Scienion’s innovative dispensing technology is excellently suited for a variety of applications wherever contact-free precise handling of ultra low volume liquids is needed. For Prof. Peter H. Seeberger, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, the sciFLEYXARRAYER proved to be the best choice for the production of carbohydrate arrays. Dortmund and Berlin, Germany – Glycobiology […]

Fully-validated SIRT1 Enhances Drug Discovery Investigation Wakefield, MA, and Worcester, MA — BIOCIUS Life Sciences Inc., developers of the RapidFire® high-throughput mass spectrometry system, and BlueSky Biotech, service provider of discovery biologicals, today announced their collaboration to offer the industry’s only Sirtuin (SIRT, silent mating type information regulation homolog) enzyme preparations fully-validated in a label-free […]

QCL capacity is increased by the acquisition of a fourth additional comPOUND® storage module Queensland, Australia – Queensland Compound Library (QCL) today announced the acquisition and instalment of a fourth comPOUND® sample store from TTP LabTech Ltd. The purchasing of a fourth sample store, to integrate with their three existing comPOUND sample stores and comPANION […]

BOSTON–HighRes Biosolutions, the leader in laboratory automation solutions for life science, announced today that Andy Zaayenga, Director of Business Development, received the 2010 International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) Special Service Award in recognition of his dedicated service and exceptional contributions to the organization. ISBER is the leading international society that addresses the […]

Edinburgh, UK — Lab901 today announced that it has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 accreditation for manufacturing quality covering its ScreenTape® System for automated gel electrophoresis. ISO 9001:2008 addresses quality management systems and looks at, among other things, what an organisation does to fulfil a customer’s quality requirements and enhance customer satisfaction. The new accreditation underlines […]

Torrance, CA — Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the manufacture of separation science consumables, introduces Strata-X-A to its line of solid phase extraction (SPE) products. Strata-X-A polymeric, high-capacity sorbent delivers maximum retention of anionic compounds, rounding out Phenomenex’s complete offering for anion/cation exchange separations. The base polymer of the new Strata-X-A is pH-stable and […]

Tecan is continually expanding and updating its range of consumables to increase the flexibility of its liquid handling systems, and has recently introduced ‘Tecan Pure’ and ‘Tecan Sterile’ purity levels for its MCA96 disposable tips. Tecan Pure tips are certified free of human DNA, RNase, DNase and PCR inhibitors, making them suitable for genomics research […]

MURRIETA, Calif., June 3 — Copan is proud to announce the 30th placement of a Walk-Away Specimen Processor (WASP), at Eastern Health, Newfoundland, in Canada. The WASP is a revolutionary instrument used for automatically planting and streaking bacteriology samples. So far, WASP processors have been successfully installed, with favorable reviews, throughout North America and Europe, […]

WINOOSKI VT, USA — Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy visited BioTek Instruments on April 26, 2010 to mark the manufacture and shipment of the 1000th Galileo Echo automated blood testing instrument. The Galileo Echo is used in blood banks and hospital laboratories to accurately type and sub-type blood for transfusion, and is designed and manufactured by […]

The Automation Partnership (TAP), a world leader in the design and development of innovative automation for life science applications, is pleased to announce it will be unveiling RAFT (Real Architecture for 3D Tissue), its innovative system for generating reproducible, 3D collagen tissue constructs on TAP Stand 1 at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International […]