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AveXis to Present at Piper Jaffray GenomeRX Symposium
AveXis, a clinical stage synthetic biology platform company, today announced that Mr. John Carbona, Chief Executive Officer and other members of the AveXis team will participate in the panel discussion “The Power Alley: Gene Therapy For Neuromuscular Disorders” at the Piper Jaffray... - June 20, 2014 - AveXis Inc.
Second Annual Eclipse IP Futures Conference Delivers Real World Insights on Monetizing Intellectual Property
Patent Value, America Invents Act, and “Patent Trolls” Big Part of Conversation at Event Hosted by RTI International, Neopatents, NC COIN - June 20, 2014 - COIN
Bioo Scientific Releases Sciclone and Biomek Protocols to Eliminate NGS Library Prep Bottlenecks
Today Bioo Scientific announced the release of high throughput automated methods for next generation sequencing library preparation on the Beckman Biomek® FX and Biomek® FXP Laboratory Automation Workstations, and the Perkin Elmer Sciclone liquid handling workstations. These protocols were... - June 20, 2014 - Bioo Scientific
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, and Invent Biotechnologies Inc., USA, Sign Distribution Agreement for the European Market
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, focused on selling products for life science research, has entered into a distribution agreement with Invent Biotechnologies, Inc., USA. Together with Invent Biotechnologies, MoBiTec expands its portfolio of premier brands. - June 19, 2014 - MoBiTec GmbH
VIRUN® & Pacific Deep Ocean Biotech Combine Natural Mineral Complexes with OmegaH2O® EPA and DHA for Foods, Beverages & Supplements
Virun, and Pacific Deep Ocean Biotech (PDOB), work together to provide mineral complexes that are derived from the ocean with Omega-3 EPA and DHA that deliver clean label claim and eco-friendly sustainable solutions. The combination allows a source for mineral complexes in VIRUN’s patent and patents-pending technologies that naturally yield low metal content to avoid reactivity with omega-3 EPA and DHA, all-the-while delivering a consistent level of Calcium, Sodium, Potassium and Magnesium. - June 18, 2014 - VIRUN
NC COIN, Shanahan Law Group, NC Biotechnology Center Announce Start Up and Early Stage Legal Series
Informative Five-Week seminar Series to Cover Topics from Business Formation, to Fund Raising and Exits, to IP Issues to International Business Transactions - June 14, 2014 - COIN
Bioo Scientific’s Test Strips Increase the Ease and Sensitivity of Aflatoxin M1 Analysis in Milk
Bioo Scientific’s AuroFlow™ Aflatoxin M1 Strip Test Kit is a rapid, simple, cost-effective lateral flow assay, designed to detect Aflatoxin M1 residues in raw commingled cow’s milk in only 10 minutes. This strip test detects levels of aflatoxin M1 at levels as low as 0.5 ppb. The... - June 13, 2014 - Bioo Scientific
Organomation Upgrades Sample Holder in Popular Lab Evaporator
Lab evaporators produced by Organomation continue to be among the most durable and flexible instruments in the sample preparation segment. - June 13, 2014 - Organomation
MoBiTec Launches SpeedBlot (His) – A Strikingly Fast and Easy-To-Use Western Blot Stain for His-Tagged Proteins
Instant detection of poly-histidine tagged proteins on nitrocellulose membrane with SpeedBlot (His) is easy and does not require relevant hands-on time. Even 0.1 pmol detection limits can be achieved with this highly sensitive detection reagent. While common Western Blot protocols require 6 to 21 hours, staining with SpeedBlot (His) is completed after just about 90 minutes. - June 12, 2014 - MoBiTec GmbH
Discover the Next IDE Inhibitor with the Newly Launched SensoLyte® IDE Activity Assay
AnaSpec Launches Industry’s First FRET-based Assay for Measurement of Insulin Degrading Enzyme (IDE) Activity for inhibitor high throughput screening- the SensoLyte® 520 IDE Activity Assay Kit. - June 12, 2014 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
IonSense Introduces the DART®-EDU Program to Provide Educational Institutions with an Economical Path to Ownership of Its State-of-the-Art Mass Spectrometry Technology
Educational Leasing Program will enable chemistry departments to lower operating costs while providing students access to Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry. To be exhibited at the 62nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics in Baltimore, MD, June 15-19, 2014, Booth 120. - June 10, 2014 - IonSense, Inc.
