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Accelrys, Inc. and Symyx Technologies, Inc. today announced that they have signed a merger agreement that will establish a new leader in scientific informatics software.
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Abbott announced yesterday that it had completed its $123 million acquisition of STARLIMS Technologies Ltd., a leader in laboratory information management systems.
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The U.S. Department of Energy has extended the contract for the University of Tennessee and Battelle Memorial Institute to co-manage Oak Ridge National Laboratory for another five years.
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Bruker Corp. and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced in February that Bruker and Agilent have entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement. Pursuant to this agreement, Bruker will acquire certain product lines of Varian Inc., which Agilent has committed to divest in connection with obtaining regulatory approval for Agilent's previously announced acquisition of Varian.
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Agilent Technologies Inc. and the National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST) announced on March 1, 2010 that they have entered into a collaboration to develop new scientific methods for food testing, with the goal of solving a wide range of persistent problems facing global food supply chains.
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Merck KGaA announced on Sunday that it will purchase Millipore, a supplier of life science tools and equipment to the biotech industries, for $7.6 billion (5.3 billion euros).
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Sanofi-aventis has signed a research partnership with Aviesan (National Alliance for Life Sciences and Healthcare), comprised of the CEA, CNRS, INRA, INRIA, Inserm, Institut Pasteur, IRD, conference of university presidents and conference of regional and university hospital CEOs.
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Waters Corporation and DAISO CO., LTD. jointly announced today that they are entering into a collaborative agreement to globally market and supply DAISOGEL bulk packing materials for process chromatography.
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Dr. Paul Gilna is joining the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory as director of the DOE BioEnergy Science Center (BESC).
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SP Industries Inc. has announced that as of 1st February 2010 that it will adopt the new trading name - SP Scientific for its VirTis, Genevac, FTS Systems and Hotpack brands.
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As scientists around the globe research cures and treatments for diseases, work to increase the data capacities of the information superhighway, and develop methods to clean the environment, they must also take time to contemplate the future of their industry, especially after the economic downturn of 2009.
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President Barack Obamas fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget submitted today to Congress for the U.S. Commerce Departments National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes a funding level of $918.9 million, a 7.3 percent increase over the FY 2010 appropriations for the agency.
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