Sunnyvale, California, – Molecular Devices® today announces it has developed an addition to the SpectraMax® product line. The new multi-mode microplate platform will have an imaging cytometer option, adding rich cellular resolution assays and visualization to well-based intensity readings. The new system will make cytometry more accessible to a wider audience, providing researchers with cellular […]

ORLANDO, FL – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of the Thermo Scientific VALet, a benchtop robot enabling simple, configurable laboratory automation. Adaptable to user demands, VALetTM has been designed to allow multiple hotel positioning for customizable, high density microplate movement and storage, which can increase productivity […]

ORLANDO, FL – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced the release of Thermo Scientific Momentum 3.2, the latest enhancement of the established Momentum™ scheduling software, for optimum automation control. Momentum 3.2 extends upon Momentum’s well-recognized efficiency to enable the seamless integration of workflows with maximum operator simplicity. The upgraded […]

LONDON, UK: Leading sample management software provider, Titian Software, and Labcyte Inc., have announced a smart integration of the Mosaic™ sample management suite with the AccessTM workstation and PODTM automation platform – two Labcyte automation systems incorporating their revolutionary Echo® liquid handler. The combination of Mosaic’s powerful software and flexible integration modules, coupled with the […]

Franklin, Mass. – Hamilton Storage Technologies has opened a new Franklin, Mass. facility to accommodate growing business for its automated sample management and storage systems. The facility will serve as the Sample Management division’s headquarters and the East Coast competence center for Hamilton Company, a global leader in the design and manufacture of liquid handling, […]

HighRes Biosolutions announced today that it will release two new products at the upcoming Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening show in Orlando in January: SampleVault, a modular automated sample store; and MicroSpin, an automated microplate centrifuge. SampleVault is a modular sample store that research laboratories can use to store either biological samples or compounds […]

Bury St Edmunds, UK: Redd&Whyte, an expert supplier of liquid handling automation for drug discovery and life science research applications today announced it is showing its Preddator liquid handling system for dispensing even difficult to pipette liquids into microplates on Booth #231 at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 2013 Conference in Orlando, […]

Sunnyvale, CA –– Labcyte Inc., a privately-held company advancing acoustic liquid handling, today announced it has closed a Series D financing led by the healthymagination fund, a part of GE Ventures. The $5.3 million round also included current Labcyte investors: Abingworth, Alloy Ventures, Cross Atlantic Partners, Delphi Ventures, H&Q Healthcare Investors (NYSE:HQH) and H&Q Life […]

Pivot Park Screening Centre (Oss, Netherlands) has recently taken delivery of a flexible laboratory automation system from HighRes Biosolutions, forming the core of its newly implemented ultra-high-throughput screening (uHTS) facility. Pivot Park Screening Centre will use the uHTS system to perform biochemical and cell-based screening assays to support research programs across public and private partnerships. […]

Ghent, Belgium –- Trinean, the leading provider of microfluidic spectrophotometry platforms, today announced the launch of the Xpose, a new microvolume spectrophotometer for high speed quantification of 1 to 16 nucleic acid or proteins samples. The design of the Xpose and its microfluidic slides, redefines manual UV/VIS quantification into a convenient, high speed solution. The […]