Women’s Health: Dr. Kathy Maupin Announces a Free Webinar to Answer Questions About Hormone Replacement
Hormone expert will answer questions about treatment for symptoms of menopause and testosterone deficiency through bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. - June 08, 2014 - BioBalance Health
AveXis to Present at Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Annual Conference
AveXis, a clinical stage synthetic biology platform company, today announced that Dr. Allan Kaspar, Chief Scientific Officer, will be presenting at The Family and Researcher Poster Session at The Annual Spinal Muscular Atrophy Conference, which will be held on Thursday, June 12, 2014 in National... - June 08, 2014 - AveXis Inc.
Recursion Pharmaceuticals Announces Dr. H. Perry Fell as the First Member of Business Advisory Panel
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, a biotech start-up in Salt Lake City today announced the formation of its Business Advisory Panel. The first appointment to the Advisory Panel is H. Perry Fell, MBA, Ph.D. Perry is a distinguished scientist and leader who most prominently co-founded Seattle Genetics (NASDAQ: SGEN) and served as its CEO from start-up through IPO. - June 05, 2014 - Recursion Pharmaceuticals
ACT Enters Phase I Human Clinical Trials with First-in-Class Anti-Cancer Drug Candidate
Advanced Cancer Therapeutics (ACT), a privately held company dedicated to bringing new anti-cancer therapies to market, announced today that it has begun clinical trials of PFK-158, a small molecule therapeutic candidate that inactivates a novel cancer metabolism target never before examined in... - June 04, 2014 - Advanced Cancer Therapeutics
Colorado BioScience Association Praises Boettcher Foundation as It Embarks on the Fifth Year of Its Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program
Colorado BioScience Association congratulates Boettcher Foundation on the announcement of its 2014 class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program. Starting its fifth 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 03, 2014 - Colorado BioScience Association
Well-Known Denver Real Estate Developer John M. Shaw to Oversee Properties in the Colorado Life Science District at Fitzsimons
Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA) is partnering with John M. Shaw as a consultant to oversee its real estate projects in the Colorado Life Science District at Fitzsimons. Shaw’s extensive track record of successful real estate development projects makes him the ideal partner to continue the FRA’s vision to build a world class life science district at Fitzsimons. - May 30, 2014 - Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority
Bioo Scientific Receives Presidential Award for Exports
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today presented Bioo Scientific with the President’s “E” Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. The “E” Awards are the highest recognition any U.S. entity may receive for making a significant contribution to the... - May 30, 2014 - Bioo Scientific
Industry's First Fluorimetric Assay for Glutaminyl Cyclase
AnaSpec Launches Industry’s First Fluorimetric, 96-well format Assay for Measurement of Glutaminyl Cyclase (QC) Activity - the SensoLyte® Green Glutaminyl Cyclase Activity Assay Kit. - May 29, 2014 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Solvo Biotechnology, the Transporter Company and Qualyst Transporter Solutions Execute a License to B-Clear® Services
Agreement Supporting Use of Qualyst’ s Patented B-CLEAR® Technology for Services offered by Solvo Biotechnology - May 29, 2014 - Solvo Biotechnology
Life Science Strategy Group Launches the OutsourcePharma Advisory Board
Online community dedicated to pharmaceutical sponsors provides open forum to discuss drug development and outsourced Contract Research Organization (CRO) services. - May 28, 2014 - Life Science Strategy Group, LLC
MiTeGen Awarded $998K NIH Phase II SBIR Grant to Develop Hyperquenching Devices
Two year funding for the development of advanced cooling devices. - May 24, 2014 - MiTeGen, LLC
Jane Rohlf, MD & Premier Research Join Wake Research: New Investigational Site Added to Established Organization of Integrated Clinical Research Investigational Site
Raleigh-based Wake Research (Wake Research Associates, L.L.C.) announces an affiliation with Dr. Jane Rohlf and Premier Research, of Trenton, New Jersey. “Dr. Rohlf brings wealth of research expertise and her site fit well into our strategic plan to offer Biopharmaceutical Industry a broad... - May 24, 2014 - Wake Research Associates
Disposable Transfer Pipette Promotion Now Available at Leading Distributor Pipette.com
Disposable transfer pipette promotion now available at major pipette distributor, Pipette.com. Research labs doing chemistry, basic biology, and/or any other type of liquid handling analysis will find this promotion beneficial. - May 24, 2014 - Pipette.com
endpoint Introduces PULSE™ 3.0 Platform for IRT Systems in Clinical Trials
PULSE enables highly customized IRT trial design while maintaining endpoint’s signature 30-Day delivery timeline. - May 23, 2014 - endpoint
Bioo Scientific Offers State-of the-Art, Full Service Analytical Food Testing
Bioo Scientific is offering testing services for antibiotic, toxin, hormone and pathogen contamination in food and feed. These services provide testing capabilities to food and feed producers without laboratory infrastructure. - May 23, 2014 - Bioo Scientific
Northeastern M.D.s to Gather for Presentation by Dr. Emil J. Haldey, Leading Pharmaceutical Compounding Expert
The prestigious National Medical Association will host a seminar on Friday featuring Dr. Emil J. Haldey, a doctor of pharmacy and a leader in the specialized field of pharmaceutical compounding. The event will take place May 23, beginning at 2 p.m., during the National Medical Association Annual... - May 22, 2014 - HALDEY Pharmaceutical Compounding
Pipette.com, Major Pipette Distributor, Launches Twitter Art Contest
Pipette.com is giving away a brand new pipette as well as other lab prizes to a lucky Twitter follower. In addition, followers may now enter to win other prizes including free pipette-themed shirts, discounted calibration, and more. - May 22, 2014 - Pipette.com
AveXis Announces Opening of Enrollment for Gene Transfer Clinical Trial for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 at Nationwide Children's Hospital
AveXis, Inc., a clinic-ready synthetic biology platform company, today announced that the Gene Transfer Clinical Trial for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 has now formally begun enrollment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. This trial will utilize chariSMA, the gene therapy product developed... - May 16, 2014 - AveXis Inc.
