Männedorf, Switzerland, – The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) today announced that Dr. Achim von Leoprechting has been appointed a member of the Management Board. As the new Head of the Partnering Business division, effective October 1, 2013, he will assume responsibility for Tecan’s global OEM business, which has been led by Dr. David […]

HEIDELBERG, Germany – the high throughput experimentation company announces that the Japan Petroleum Energy Center (JPEC) uses hte’s parallel reactor technology in order to develop new refining catalysts and kinetic models. hte supplied an X4500 high throughput catalyst testing system for hydroprocessing applications to the JPEC Advanced Technology and Research Institute (ATRI) in Chiba, Japan. […]

Hercules, CA — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. today announced the launch of its iQ-Check Prep automation system. The liquid handling platform advances food pathogen testing by automating sample preparation for detection by real-time PCR. Molecular methods are becoming the gold standard in food pathogen testing. International regulators now characterize pathogens such as Shiga toxin–producing E. coli […]

Freeslate, Inc., the leading provider of high throughput research solutions, today announced updates to its Metal Impregnation System (MIPS), part of its Core Module 3 (CM3) configurable automation system for preparing, processing, and testing chemically complex samples and mixtures. Refining and chemical conversion rely on heterogeneous catalysts, chemically complex formulations with complex structures, and mechanisms […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–- Ernst & Young LLP announced that Mark Fischer-Colbrie, CEO and President, and Rich Ellson, Co-Founder of Labcyte Inc., received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award in the Life Sciences category in Northern California. The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, […]

CHELMSFORD, Mass.,– Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and business of Matrical, Inc. for cash consideration of approximately $10 million. Matrical is a Spokane, Washington-based, privately held company established in 2001 that provides biological sample preparation, management and storage solutions to customers in Agbio, Biotech, Life […]

Männedorf, Schlieren, Switzerland — Dr Jens M Kelm, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of InSphero, explained: “Although classical 2D cell culture techniques are still widely used throughout the pharmaceutical industry, their limitations are becoming increasingly apparent. The efficacy of a candidate drug depends on a number of factors, including the physical and chemical environments in […]

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek congratulates Holly Smith and the Dodge County Dairy Testing Association in Juneau, Wisconsin for winning a new 405™ Touch Microplate Washer with Verify™ Technology! Ms. Smith was randomly selected from all qualified contest entrants. “I entered the contest because we are looking into offering a variety of ELISA-based assays, and […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a collection of new features to the 7696A Sample Prep Workbench chromatography sample-preparation system. These enhancements will enable laboratories to further minimize bottlenecks associated with sample preparation and maximize automation capabilities to prevent errors associated with manual sample-handling procedures, including weighing, diluting and making derivatives. “Sample preparation has […]

Kaneka Corporation (Osaka, Japan; President: Kimikazu Sugawara) is pleased to announce that its new Protein A Chromatography Resin (KANEKA KanCapA), sold as a purification media for therapeutic antibodies , has been officially selected for scale up and clinical development studies by several global pharmaceutical companies. KANEKA KanCapA which combines high binding capacity at high flow […]