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Governor Deval Patrick and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) today announced over $100 million in grants for life-sciences-related capital projects in western Massachusetts, including $95 million for the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst and $5.5 million for the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute (PVLSI), a joint venture of Baystate Medical Center in Springfield and UMass Amherst.
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Bruker Corporation today announced that it has signed an exclusive patent license agreement with 3M Company, which allows Bruker to include 3M patented innovations relating to matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry imaging.
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Trajan Scientific and Medical, “Trajan” has completed its acquisition of the Chromatography and Liquid Handling businesses of SGE Analytical Science, “SGE.”
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Indiana Governor Mike Pence joined Indiana-based global life sciences and research university executives today to unveil the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute, the first industry-led collaborative life sciences research institute in the country.
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Malvern Instruments Inc. has scored a decisive win in the final round of a long-running court battle waged by Wyatt Technology Corporation regarding the sale of Malvern’s Zetasizer Nano range in the US. Wyatt had alleged copyright infringement of software and other materials, false advertising and theft of trade secrets, and sought damages from Malvern in excess of $25 million (USD). However, Wyatt has ended up having to reimburse Malvern more than $2 million (USD) in respect of attorneys’ fees and costs.
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U.Va. Innovation launched the University of Virginia’s first crowdfunding website this week, enabling alumni and others to make targeted, tax-deductible donations in support of specific research and development projects under way at the University.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — NATO delegates toured Sandia National Laboratories during a three-day visit highlighting the labs’ programs that support extended deterrence to U.S. allies, as well as broader national security programs ranging from homeland security to preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
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CEM Corporation, a competitor of Biotage (STO: BIOT), recently published a press release claiming to have won a “patent dispute” with Biotage. The so called “patent dispute” relates to Biotage’s filing of opposition against certain patents of CEM in Europe* (Germany, France, Italy and Great Britain) and Japan, because Biotage believes that the patents as originally granted give CEM a broader protection than CEM is entitled to.
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The Department of Biological Sciences (DBS) of the Faculty of Science at NUS has received a generous gift of S$1 million from Singapore Exchange Catalist-listed developer SingHaiyi Group Limited and its parent company, privately held Haiyi Holdings Pte Ltd. The donation will attract the prevailing matching grant from the Singapore Government.
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Businessman and philanthropist David H. Murdock announced Wednesday a $50 million gift to support the ongoing operational expenses of the David H. Murdock Research Institute (DHMRI) in Kannapolis.
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CEM Corporation, a leading global provider of microwave laboratory instrumentation is pleased to announce that its European Patent No. 1 491 552 covering microwave assisted solid phase peptide synthesis has been upheld in an oral proceeding at the European Patent Office.
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Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS) has released a request for information (RFI) from parties interested in potential leases at the planned Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC).
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