New instrument provides immediate insights into cell health BILLERICA, Mass.–Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL – News), a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, today announced it has begun full commercial shipments of its Scepter™ Handheld Automated Cell Counter to customers worldwide. The Scepter instrument miniaturizes Coulter cell counting technology […]

Shepshed, LEICS., UK — DRAQ7™ (Biostatus Ltd., U.K.) is a new live cell-impermeant far-red fluorescing DNA dye with the same spectral properties that already made DRAQ5™ a reagent of choice. For flow cytometry applications, DRAQ7™ rapidly labels dead, dying and apoptotic cells in cytotoxicity and viability assays, as well as fixed cell preparations. Its far-red […]

Madison, WI – Platypus Technologies announces the addition of the Oris™ Pro Collagen I Cell Invasion Assay to its product line of cell motility assays. The new Oris™ Pro Collagen I Cell Invasion Assay will be launched at the Society for Biomolecular Screening Annual Meeting (held April 11 – 17 in Phoenix, AZ). The assay […]

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. — Olympus has introduced cellSens™ microscope imaging software, a comprehensive, fully customizable solution that allows researchers to move smoothly and quickly from initial image capture through processing, analysis and reporting in just a few simple steps. Even such advanced functions as deconvolution, cell counting, large area stitching, fluorescence unmixing and data sharing […]

Research and Licensing Agreement Allows Stemgent to Offer Research Compounds from Pfizer Dr. Ruth McKernan, CSO of Pfizer Regenerative Medicine, to Join Stemgent’s SAB BOSTON & NEW YORK–Stemgent, Inc. and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced a collaboration and research licensing agreement that will lead to certain research reagents developed or discovered by Pfizer being […]

Phoenix, Arizona — Today on the opening day of the exhibition at the SBS 16th Annual Conference & Exhibition, TTP LabTech announce the exciting launch of MirrorballT, a new high sensitivity laser scanning microplate cytometer for antibody discovery. Developed by an in-house team of leading experts, Mirrorball is set to fill a critical role in […]

Affordable, Expandable Multicolor Flow Cytometry System Designed to Meet Current and Future Research Needs SAN JOSE, Calif. — Building upon its powerful BD™ LSR cell analyzer platform, BD Biosciences launched today a new off-the-shelf BD LSRFortessa™ System, which uses up to four lasers — blue, red, violet and UV — that enable the detection of […]

OCEANSIDE, Calif.–International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCO), www.intlstemcell.com, today added two world-leading immunogeneticists to its scientific advisory board. They and ISCO scientists will study the immune-matching properties of ISCO’s human parthenogenetic stem cell (hpSC) technology and the potential for each hpSC-derived therapeutic cell to be an immune-match for millions of people. “While stem cell technologies generally […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–Essen Instruments Inc., a global provider of life science research tools and discovery services, today announced a corporate name change to Essen Bioscience Inc. In addition, the Michigan-based company has moved their world headquarters to a newly renovated site at 300 West Morgan Road in Ann Arbor. The new 25,000 sq ft facility […]

New Milton, Hampshire, UK — Genetix, a leading provider of solutions for imaging and image analysis, has introduced a significantly enhanced version of the company’s CellReporter™ system, developed for quantification of cellular responses. The system offers a multi-application platform suitable for a wide range of cell-based assays such as cell cycle analysis, cytotoxicity studies and […]