SANTA CLARA, Calif.Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced MassHunter Profinder software designed for batch processing of complex mass spectrometric data. The latest member of the MassHunter software family, MassHunter Profinder transforms chemometric peak-finding workflows with enhanced batch processing, robust re-mining and alignment capabilities. “Using Agilent’s MassHunter Profinder in our untargeted metabolomics and proteomics experiments, […]

AUSTIN, Texas– 1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC), announced today that the United States Patent Office (“USPTO”) has allowed the issuance of a key patent for the company’s unique ion trap used for chemical analysis and detection. “We are extremely pleased that the USPTO has allowed this patent. This patent is an […]

Hercules, CA —— Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, announced today that Robert M. Malchione has been appointed to its Board of Directors effective January 1, 2014. Mr. Malchione will stand for election to the Board along with Bio-Rad’s other directors […]

MILFORD, Mass.—- Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced that John Ornell, its Chief Financial Officer, has communicated his intention to transition to a reduced workload and resign as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective February 1, 2014. Mr. Ornell will then continue to serve the Company in an advisory capacity on a part-time basis. The Board […]

Shimadzu announces the completion of the new Quality Center building, which has been under construction at its head office (Sanjo Works) premises (1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabara-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan) since February 2013. The Quality Center has been constructed to improve the quality of products developed and manufactured by Shimadzu. It consolidates under one roof the analysis and […]

St. Petersburg, FL – Field Forensics announces the availability of microTLCTM, a portable, fast and easy to use solution for the separation and identification of drugs and explosive mixtures. In addition to achieving package miniaturization using only one thin layer chromatography (TLC) plate, the microTLC has other innovations including an integrated ultra-violet light source, digital […]

ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) today announced its Supelco® brand has released Titan UHPLC columns manufactured using the Company’s new cost-efficient, patent-pending Ecoporous™ silica manufacturing process. Starting at a list price of $300, Titan columns contain the first sub-2 micrometer porous silica that is monodisperse and high-performance ( > 250,000 plates per meter), […]

Mississauga, ON — Therapure Biopharma Inc. and Upfront Chromatography A/S have announced today that they have entered into an agreement for Therapure to acquire the assets and associated business related to human plasma fractionation from Upfront. Upfront has developed over the last 15 years, a proprietary protein purification technology, based on Expanded Bed Adsorption (EBA) […]

CHALFONT ST GILES, UK and HSINCHU, TAIWAN –– GE Healthcare Life Sciences, (NYSE: GE), and JHL Biotech today announced that GE Healthcare has completed installation of its FlexFactory™ biomanufacturing platform at JHL Biotech’s Research Center and manufacturing plant in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The new manufacturing platform will follow current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) and be fully […]

Ready-to-go straight from the box, ÄKTA™* start is a compact, affordable protein purification system. ÄKTA start represents a quick and reliable solution that removes the hassles of manual approaches and provides automated control of the purification procedure. ÄKTA start is designed as a stand-alone system that combines a front-facing flow path with a user-friendly interface. […]