Agilent Technologies Completes Acquisition of Varian, Inc
18 May 2010: Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that its acquisition of scientific-equipment maker Varian, Inc. is now final. Agilent paid approximately $1.5 billion in cash for Varian in a deal that brings together two Silicon Valley pioneers.
Agilent Technologies
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IntelliCyt Corp Introduces New High Throughput Flow Cytometry Screening System
14 May 2010: IntelliCyt Corp. introduces new high throughput flow cytometry – HTFC™ Screening System at the 25th International Society for Advancement of Cytometry in Seattle. This new system is designed to enable large scale, high throughput, high content screening.
IntelliCyt Corp
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BIOTECHNICA 2010: From Biomedicine Industry to the Future of Our Food
12 May 2010: BIOTECHNICA 2010 is open for business in Hannover from 5 to 7 October, with new focus topics and more wide-ranging coverage. “Those in search of current trends, new ideas and inspiration need look no further than BIOTECHNICA”, says Stephan Ph. Kühne, who sits on the Board of Management at Deutsche Messe AG in Hannover.
Deutsche Messe AG
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Members Approve SBS-ALA Merger
11 May 2010: The leaders of the Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) and the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) have been strategizing a merger to unite their scientific societies as one inclusive organization—the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS). As of Wednesday, May 5, both memberships officially authorized the merger with more than 95% of the votes cast in favor.
Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS)
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BellBrook Labs Launches Compound Profiling Services with High Content 3D Invasion Assay
06 May 2010: BellBrook Labs announced at the 2010 Society for Biomolecular Screening Symposium the launch of a new invasion assay service for profiling the effects of potential drug molecules on migration of tumor cells through extracellular matrix. The assay was developed as a more physiologically relevant and information-rich alternative to commonly used filter-based assays.
BellBrook Labs
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Leica Announces New Tool to Amplify the Power of Confocal Imaging
 05 May 2010: Leica Microsystems has released the first High Content Screening Automation package for confocal research microscopes Leica HCS A. Combining the strength of high-resolution point scanners with the new ingenious LAS AF MATRIX M3 software platform delivers a highly flexible tool for automated imaging in multi dimensions.
Leica Microsystems
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SBS Announces Top Ten Poster Winners at SBS 2010 Conference
04 May 2010: The Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) announces the top ten poster winners of the SBS 2010 Conference and Exhibition. Posters were on display in the exhibit hall at the conference, which took place at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, April 11 – 15.
Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS)
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Are Natural Products Delivering? Experiences and Recommendations from 27 Screening Campaigns
04 May 2010: In this application note from BioFocus, microbial strain subfractions are generated and used in high-throughput screens (HTS) for analysis with regard to diversity, selectivity and strain origin. Natural compounds were identified during the follow up of subfraction screening programs and their chemical properties have been analyzed. Searches in natural product databases revealed that 135 of the 645 identified natural compounds are novel compounds.
BioFocus
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Enter Tecan Competition and Win a Party for your Team!
 04 May 2010: Send in a photo that captures how important your system is to your team to be in with a chance of winning a huge party for you and 20 of your colleagues.
Tecan
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CPGR Hits Major Milestone in Drug Toxicology Study with SimuGen
28 Apr 2010: CPGR announces that it has achieved a major milestone in a research project contracted by SimuGen Asia Sdn. Bhd., successfully completing a series of drug toxicity screens in cultured human liver cells (HepaRG) and on Affymetrix Gene ST Arrays as part of the development of an in vitro dose-response model of human toxicity.
SimuGen
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