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life-technologies-blog · 12 years ago
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Life Technologies is introducing two new bioinformatics offerings
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Oncomine® Gene Browser and Ion Reporter™ Oncomine® Workflow will both give cancer researchers new avenues of access to one of the largest genomics databases available, compiled by the former Compendia Bioscience. Both products will be featured in Life Technologies' booth (#2222) at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR 2013), April 6 – 10 in Washington, D.C. Read More
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Two Ion AmpliSeq™ Panels Launch
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Life Technologies has launched two Ion AmpliSeq™ Community Panels: the Ion AmpliSeq™ BRCA1 and BRCA2 Panel design and the Ion AmpliSeq™ Colon and Lung Cancer Panel design. The BRCA panel analyzes the coding regions of the tumor suppressor genes BRCA1 and BRCA2. The colon and lung panel analyzes more than 500 mutations in 22 associated genes. Read More
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life-technologies-blog · 12 years ago
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Life Technologies Offers New Rapid DNA Platform
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Life Technologies has signed a global exclusive agreement with LGC Forensics for the right to distribute ParaDNA®, a portable rapid DNA system that determines the quality of human DNA faster and more economically than any existing method. This announcement is the second in a series of new Rapid DNA products the company will introduce to expand the landscape beyond traditional Rapid DNA systems. Read More
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Life Technologies India was Awarded the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises' President's Award
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Life Technologies in India was awarded the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises' (ABLE) prestigious President's Award in recognition of its services in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation. Read more...
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New Ask Taqman Video: Finding Your Sensitive Side in Real-time PCR
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Researchers who study liver disease in hippopotamus should count themselves fortunate; they never run low on RNA for their gene expression studies. But what about those who work on micro-dissected mouse tumor samples, even single cells? Or who work on limited cell-sorted fractions? Or researchers like Andre of the Barretos Cancer Hospital, who shared the following concern: “I'm studying a mutation in a specific gene that’s being transcribed at extremely low levels in human cells. What can I do to improve qPCR reaction sensitivity of my real-time assay?” Watch a video reply to his question...  Watch Video
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New Novex Tips and Tricks Videos for Immunoassays: Antibody Pairs, ELISA and Multiplex Kits
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Life Technologies has just released the new videos below for our Novex® customers to help with using immunoassays including quick tutorials about antibody pairs, ELISA and multiplex kits.
1. Learn how to use Novex® antibody pairs to set up an ELISA.
2. Learn all about running an ELISA to measure proteins that you are trying to detect in serum, plasma, supernatant, lysates, and other sample types. The ELISA is a widely- accepted method for measuring protein amounts and is often used in conjunction with the western blot to analyze proteins in research samples.
3. Learn how to troubleshoot a multiplex immunoassay to keep your plates clog-free and keep the MAGPIX® instrument in great condition. 
4. Learn how to measure multiple proteins simultaneously using the Novex® multiplex bead-based kit on the Luminex® instrument platform. Watch the Videos...
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life-technologies-blog · 12 years ago
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If a Researcher Tweets, will Anyone Listen?
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As people are discovering new reasons to share personal or professional content, social media is quickly becoming a fast and easy method of communication and a powerful research tool.
In April, Melissa Terras caught our attention with her blog post, “The verdict: is blogging or tweeting about research papers worth it?,”sharing her experiences in taking all of her academic research and disseminating it via social media. We caught up with Melissa to learn what motivated her to use social media and what advice she would give to other researchers. Read More...
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Amazing Science Orchestra - Lab Sounds Compilation
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This amazing lab science orchestra video created using 31 common lab sounds from 5 continents and a total of 9 labs. Watch the video...
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Free Webinar - RNA-Seq: Methods, Tools, and Pipelines
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In recent years, high-resolution measurements of transcriptional activity and organization have been made possible through massively parallel RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) technologies. Analysis of the vast data files produced requires both computational infrastructure and bioinformatics expertise, and can introduce bottlenecks. In the webinar "Ion Torrent™ RNA-Seq: methods, tools, and pipelines," Life Technologies scientist Jeoffrey Schageman will discuss... Read more or Register for this Webinar
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Should You Dilute cDNA for Real-time PCR?
1:5 dilution? 1:3? 1:10? Or is diluting cDNA for Real-time PCR a waste of time, effort and perfectly good H2O? In this video, Life Technologies Sr. Field Application Specialist Doug Rains examines whether or not qPCR end-users doing gene expression should dilute cDNA prior to running samples. Read More...
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Celebrating Harrison: Genetic Sequencing Identifies Cause of Rare Disorder, Provides Comfort to Parents
My third son, Harrison Harkins, lived only a brief nine months on this earth, but he has left a legacy that my family and I hope will help others afflicted with a rare and sometimes unknown disease.  This is our way of continuing to celebrate Harrison as he may have had a weak body but his spirit was so strong. 
From the beginning, we knew that Harrison was not a typical, healthy baby.  Immediately after birth, he was moved to the NICU, starting a wave of anxiety and fear that never seemed to end.  When we left the NICU to take Harrison home at 3 weeks, the attending physician provided a grave warning, “things will only get worse from here.”  As parents, we were determined to improve Harrison’s quality of life and we wanted to prove that physician wrong. Harrison was small at birth and had what is called “failure to thrive.”  Read more...
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Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History Unveiled the new Laboratories for Analytical Biology Featuring Donated Equipment from Life Technologies
When your mission is shaping discovery and improving life, every so often you get the chance to make history. This week, Life Technologies did just that, as an integral part of the Smithsonian Institution’s research efforts.
On Thursday, the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History unveiled the new Laboratories for Analytical Biology, an ambitious new research facility that features equipment donated by Life Technologies. Read More...
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute Shares why they Purchased Six Ion Sequencers
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The new Center for Personalized Medicine (CPM) at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) shares why they purchased four Ion Proton™ sequencers and two Ion Personal Genome Machine™ (PGM™) sequencers.
Founded in 1898, Roswell Park Cancer Institute was one of the first cancer centers in the country to be named a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 
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The University of California IGEM Team won a Gold Medal for a Symbiosis Study Sponsored by Life Technologies
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From developing algae-based fuels to biosensors to molecular cloning, synthetic biology constitutes a challenging and fascinating intersection between the life sciences and the science of engineering. And for students studying synthetic biology, there’s no better way to display their tenacity, creativity and knowledge than by competing in the annual International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition, also known as IGEM. IGEM brings together some of the world’s brightest high school and college-level life science students and challenges them to design, build and operate biological systems in living cells. 
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President Barack Obama Reminds the Nation that Biotechnology is the Most Crucial Science of the 21st Century
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"If we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas. Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy. Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer’s; developing drugs to regenerate damaged organs; devising new material to make batteries ten times more powerful. Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race.”
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life-technologies-blog · 12 years ago
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Jonathan Rothberg, President, Ion Torrent by Life Technologies, talks about our mission: to shape discovery and improve life by democratizing genome sequencing. Watch this video http://owl.li/hL6rq
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It's February 12th, almost Valentines Day. Watson and Crick were a perfect pair. Who's your perfect pair? Tell them with this science themed Valentines Day card. http://owl.li/hF5ht
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