High throughput EHEC Pathogen Examination of Stool Samples using Roche-s MagNA Pure 96 and LightCycler® Systems

06.2011 – During the last weeks, there has been a significant increase in the number of cases of bloody diarrhea associated with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) caused by enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). To date, more than 3,400 laboratory confirmed EHEC and HUS cases have been reported, 39 of them with fatal outcome (Robert Koch Institute-s report, dated 20.06.2011). The majority of EHEC infected individuals live in Germany, but significant numbers of infections have also been report

Roche Launches GS FLX+ System Offering High-Quality, Sanger-like Reads with the Power of Next-Generation Throughput

06.2011 – 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced today the launch and immediate availability of the new GS FLX+ System, an instrument capable of generating extra-long sequencing reads up to 1,000 by in length. This new level of performance presents a major milestone in the life science-s industry, making it the first high-throughput sequencing technology to deliver millions of bases from reads with accuracy and lengths that are comparable to Sanger-based metho

Pumacy Technologies company group provides knowledge management platform as software as a service

Pumacy Technologies company group provides knowledge management platform as software as a service

Cloud computing is currently one of the most frequently occurring IT topics. It attracts the attention of businesses from nearly every sector. Pumacy now offers one of the fist cloud-based platforms for knowledge management. The joint research project Vertumnus already uses the platform to manage knowledge and information across the organisation.

xyzmo Launches Free App to Capture a Handwritten Signature on the iPad

xyzmo Launches Free App to Capture a Handwritten Signature on the iPad

xyzmo – a global leader in the B2B e-signature market – announced its free App SIGNificant for easily e-signing any PDF document on the iPad. xyzmo expects huge interest from small business owners, professionals and anyone seeking a free and simple way to add a handwritten signature to an electronic document on the go. An internet connection is required to e-sign a PDF with SIGNificant, as the documents are processed online on xyzmo servers.

Given the broad use of the iPad, it seems old-fashion