and cancer.

Tecan Launches new Services for Australasia
12 March 2010
New business venture aimed at providing regional support to Tecan customers throughout in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands.

Small Companies to Share £2.5M new Government Investment to Develop Industrial Biotechnology Processes
12 March 2010
The investment will be made in nineteen feasibility studies, all of which will be led by small and medium-sized British companies.

Hamilton Robotics and French Police Scientifique Publish Paper Describing Large-Scale Production of Genetic Profiles
10 March 2010
More than 300,000 profiles have already been processed on the Hamilton platforms and stored in French Database.

PTI Celebrates 25 Years in 2010
10 March 2010
Protein Technologies celebrates its 25th anniversary this year of providing quality products and service to the global peptide community.

Stratophase Heads £1.2m Project to Develop Real-Time High Value Liquid Monitoring Systems
10 March 2010
Project will utilize Stratophase’s advanced SpectroSens optical microchip technology to increase yield and minimize waste.

European Biotechnica Award 2010: Competition Entries now Being Accepted
10 March 2010
Upcoming European companies from the biotechnology sector and the life sciences have until 30 April 2010 to submit entries for the prize.

Biosearch Technologies Issued Two new Patents
09 March 2010
The new patents comprise “Luminescent Metal Ion Complexes” and “Inducible fluorescence assay.”

Harvard University and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Grant Exclusive License to Acetylon
09 March 2010
The exclusive therapeutic license is granted for a breakthrough discovery platform for next generation HDAC inhibitors.

European Microfluidics Consortium Working to Grow and Simplify the Market for Microfluidics
08 March 2010
The work of the consortium focus on DNA Analysis, Point of Care/Crime, Flow Chemistry, Technology Integration and Droplet Handling.

OGT Named by Agilent as the First High-Throughput Microarray Certified Service Provider
03 March 2010
Certificate confirms OGT as the world’s leading choice for large-scale outsourced microarray studies.

New Programme Leader Appointed to Dundee MRC Unit
02 March 2010
MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit recruits Dr Ian Ganley from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

UCSF Enters Drug Discovery Agreement with Genentech
22 February 2010
The agreement aims to discover and develop drug candidates for neurodegenerative diseases.

Fluidigm and Bayer Cropscience Enter Global Agreement for Marker-Assisted Breeding and Quality Control
19 February 2010
Fluidigm to supply integrated fluidic circuits and instrumentation to Bayer CropScience's global operations under the multi-year agreement.

Phenomenex and USP Offer Workshop on Practical Application of Chapter <621>
15 February 2010
Half-Day Course at Pittcon Will Help Labs Develop Method Adjustments for Greater Stability and Productivity