ANN ARBOR, Mich. — IROA® is a novel metabolite labeling tool which enables the next-generation metabolomics IROA ClusterFinder™ data analysis software to eliminate artifacts, and find, identify and quantitate biochemical compounds of interest. IROA Biochemical Quantitation Series 100 and 200 kits make it easy for researchers to analyze biochemicals in bacteria and yeast when combined […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Dr. Junying Yuan, a pioneer and leading researcher in the field of cell death at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has received an Agilent Thought Leader award in recognition of her scientific contributions to cellular biology and the understanding of neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. […]

Basel, Switzerland — Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, announced release 8.0 of Genedata Expressionist® for Mass Spectrometry, which provides a single platform for the integrated analysis of metabolomics data. To explore the vast chemical space of the metabolome, researchers use a variety of mass spectrometers, […]

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has just initiated a project, ‘3D nanoSIMS – world beating label-free molecular imaging’, which could revolutionise medicines research. Working with major pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, the project team is designing an instrument which could go beyond the micrometere resolution imaging currently available, by developing a 3D label-free molecular imaging system with […]

MILFORD, Mass.—- Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced that John Ornell, its Chief Financial Officer, has communicated his intention to transition to a reduced workload and resign as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective February 1, 2014. Mr. Ornell will then continue to serve the Company in an advisory capacity on a part-time basis. The Board […]

ROUND ROCK, TEXAS –– Cerilliant introduces new antifungal Certified Spiking Solutions® of fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, 5-fluorocytosine and ketoconazole at a 2.0 mg/mL concentration. These Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) are suitable as Snap-N-Spike® starting materials in preparation of calibrators, controls, or linearity standards for LC-MS/MS testing of antifungals in therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) or other […]

Shimadzu announces the completion of the new Quality Center building, which has been under construction at its head office (Sanjo Works) premises (1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabara-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan) since February 2013. The Quality Center has been constructed to improve the quality of products developed and manufactured by Shimadzu. It consolidates under one roof the analysis and […]

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Continuing to rapidly expand its presence in the clinical diagnostics field, AB SCIEX, a global leader in analytical technologies, today announced the launch of its AB SCIEX IVD-MS™ Analyzer CE marked for general in vitro diagnostic use in Europe.* The release of this mass spectrometry-based analyzer is in response to growing demand […]

WALTHAM, Mass.– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the appointment of Jon DiVincenzo as President, Environmental Health and Senior Vice President of PerkinElmer. In this role, Mr. DiVincenzo will have overall leadership responsibility for the Environmental Health business. With revenues […]

Framingham – Researchers from St. Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, in collaboration with researchers at McMaster University in Canada, are reportedly the first to discover how the type 2 diabetes drug metformin actually works, providing a molecular understanding that could lead to the development of more effective therapies. Mass spectrometry technologies from […]