The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (USAMRMC-TATRC) recently awarded NeoStem (NYSE Amex: NBS) the contract for the purpose of evaluating the use of topically applied bone marrow-derived adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for rapid wound healing.

The SonicMan is an ultrasonic device designed for shearing DNA samples directly in a microplate. The new and improved SonicMan will bring your next generation sequencing to the next level.

· Maintains isothermal sample conditions throughout sonication.

· In four hours, SonicMan can shear 96 samples as low as 200 base pairs.

Union Biometrica, Inc., the pioneer in the design, manufacture and distribution of COPAS™ Large Particle Flow Cytometers have now introduced their NEW BioSorter®.

This free event takes place on Thursday, 18 February 2010 at 5pm Eastern Time - USA

Sponsored by Leica Microsystems, in association with PITTCON 2010

Speakers: Dr Christian Conrad, Screening Microscopy, AMLF, EMBL
Frank Sieckmann, senior project manager Leica Microsystems

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Billerica, Massachusetts— Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL), a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life sciences industry, has introduced introduced Scepter™, the industry’s first handheld, automated cell counter, at the American Society of Cell Biology Annual Meeting in San Diego.