CARLSBAD, Calif. – Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE) today announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for StemPro® MSC SFM — a first for this next-generation stem cell culture medium that is now cleared as a medical device and satisfies a crucial requirement for researchers involved in clinical trials in the United States. The StemPro […]

Atlanta, Georgia – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced the introduction of its Horizon MBTM Software Suite to provide consistent, repeatable results and simplified quality assurance. This software suite is ideal for Petroleum, Chemical, Life Sciences, Semiconductor industries, and academic and research operations. When combined with ABB’s innovative MB3000 series FT-IR spectrometers, […]

Westbrook, ME – Artel, a world leader in liquid handling quality assurance, recently launched version 3.3 of its Pipette Tracker™ software. Tightly integrated with the Artel PCS® (Pipette Calibration System), Pipette Tracker provides a total management system for quality control of any pipette population. The updated software brings even more convenience to laboratories by proactively […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) reported today that its operations in Japan remain unaffected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami. “While we are, of course, greatly concerned by the events of last night, I want to let Agilent’s business partners know we expect no major impact to our operations,” said Bill […]

TUSTIN, Calif. – Symbion Systems, Inc., a leader in providing analytical instrument control, analysis, and connectivity software, today announced the release of its SII-BRK02 Second Generation Driver for the Bruker Optics FTIR spectrometers. The new driver integrates all of the functions of the Bruker instruments into the Symbion-DX and RX analytical instrument software suites, providing […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. – 3M Food Safety today announced the launch of 3M™ Petrifilm™ Aqua Plates, bringing the modern, reliable convenience of food microbiology testing to the global water and beverage processing industries. The new product builds upon the 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plate, the trusted and standard microorganism testing tool for food processers throughout the world […]

HOPKINTON, Mass. and BRANFORD, Conn. – Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP) and HistoRx, Inc., today announced a collaboration to co-develop a new generation of tissue-based imaging and analysis solutions, based on immuno-fluorescence, that will deliver accurate, quantitative, and reproducible measurements of proteins in tissue samples. The collaboration will enable researchers to leverage the combined […]

Germantown, MD., and Hilden, Germany – QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) announced today the proposal of two international leaders in life sciences and healthcare – Dr. Vera Kallmeyer, M.D., Ph.D., and Elizabeth E. Tallett – for election to its Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board will propose these two independent candidates based on their […]

TUSTIN, Calif. – Symbion Systems, Inc., a leader in providing analytical instrument control, analysis, and connectivity software, today announced the release of its SII-AN03 Third Generation Driver for the Applied Instrument Technology’s Analect FTIR spectrometers. The new driver integrates all of the functions of the Analect instruments into the Symbion-DX and RX analytical instrument software […]

NEW YORK – The research and development team at Epigentek has developed a new method to directly measure histone demethylase (HDMT) activity/inhibition via a straightforward detection of HDMT-converted products, rather than by-products. This method is incorporated into commercially available kits under the Epigenase(TM) brand for histone demethylase activity/inhibition assay kit series which provide ultra-sensitive assays […]