Objectif Aquitaine – April 2012

With the help of Xtal Focus…

Proteros obtains CIR accreditation that allows eligible clients to receive 30% of their R&D costs in tax credits

Martinsried February 24, 2012. Proteros biostructures GmbH (“Proteros”) a leading provider of structure-based drug discovery services announced today that it has been awarded CIR accreditation by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The accreditation allows eligible French companies to benefit from significant tax relief (Crédit d’Impôt sur la Recherche) on research carried out by Proteros on their behalf until 2013.

“We are very pleased that our French clients will be able to benefit from the CIR accreditation and the opportunity to receive 30% of their R&D costs in tax credits” said Gordon Woodrow, EVP Strategic Alliances. “Proteros’ clients can access services that range from protein crystallography, kinetic/thermodynamic profiling and custom proteins to fully integrated structure-based lead discovery including proprietary protein-inspired fragment libraries and medicinal chemistry.”

About Proteros

Proteros is a privately held company that provides services and proprietary technologies to support integrated drug discovery. The company accelerates and improves protein structure analysis and structure-based drug discovery with its expertise, industrialized processes and unique technologies for crystallography and fragment-based lead generation. Proteros complements its clients’ internal capabilities with external expertise and access to flexible resources. Proteros currently provides services for more than 60 pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients in North America, Europe and Asia.

For further information please visit the website at: www.proteros.com

ALPhA and Explora Nova as seen in L’entreprise magazine.

The Route des Lasers competitiveness cluster, which received its ministry seal of approval in 2005, is governed by the ALPhA association. It brings together research, industry and training in optics and lasers.
ALPhA assists with innovative projects in industrial R&D, collaborative or pivotal projects, as well as the implementation of selection and approval mechanisms and financing of these projects from regional to European level.

To find out more about Alpha Route des Lasers competitiveness cluster and some of the companies involved including Explora Nova please see the latest editorial (in french) as published in L’entreprise – February 2012.

Alpha Route des Lasers

 

It’s cocktail hour in Bordeaux

Although Bordeaux is certainly well-known for wine production and wine tastings, the occasional cocktail does have it’s place in Bordeaux and that place was none other than Explora Nova. Explora Nova received a warm Bordeaux welcome  when an inaugural cocktail party was held, 10th February, to officially open the Explora Nova office in the “Centre de Genomique Fonctionelle de Bordeaux” on the Segalen University campus. Speeches were made by Daniel Choquet (Manager of Bordeux Imaging Centre and IINS – Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience) and Christophe Ranger (Director and Scientific Manager, Explora Nova) followed by demonstrations of the products.

Those that attended were from various fields of research in Bordeaux, Christophe Mulle, Lionel Canioni, Sébastien Fribourg and Brice Kauffmann to mention a few and officials from the Aquitaine and Charente region such as Armelle Judde (Consiel Regional d’Aquitaine and Jean-Marc Marechal (Communauté d’Agglomération de La Rochelle). Representatives of various industrial partners were also present such as Zeiss, Leica, Opto and Hamamatsu, as well as representatives from Unitec, Innovalis Aquitaine, Alphanov and Alpha Route des Lasers competitive cluster.

The festivities were well received and Explora Nova is looking forward to continued success with its newly appointed projects in conjunction with Alpha Route des Lasers and the future NeuroCampus.

View the original Sud-Ouest article (in French), published 16th February 2012, here.

Stereology Workshop 2012

Explora Nova Stereology Workshop 2012 to be held 12-13 July in Barcelona

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Xtal Focus – Protein Crystallization in the spotlight in Germany

UBIFrance Germany Press Release.

With a number of Xtal Focus Systems now installed in Germany, it is not surprising that UBIFrance, the French agency for international business developement in Germany, was curious to find out more about the system and the company.

Xtal Focus is, as UBIFrance puts it, “a simplified process for protein crystallization.” It’s success is due to the modularity of the system and the ability to be customized to suit each laboratory’s needs.

Two additional systems are in the process of being installed in Germany each with the capability of imaging 200 plates per day and each storing in excess of 500 SBS Microplates.  These installations also take the Protein Crystallization experiment a step further, the system is fully automated to assist in the design of the experiments, monitor the location of the plates in the laboratory, control ingredients levels and create worklists for dropsetters/liquid handlers as well as other processes in the Laboratory.

Italy will see the installations of 2 equally impressive systems in January.
Click here to read the complete article by UBIFrance in German.
Request more information on the Xtal Focus Protein Crystal Solution here.

SudOuest interviews Explora Nova at Bordeaux

SudOuest Eco Press Release

A SudOuest reporter spent some time with Christophe Ranger, to discuss Explora Nova joining the Neurocampus at Bordeaux. To be precise, Explora Nova is situated right next to Labex Brain, the Neuroscience laboratory headed up by Daniel Choquet.

The site of this office was intended, not only to concentrate on Neuroscience but to facilitate the ongoing projects with the likes of Alpha Route des Lasers and LOMA, to mention a few.

To view the complete French article click here - Published 04/12/2011

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Suite à l’implantation d’Explora Nova à Bordeaux au sein du NeuroCampus, Christophe Ranger a été interviewé par un journaliste de Sud-Ouest afin de mieux faire comprendre les attentes et les enjeux de ce nouveau défi.

Pour consulter l’article entier, cliquer  ici - Publié le  04/12/2011

 

Explora Nova Roadshow

Après Toulouse en novembre, le Road-show d’Explora Nova sera dans la région de Montpellier-Nimes du lundi 5 au vendredi 9 décembre. Un ingénieur sera dans votre région pour vous rencontrer et vous présenter nos produits!

Pour pouvoir organiser au mieux un rendez-vous, prenez contact au 06.15.41.18.10 ou au 05.57.57.57.23 ou bien encore par email  steve.maziarz@exploranova.com.
N’hésitez pas, nous serons ravi de vous faire partager notre savoir faire!

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The Explora Nova Roadshow is coming to the Montpellier-Nimes region between 5 December and 9 December. A representative will be available to meet you to present our latest products and updates and answer any questions you may have. Come discuss your potential and current projects and see how we can be of service to you.

For an appointment contact:
Mobile: 06 15 41 18 10 or Tel: 05 57 57 57 23 or
Email:  steve.maziarz@exploranova.com.

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