LCD-NEXUS’ Networking and Detection Abilities Provide Broad Range of Capabilities EDGEWOOD, Md.–Smiths Detection today launched the LCD-NEXUS, a highly selective and sensitive Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) and Toxic Industrial Chemical (TIC) detector suitable for harsh environments. The portable system is capable of detecting harmful agents down to miosis levels, greatly increasing critical information needed by […]

SRM/MRM Mass Spectrometry (MS) Standard Database for 5,000 Human Proteins ROCKVILLE, Md. and SEATTLE — OriGene Technologies, Inc., a leading gene-centric life sciences company, and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), announce plans to create a proteotypic PeptideAtlas and develop an SRM/MRM (single reaction monitoring, multiple reaction monitoring) mass spectrometry standard database for 5,000 human […]

New Empower Driven Services Uniquely Combines Laboratory Utilization Data with Service Information to Optimize Resources MILFORD, Mass. — Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT – News) today introduced Empower™ Driven Services, an innovative service program that provides Waters® Empower customers with invaluable analytics needed to make enterprise-level decisions regarding laboratory utilization. Empower Driven Services integrates instrument services and […]

Scientists Develop Mobile Sensing Units to Find Bombs and Improvised Explosive Devices; Technology Could Replace Current Scanners in Airports NEW YORK — — A technology long used for identifying traces of organic compounds in exhaust gases may hold the key to finding minute traces of explosives and chemical warfare agents (CWAs) carried into airports or […]

STOCKHOLM–Regulatory News: “The combined capabilities within existing R & D organizations and production units will allow us to further profit on the current businesses but also to venture into new areas.” Biotage AB (STO:BIOTA) a global leader in tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, and the owners of MIP Technologies AB today announced […]

OMAHA, Neb. — Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TBIO) today announced that Katherine A. Richardson, Ph.D. has joined the company as Technical Director for Laboratory Services. Dr. Richardson will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of Transgenomic’s Laboratory Services labs, and will report to Craig Tuttle, Transgenomic’s president and chief executive officer. Dr. Richardson […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and Professor Bruno Domon, director of the new Luxembourg Clinical Proteomics unit (LCP), today announced a collaboration to develop workflows that overcome current bottlenecks in biomarker discovery and assay development for clinical proteomics research. The LCP is funded by the Fonds […]

Organizations to Focus on Advancing Protein Research Through Emerging Mass Spectrometry Technology FOSTER CITY, Calif. & TORONTO–AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced that it is collaborating with the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, one of the world’s leading centers for biomedical research, to improve disease studies. […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A – News) today introduced a dynamic and user-friendly genomics Web site, genomics.agilent.com. The Web site is a one-stop resource for all things genomics. Users will find a wealth of well-organized, easy-to-access information to support their work — from the newest science to the hottest products. The site features […]