WALTHAM, Mass.– Instrument Business Outlook (IBO) has awarded the Thermo Scientific VersaCool Refrigerated Circulating Bath with the Silver Award for excellence in industrial design for laboratory equipment. The VersaCool Refrigerated Circulating Bath design innovations include space-saving headless control technology, energy efficiency and advanced safety features. The annual IBO Design Awards recognize excellence in the industrial […]

BOTHELL, WA — — BioLife Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLFS), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary clinical grade hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media and precision thermal shipping products for cells and tissues (“BioLife” or the “Company”), today announced two new additions to its Scientific Advisory Board. The new members are Jason Acker, PhD, […]

Val de Reuil, France — Erlab, the expert in air filtration to protection of laboratory personnel since 1968 and Burdinola, supplier of laboratory furniture solutions, announce a partnership for the development of a new filtered fume hood. By integrating Erlab’s GreenFumeHood Technology above their laboratory fume hood, Burdinola will now offer an innovative solution utilizing […]

Lakewood, N.J. — Animal Origin Free (AOF) STEMxyme® collagenase/neutral protease (Dispase®) Blends 1 and 2, produced by Worthington Biochemical Corporation, are now available for primary and stem cell isolation, regenerative medicine, biopharmaceutical and cell bioprocessing applications. These new, specialized combinations of AOF Clostridium histolyticum collagenase and AOF Bacillus polymyxa neutral protease (Dispase®) offer a minimum […]

DARMSTADT, Germany & ST. LOUIS, Mo.– Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in the pharmaceutical, chemical and life science sectors, and Sigma-Aldrich today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck will acquire Sigma-Aldrich for $17.0 billion (€13.1 billion), establishing one of the leading players in the […]

MADISON, Wis. — Middle school students in the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) will engage in a more rigorous science curriculum during the 2014-15 school year, thanks in part to a Thermo Fisher Scientific grant to support research projects, equipment costs and site visits. The Inspire Grant, presented by Thermo Fisher’s Community Action Council (CAC) […]

BILLERICA, Mass. —— RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company simplifying the analysis of complex genetic diseases, today announced the appointment of Frederick (Fritz) L. Eibel as its new Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing. Mr. Eibel brings more than two and a half decades of broad-based in vitro diagnostics (IVD) and life science experience […]

Mountain View, CA —- Clontech Laboratories, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., today announced the launch of the DNA SMART ChIP-Seq Kit. This kit adapts Clontech’s patented SMART® technology in an innovative manner for use with low-input samples, including both dsDNA and ssDNA templates, to generate ChIP-seq libraries for NGS. SMART (Switching Mechanism […]

Lauda-Königshofen — With the acquisition of Noah Precision, the global leader in the manufacture of constant temperature equipment, systems and measuring instruments has landed a strategic coup. “Over the last few years, we have come to recognize the increasing importance of thermo-electric constant temperature control,” explains LAUDA’s managing director, Dr. Gunther Wobser, “and we see […]

MONTIGNY LE BRETONNEUX, France — In order to meet the needs of its clients in Life Sciences and Research and thus strengthen its position as leader for the lysing and homogenization of biological samples on the international market, Bertin Technologies is taking an innovative step forward, launching a new state-of-the-art apparatus called Precellys® Evolution. Precellys® […]