Tools & Techniques

Rigaku teams with PANalytical to develop a new high-brilliance micro-focus X-ray source.

PharmEng Int'l announced it acquired Rootlink Technic to augment its contract manufacturing and consulting offerings.

Biomachines announced the formation of a new division--Applied Proteomics Services--from a collaboration with UMass\'s Proteomic Fractionation Group.

Prime Synthesis Inc. announced a new operating division, called 3-Prime LLC, intented to provide support to customers for oligonucleotide production in the research and development market.

BioSeek announced a collaboration agreement with GSK under which BioSeek will apply its BioMAP systems for the characterization of compounds from GSK.

Canadian Institute of Advanced Research (CIAR) recently announced the formation of new program that will analyze genetic networks as clues to human disease.

Data management company Unleashed Informatics recently introduced its Unleashed Global Services arm to complement its bioinformatics software and hardware offerings.

Cognia Corp. announced in June the introduction of its Cognia Catabolism database, containing information about ubiquitin system molecules.

To build an electronic infrastructure for translational medicine and technology, the Windber Research Institute (WRI) announced recently it entered into a strategic arrangement with the Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology (SCBIT).

Waters Corp. announced recently that it had entered into a co-marketing agreement with Umetrics AB of Umea, Sweden, under which Waters will begin offering scientists a direct link to Umetrics’ SIMCA-P multivariate statistical analysis software as an option compatible with Waters’ MarkerLynx 4.1 Software.