BD Biosciences, Integrated Genomics

BD Biosciences of Billerica, Mass., announced the launch of its BD Pin Tool. The new pin tool fastens to 96- or 384-well fluid handlers, like a standard set of pipette tips. According to the firm, the new product allows for rapid and reliable transfer of both microliter and nanoliter quantites without requiring an intermediate dilution step. Integrated Genomics and Ariadne Genomics have launched Metabolic Vision, a microbial metabolic pathway database that combines Ariadne’s PathwayAssist’s athway analysis software with Integrated Genomics’ ERGO database of more than 600 curated genomes. The database is available as a module for PathwayAssist customers.