Company Announcements

Bulldog Bio announced that it is exclusively distributing Phase Holographic Imaging’s M4 Phase Holographic System, a compact microscope for image cytometry, in North America.

Vivone Biosciences announced in November 2013 a three-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research to expand the capability of its flow cytometry–based RAPID-B for detecting bacterial pathogens in food.

IMSTAR named Quorum Technologies the exclusive distributor of its Pathfinder system in Canada.

In December 2013, Nordic-MUbio, a manufacturer of immunological reagents, acquired the assets of An Der Grub Bio Research, maker of the FIX & PERM cell fixation and permeabilization technology.

Product Introductions

Applied BioPhysics introduced the trans Filter adapter for its ECIS (electric cell-substate impedance sensing) instruments. It enables the continuous measurement of cell monolayer barrier function using membrane inserts in multiple wells.

Izon launched the low cost, nanopore-based qMicro system for the sizing and counting of cells and microscale particles in solution.

In December 2013, Molecular Devices released the next generation SpectraMax MiniMax 300 Imaging Cytometer, which enables cellular visualization and stain-free cell-based analysis on the field-upgradeable SpectraMax i3 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader.

Eppendorf introduced the TransferMan 4r micromanipulator for the microinjection and manipulation of suspension cells. It features the new DualSpeed joystick for precise direct movement control and four predefined application-specific user interfaces.

EMD Millipore launched the guava easyCyte 12 flow cytometry system, which uses three excitation lasers to provide up to 12 simultaneous detection parameters.

In January, IntelliCyte released the MultiCyte QBeads PlexScreen family of reagents for high-throughput phenotypic screening using its iQue Screener system.

IntelliCyte introduced the iQue Screener HD for screening in suspension using the 1536-well microplate format.

Yokogawa announced that it will release in May the CQ1 confocal quantitative image cytometer for the quantification of the morphological features of individual cells. It uses a microlens-enhanced dual Nipkow disk confocal optical system to obtain 3-D images of cell morphological features and measure cell position.

IMSTAR released the Comet MLA module, featuring AutoCOMET software, and the Micronucleus MLA module, featuring AutoMN software, for its image cytometer–based Pathfinder ScreenTox platform.