Within a laboratory, technicians and researchers are so accustomed to perform manually the sample preparation that they do not think that there might be a valid alternative to it. Even if they consider this possibility, they immediately discard this idea because they are seriously convinced that, of course, it is out of their budget. For […]

Jena, Germany/Dubai-– Analytik Jena AG wants to expand its business with analytical measuring technology and Life Science products in the Middle East region, one of the fastest-growing markets in the world in this field. For its core segment Analytical Instrumentation, the Company added a renowned new distributor in Neo-Science & Group Co. “We have gained […]

Sunnyvale, CA–Freeslate, Inc., the leading provider of high throughput research solutions for biopharmaceutical development, today announced the integration of its Biologics Formulation System with the market-leading automated dynamic light scattering (DLS) instrument, the DynaPro (R) Plate Reader II from Wyatt Technology Corporation. Automated DLS, which quantifies sizes and size distributions from 0.5 nm to 1000 […]

GERMANTOWN, Maryland — QIAGEN today announced plans to combine its three Maryland sites into two campuses and invest an additional $10 million to accommodate expected future growth. The company will close its current site at Gaithersburg, Maryland and move the Gaithersburg activities to nearby Germantown, Maryland, by early 2015. The Germantown campus will also become […]

Jena, Germany – Analytik Jena AG (Prime Standard: AJA, ISIN: DE0005213508) is planning to merge the business of its subsidiary CyBio AG, also headquartered in Jena, with its core business in the Life Science business unit. Against this backdrop, CyBio AG, a provider of modern liquid handling and laboratory automation technology for global drug discovery […]

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 […]

CHELMSFORD, Mass. and OXFORD, United Kingdom — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), a global provider of automated sample storage solutions to the Life Sciences industry, the University of Oxford and UK Biocentre announced today that Brooks has been selected to provide multiple automated sample management systems, which will form an integral part of a new Bioresource […]

Männedorf, Switzerland – The demand for ever-increasing throughput means that many laboratories are looking for solutions to increase the capacity of their automated systems. Tecan has created Nested LiHa Disposable Tips specifically to meet this need, allowing up to five racks of the new 350 ?l tips to be stacked on a single SLAS-format carrier. […]

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek’s MultiFlo™ FX is now available with optional RAD™ (Random Access Dispense) technology to further extend its application range and flexibility. RAD technology offers single-channel dispensing to random individual microplate wells along with rapid reagent dispensing into large volume wells of 6- to 24- well microplates. MultiFlo FX can also be […]

Cambridge, UK: TAP Biosystems, (now part of the Sartorius Stedim Biotech Group), a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems and consumables for life science applications, today announced its Fill-It™, automated cryovial filling system is being routinely used in clinical trials of novel cell-based cancer immunotherapies at children’s oncology units in three major US hospitals. […]