The Heidolph Group was founded 65 years ago and today, employs about 400 people worldwide. Heidolph are a leading provider of reliable, high performance benchtop rotary evaporators, hotplate stirrers overhead stirrers, homogenisers, shakers, liquid pumps and parallel synthesizers. A press release describing this announcement in full (image attached) is included at the bottom of this […]

454 Sequencing Used at Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB) in India Branford, Conn.–Roche has successfully installed the first Genome Sequencer FLX System at the prestigious IGIB, in Delhi, India. IGIB plans to use the system for all applications possible within this revolutionary technology, with a special focus on metagenomics and de novo genome […]

SII NanoTechnology Inc. today announced the sales launch of the ULTRA plus, a new scanning electron microscope (SEM) developed and manufactured by Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH. Featuring Carl Zeiss SMTfs unique charge compensation technology, ULTRA plus delivers high resolution, stable and noise-free images of non-conductive specimens by using its in-column secondary electron (SE) detector and […]

CARLSBAD, Calif.–Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, today announced the launch of the SequalPrep™ System; a complete sample enrichment and normalization solution for next generation sequencing technologies that consists of the SequalPrep™ Long PCR Kit and the SequalPrep™ Normalization Plate (96) Kit. One of the most […]

Ronald E. Majors Awarded Chromatographic Society’s Martin Gold Medal SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A – News) today introduced a wide range of ground-breaking innovations to its liquid chromatography (LC) portfolio at HPLC 2008. Agilent’s Poroshell 120 columns, 1200 Rapid Resolution (RRLC) system, 1200 Series LC Method Development Solution and newest version of ChemStation software […]

EAST HILLS, N.Y. & WEST CHESTER, Pa.–Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL – News) and VWR International, LLC, today announced that they have renewed their Master Distributor Supply Agreement. With this agreement, VWR will continue to sell and promote Pall’s filtration technologies to VWR customers in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and throughout Europe. Laboratories are […]

Digilab Genomic Solutions(R) Has Entered Into Supply/Reseller Agreement with Applied Biosystems HOLLISTON, Mass. — Digilab Genomic Solutions(R) (DGS) today announced it has entered into a supply and reseller agreement with Applied Biosystems. According to the agreement, DGS will supply HydroShear(R), a DNA shearing device for library preparation, to Applied Biosystems. Applied Biosystems will offer the […]

Scientists From the Broad Institute and Columbia University Medical Center to Present Data at Biology of Genomes Meeting Upgrades to SOLiD(TM) System Software and Chemistry Double Throughput, Simplify Workflows, and Decrease Run Times FOSTER CITY, Calif.–When Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI – News), an Applera Corporation business, introduced its ultra-high-throughput genomic analysis system less than a year […]

GE Healthcare announced today that it is introducing Vivaspin™ sample concentrators for protein sample prep, offering fast and convenient concentration of biological samples with minimal membrane blocking, excellent recoveries (typically >95%) and no risk of concentration to dryness. Vivaspin provides fast, nondenaturing concentration of up to 30 times from a range of volumes between 100 […]

LARGO, FL– Lloyd Instruments, a unit of AMETEK Measurement & Calibration Technologies, has launched the Davenport PETPlus Intrinsic Viscosity Measurement Instrument. This new compact stand-alone instrument offers significant benefits for determining the intrinsic viscosity (IV) of moisture-sensitive PET polymers, avoiding both the costs and the environmental hazard of handling and disposal of toxic solvents. The […]