Charleston, SC — SCRA Technology Ventures’ SC Launch board approved a first round investment in two South Carolina companies at last month’s board meeting in Spartanburg. IMCS, located in Columbia and Recleim, located in Graniteville, each received approvals. These are the first rounds of SC Launch funding for both companies. The SC Launch board also […]

BARRINGTON, Ill. — A new peristaltic pump enables researchers working in bioprocessing environments to achieve the precision and reliability needed to improve their processes. The Thermo Scientific Miniflex peristaltic pump delivers an expanded flow range of up to 370 mL per minute, allowing researchers to effectively dispense low- and high-volume fluids with repeatability and accuracy […]

Torrance, CA – Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces “The Dish” – a regular newsletter specially written for the food testing industry. The newsletter will provide information and updates on innovations as well as practical application articles, tips and resources, along with interesting […]

BRIGHTON, England — Covaris, Inc., an innovator in the life science tools and the clinical diagnostic market spaces, announced today that its European subsidiary, Covaris Ltd, which is located in the United Kingdom, will commence operations on May 1, 2014. Covaris Ltd has sales, service, and application representatives throughout Europe providing a high level of […]

Hamburg — In fiscal year 2013, the Eppendorf Group achieved sales of €502.7 million (prior year: €520.2 million). When adjusted for currency effects, sales were only slightly lower than in the previous year (-0.4%). Income from operations (EBIT) decreased to €93.8 million (prior year: €101.5 million), and 2013 net income declined to €67.5 million (prior […]

Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced a new non-exclusive, preferred distribution agreement for Western Europe with VWR a global provider of laboratory supplies, equipment and services. The contract includes a range of EMD Millipore products and reagents for chemical and microbiological analysis, which are mainly […]

CENTER VALLEY, PA – Avantor™ Performance Materials, a global manufacturer and supplier of high-performance chemistries, announces the appointment of Helen Evans as executive vice president, laboratory products. Evans brings nearly 25 years of life sciences experience to this role. Most recently, she served as General Manager – Research Markets, U.S. and Canada, for GE Healthcare, […]

Plymouth, MN – The world of laboratory animal handling just became a great deal safer thanks to an ergonomically designed biological cabinet design from NuAire. These next-generation units have already received approval from the NSF (National Sanitation Foundation) and are ANSI 49 Listed. NuAire, a manufacturer of ergonomic laboratory equipment based in Plymouth, MN, is […]

BILLERICA, Mass and SAN DIEGO —— RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company simplifying the analysis of complex genetics, today announced the availability of its ThunderBolts™ Cancer Panel, a comprehensive next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS)solution that enables researchers to profile a wide range of tumor samples in fewer than two days for as low as $100 […]

AMSBIO announces ClioCell™ – an ex-vivo device for removal of dying and dead cells, improving viability and quality of cell populations and their subsequent productivity. The system comprises super-paramagnetic nanoparticles which have been coupled with proprietary elements that bind to dead and dying cells and cell debris. The resultant product selectively initiates dead-cell removal, emulating […]