WILMINGTON, Mass. – Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, today announced it has surpassed 5,000 desktop Itemiser® DX explosives trace detectors (ETD) shipped worldwide. A lightweight, portable desktop system, Itemiser DX can detect residue from explosives and narcotics on skin,clothing, parcels, bags, cargo, vehicles and other surfaces. First introduced in 2009 and currently certified […]

Singapore -– The National University of Singapore (NUS) Environmental Research Institute (NERI) and Shimadzu (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd, a global leader in the manufacturing of analytical instruments, testing instruments, precision instruments, measuring instruments and medical equipment, are collaborating to conduct research on environmental contaminants. To mark this partnership, Mr Yasuo Miura, Director, Shimadzu Corporation, and […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –– Scientists at Nuclea Biotechnologies, Inc. and Thermo Fisher Scientific are pooling their expertise to develop novel multiplexed research methods for high-throughput quantification of native insulin and its therapeutic analogs. Monitoring the levels of these markers may be useful in predicting the response to therapy for Type 2 diabetes. Nuclea has extensive experience […]

San Diego, Calif. –– Agena Bioscience, Inc., a portfolio company of Telegraph Hill Partners (THP), today acquired the Bioscience business of Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM), which sells the MassARRAY® System for mass spectrometry-based detection of nucleic acids in research and clinical laboratories. Agena Bioscience has retained the employees of the acquired segment and will remain headquartered […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has made a donation to Peking University’s College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (CESE) to help advance the school’s research in air, water and soil pollution. The college houses China’s State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, and the Key […]

New York, NY– Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. (OTCQB:PRGB) announced it has entered into a research collaboration with the University of Southampton, a leading biomedical and clinical research institution located in the United Kingdom. The collaboration will partner Protea’s proprietary direct molecular imaging technology and capabilities with a team of Alzheimer’s researchers at the University of […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a strategic partnership with the Center for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WISET), a government organization based in Seoul to help advance women scientists and engineers in South Korea. Under the agreement, Agilent and WISET will jointly develop training programs that will be […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and WASHINGTON, D.C. -— Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and SISCAPA Assay Technologies (SAT) today announced they have signed a non-exclusive agreement to enable SAT to provide an end-to-end solution for multiplexed protein quantitation using a highly automated workflow for SISCAPA LC-mass spectrometry. This solution will combine SAT’s reagents for targeted protein […]

Shimadzu, one of the world leaders in analytical instrumentation, has released the ChromSquare V2 software for GCxGC(MS) systems. ChromSquare V2 provides easier and more reliable data analysis from GCxGC(MS) analysis, enabling all operations from qualitative to quantitative analysis. This software was introduced at the 38th ISCC (International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography), held at Riva del […]

Shimadzu’s new GCMS-TQ8040 inherits the performance of the GCMS-TQ8030 triple quadrupole gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GCMS), which provides ppt (1 trillionth) level sensitivity and ultra-high-speed analysis. At the same time, the GCMS-TQ8040 offers significantly improved throughput and operability. This product features excellent productivity via simultaneous analysis, smart operability, high sensitivity, and high speed. In addition, […]