WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments announces the establishment of its newest European direct sales and service organization, BioTek Instruments (Switzerland) GmbH. BioTek Switzerland was created from a previous partnership with Witec AG in Littau, Switzerland and will be managed by Margrit Limacher, Witec’s founder. Ms. Limacher will also continue management of the existing Witec […]

BOSTON–HighRes Biosolutions, the leader in laboratory automation solutions for life science, announced today that industry veteran Andy Zaayenga has been hired as Director of Business Development. Andy’s appointment accompanies a period of consistent expansion for HighRes, including new offerings in sample management and increasing focus in biospecimen science. Andy joins HighRes Biosolutions with more than […]

Automated compound storage, retrieval and transport, and nanolitre pipetting – major focus at ALA Royston, UK — TTP LabTech will be demoing its star players in lab automation at LabAutomation 2010 from 23-27 January, Palm Springs, USA. To demonstrate the ongoing success of its infamous mosquito® nanolitre pipettor for high throughput screening, in addition to […]

Washington, D.C. – Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today its intention to make a recommended cash takeover offer, through an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, to acquire all of the issued and to be issued shares of Genetix Group plc (GTX:AIM) for 85 pence per share implying an aggregate price of approximately GBP £50 million (USD $82 […]

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments recently announced the expansion of its world headquarters in Winooski, Vermont, USA. The company added 8,000 square feet; effectively increasing the size of its Service department by 50% and housing a new applications laboratory. Additionally, existing space will be repurposed to manufacturing; providing space for the company’s new product […]

RapidFire® Business Unit completes strategic spin-out from BioTrove Inc. WOBURN, Mass.–BIOCIUS Life Sciences announced today that it has completed its spin-out from BioTrove Inc. and is an independent operating company. BIOCIUS Life Sciences holds all of the RapidFire® intellectual property and technology; most importantly every employee of the former BioTrove RapidFire business unit is now […]

Carlsbad, CA — Rigaku Automation announced the introduction of the Minstrel HT UV, the world’s first fully automated high-throughput ultraviolet (UV) and visible (VIS) crystal imaging and protein crystal monitoring system. Engineered and optimized for use in protein crystallization experiments, this new robotic instrument is a major advance over previous visible light microscopy technology because […]

CARLSBAD, Calif.–Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of BioTrove, Inc. for an undisclosed amount. BioTrove’s primary technology is the OpenArray® platform, a high throughput gene expression and genotyping analysis system based on a flexible array format that enables researchers to […]

New Milton, Hampshire, UK — Genetix, a leading provider of solutions for imaging and image analysis, announces the expansion of its sales, support and service organization in France and Benelux. This expansion means that scientists working in these regions now have direct local access to dedicated Genetix representatives. Charles de Rohan, CEO, Genetix, commented: “As […]

BioTek Instruments continues to expand its Synergy™ Multi-Mode Microplate Reader family with the introduction of the patent-pending Synergy H4 with Hybrid Technology™. Synergy H4 combines the sensitivity of filter-based optics with the flexibility of monochromator-based optics in one compact instrument for high-performance fluorescence-based applications. This unique hybrid of both technologies provides for endless flexibility in […]