MiTeGen Announces Collaboration and License Agreements with MagnebotiX and NatX-ray
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, announced that it has signed agreements with MagnebotiX AG, and with NatX-ray SAS, and NatX-ray LLC for the development and distribution of RodBot non-contact magnetic rolling sample manipulation technology for crystallization and crystal handling. - May 14, 2014 - MiTeGen, LLC
VIRUN NutraBIOsciences™, Leader in Cognitive-Functional-Ingredients, to Sponsor Cognitive Health Forum at NutraIngredients-USA
VIRUN, leader in Cognitive health ingredients, is sponsoring NutraIngreidents Cognitive Health Forum on May 22nd, 2014. According to NutraIngredients-USA, “Industry leaders from companies such as Abbott Nutrition, Standard Process, Nawgan, and Euromonitor will join for a discussion of the cognitive health sector, from science and claim substantiation, to market sizing and key consumer demographics.” - May 13, 2014 - VIRUN
Social & Scientific Systems Wins Healthcare Data Analytics and Statistical Products Contract
Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. (SSS), a public health research services provider, has announced that it was recently awarded a health care data analytics and statistical products contract with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The contract, which is expected to continue... - May 11, 2014 - Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.
Colorado BioScience Association Announces Two New Directors at Annual All-Member Meeting
Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) announced two new board members at its 2014 Annual All-Member meeting held at the Omni Interlocken Resort, Broomfield, CO. Also on the agenda, CBSA recognized both its 2014 Corporate Sponsors and 10-year members at the annual meeting. - May 09, 2014 - Colorado BioScience Association
MoBiTec GmbH to Attend the International Conference on Stem Cell and Tissue Formation in Dresden, Germany, from July 8-11, 2014
For the 5th time, Stem Cell researchers will convene for the International Conference on Stem Cell and Tissue Formation in Dresden, Germany. At MoBiTec's booth high quality products as well as cutting-edge technologies will be presented. - May 09, 2014 - MoBiTec GmbH
Xcelthera Secures Patent for Large-Scale Production High Quality Human ES Cell Therapy Products
Xcelthera Inc and its joint research partner San Diego Regenerative Medicine Institute announced today that the USPTO has granted Patent No. 8,716,017 entitled “Technologies, Methods, and Products of Small Molecule-Directed Tissue and Organ Regeneration from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells”. - May 08, 2014 - Xcelthera Inc
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, Issues New Fluorescent Probes Brochure, Ready for Free Download as PDF
A brochure featuring Fluorescent Probes for Protein and Nucleic Acid Labeling provided by MoBiTec as Free PDF Download. - May 08, 2014 - MoBiTec GmbH
Eppendorf Reference 2 Trade in Program and Eppendorf Starter Kit Specials Now Available at Major Pipette Distributor Pipette.com
Pipette.com has announced the Eppendorf Reference 2 Trade-In Program which allows lab technicians to trade in any of their old pipettes for credit towards a brand new Eppendorf Reference 2 pipette. Clinical and reference labs are the ideal users for these pipettes. - May 04, 2014 - Pipette.com
Solanbridge Group Inc. Announces Appointment of Dr. Mark T. Cullen
Solanbridge Group (SLNX) has hired Dr. Mark Cullen to develop CBD-enfused products for the State of Nevada. - May 02, 2014 - Solanbridge Group Inc
Colorado BioScience Association Names Logan Collins, Fairview High School Junior, as Colorado’s BioGENEius Finalist
Logan Collins Advances to San Diego to Compete Against Top Students from Across the Nation and Canada. - May 02, 2014 - Colorado BioScience Association
Dr. Tovia Martirosian Smith Joins Virginia Women’s Center’s Pelvic Health and Continence Institute
The seven-location OB-GYN practice welcomes Richmond-native Dr. Tovia Martirosian Smith to the recently formed Pelvic Health and Continence Institute. - May 01, 2014 - Virginia Women's Center
