SEATTLE and HOUSTON – NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced an Early Access Program for nCounter Elements™, a line of General Purpose Reagents (GPRs) developed specifically to meet the needs of translational research and clinical laboratories. nCounter Elements GPRs enable researchers […]
LGC is pleased to announce the release of a new automated nucleic acid extraction platform – oKtopureTM – which will drive significant increases in throughput and productivity while enabling reductions in consumable costs of up to 50%. The new oKtopureTM DNA extraction platform combines higher throughput with high quality DNA extractions and is capable of […]
MIMETAS today announces the appointment of Herbert L. Heyneker, Ph.D. as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dr. Heyneker will be supporting MIMETAS in her mission to develop high-throughput Organ-on-a-Chip products for predictive therapy testing. “Organ-on-a-Chip technology is extremely hot in the United States today. But none of the technologies I’ve seen so far comes […]
SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it has acquired Advanced Liquid Logic (ALL), a leading provider of liquid handling solutions. ALL, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Illumina, has developed a proprietary “digital microfluidics” technology based on electrowetting that precisely manipulates small droplets within a sealed disposable cartridge to perform complex laboratory […]
AUSTIN, Texas, — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced it has passed a major milestone by shipping its 10,000th multiplexing instrument. This milestone was achieved by shipping a MAGPIX® instrument to Dr. Kimberle Chapin at the Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, R.I., the largest hospital and only Level I trauma center in the state. This […]
Rockville, Maryland — “We are very excited about the launch of the QuickPlex instrument,” said Jacob Wohlstadter, President and CEO. “The QuickPlex demonstrates our commitment to serving the full spectrum of the life science and clinical research community with unsurpassed immunoassay performance. It is not only affordable, but was developed under design control and validated […]
Uppsala, Sweden — Gyros AB today announced a partnership with EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, to develop, manufacture and commercialize immunoassay kits for the Gyrolab™ platform. The new, fully validated ready-to-use kits from EMD Millipore will enable clinical researchers and drug developers to generate valuable research data much […]
FRAMINGHAM, Mass – AB Sciex Pte. Ltd., a global leader in analytical technologies, today announced the combination of its chromatography business with the capillary electrophoresis (CE) business from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, an innovator in life science research, to advance separations science. This move brings together Beckman Coulter’s expertise in microscale separation with the expertise […]
FORT COLLINS, CO, – Carbo Analytics, developers of sugar analysis systems, today announced that it has been awarded a Department of Energy (DoE) grant for the development of a biofuels sugar analysis system. Selected from over 750 applicants, Carbo Analytics was awarded a $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for FY 2013. Their application […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif., — ProteinSimple today released version 2.4 of Compass Software, which runs its Simple Western instruments complete with CFR Title 21 Part 11 compliance tools. With this software release, not only has ProteinSimple fully redesigned the age-old traditional Western and replaced it with a fully automated, fully quantitative platform, it has now enabled […]
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