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  1. University Of Western Australia And Agilent Technologies To Create World's First Plant Protein Monitoring Database 8/18/2011
    The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Agilent Technologies Inc. recently announced that the Australian Research Centre’s Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology located in UWA will use Agilent’s informatics systems in its research to build the world’s first plant protein monitoring database.
  2. Malvern Instruments And Paraytec Enter Into Development And Technology Licensing Agreement 7/21/2011
    Malvern Instruments Ltd. (Malvern, UK) and Paraytec Ltd. (York, UK) have entered into a development and licensing agreement that will see Paraytec’s ActiPix technology being added to Malvern’s materials characterization portfolio.
  3. IDT Offers Pre-Designed And Custom Assays, Primers And Probes For qPCR 7/8/2011
    Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, provides a broad range of custom qPCR assays, primers, and probes.
  4. Spedia-NMR: Breakthrough In Bioprocess Optimization For Biologicals 7/6/2011
    For new biologicals and biosimilars, the innovative Spedia-NMR technology from Spinnovation Biologics provides a real advantage for optimizing cell cultures, monitoring and standardizing manufacturing processes in preparation for larger scale production.
  5. Synthon Acquires Syntarga And Its Antibody-Drug Conjugate Technology 6/24/2011
    Recently Synthon announced its acquisition of Syntarga BV, a biopharmaceutical company also based in the Netherlands.
  6. Waters Introduces SYNAPT G2-S Mass Spectrometer, Combining Revolutionary StepWave Ion Optics With Ion Mobility Technology Taking Performance To New Level 6/22/2011
    Waters Corporation recently introduced the SYNAPT G2-S High Definition Mass Spectrometer, representing a significant step forward in performance for High Definition Mass Spectrometry.
  7. Incubators Facilitate Research Under Hypoxic Conditions 6/17/2011
    BINDER CB series incubators provide excellent growth conditions for mammalian cell and tissue cultures, offering precise, reproducible control of oxygen concentrations as low as 0.2% and quick recovery times, important factors in conducting research under hypoxic conditions.
  8. Do Chinese Hamster Ovarian (CHO) Cells Specimens Require An Import/Export License?

    On December 21, 2012, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) addressed an issue that has been of significant debate among importers of Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell specimens and trade experts. FWS informed the trade community that only shipments of actual CHO “cell”, “cell cultures” and “cell lines” are regulated by the agency and require an import/export license for trade. By Reynaldo Roman for Marken