Major Pipette Distributor Pipette.com Has Announced Their Biohit Picus Trade in Program
Pipette.com has announced their Biohit Picus Trade In Program which will benefit labs looking for a high quality electronic pipette to be used as a general purpose liquid handling instrument. - May 01, 2014 - Pipette.com
NanoAxis Aligns with NanoApps Medical Inc. to Accelerate Commercial Novel Nanomedicine Diagnostic and Pharmaceutical Product Development
NanoAxis LLC has announced that it has become a shareholder in Canadian based company, NanoApps Medical Inc., to assist in accelerating nanomedical product development and commercialization. NanoApps Medical Inc. is actively collaborating with both Canadian and US based (Mayo Clinic, Rochester,... - April 26, 2014 - NanoAxis
BiologicsCorp Launches Supernatant Protein Expression Service
BiologicsCorp proudly launches this new service - another first in the industry. They have tested many variables, including codon optimization, strain, charperones and foldases, and others. Give Supernatant Service a try, especially if your protein of interest could not be expressed in soluble form. BiologicsCorp is confident and can guarantee success - no soluble fraction for target protein, no payment for expression service. - April 25, 2014 - BiologicsCorp
AveXis Closes a Round of Financing from PBM Capital to Advance Its SMA Gene Therapy Program
AveXis, Inc., a clinic-ready synthetic biology platform company, today announced it has completed a financing round led by PBM Capital Group. This round of financing will help support the company’s gene therapy program targeting spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). AveXis’ gene therapy... - April 23, 2014 - AveXis Inc.
Epitope Diagnostics, Inc. Expands Product Panel with New Set of H. Pylori Antigen ELISA Kits and Novel Sample Collection Device
Epitope Diagnostics, Inc. has launched two user-friendly fecal Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) antigen ELISA kits, along with a new sample collection device. One ELISA assay is qualitative while the other is quantitative, allowing for both the detection and measurement of active H. pylori antigen. H. pylori is a bacterium which causes infectious stomach disease and is linked to stomach cancer. A positive H. pylori antigen test indicates an active infection. - April 22, 2014 - Epitope Diagnostics, Inc.
Women Found to be at Greater Risk for Alzheimer’s - Find Solution with MentScan from MMT
Women with Alzheimer’s Gene fight back with MMT’s screening test called the MentScan. - April 18, 2014 - MD Stem Cells
MD Stem Cells Names Top 7 Recent Stem Cell Advances
7 key advances in Stem Cell treatments and research identified by MD Stem Cells. - April 17, 2014 - MD Stem Cells
Recursion Pharmaceuticals Announces Formation of Its Scientific and Technical Advisory Board
Recursion Pharmaceuticals is a start-up biotech firm in Salt Lake City with a goal of discovering new therapeutics for the treatment of rare genetic diseases. Recursion announced the formation of its Scientific and Technical Advisory Board today, along with the appointment of Dr. Anne Carpenter and Dr. Kirk Thomas as its first two members. - April 12, 2014 - Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Registration Now Open at CBSA Website: GoldLab 5th Annual Symposium 2014, “Embracing the Reptile Within: Head, Heart and Healthcare”
Registration is now open at the CBSA website for the fifth annual GoldLab Symposium, taking place on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, Friday and Saturday, May 16 - 17, 2014. This year’s Symposium, entitled “Embracing the Reptile Within: Head, Heart and Healthcare” brings together 18 renowned scientists and healthcare experts to discuss progress and issues in personalized medicine. - April 11, 2014 - Colorado BioScience Association
MOgene LC Announces Addition of Illumina NextSeq 500 Service
MOgene LC, an Illumina CSPro™ certified service provider, announced today that they have added Illumina NextSeq 500 to their list of services. Illumina NextSeq 500 performs whole-genome, exome, and transcriptome sequencing and is flexible, offering tunable read length and multiple output... - April 08, 2014 - MOgene, LC