Next-Generation Proprietary Platform Makes High-Performance Mass Spectrometry Available to Broad Market SAN DIEGO — Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM) today announced the launch of its next-generation mass spectrometry system – the MassARRAY® Analyzer 4. This new high performance nucleic acid analysis platform has been designed to meet customer demand for a bench top instrument with greater […]

· A provider of innovative technology right from the beginning · Flexibility the key to success · Worldwide portfolio of vacuum solutions since 1910 Asslar, Germany — Mechanical engineering company Pfeiffer Vacuum has been in existence for precisely 120 years since April 7, 2010. Originally founded by Arthur Pfeiffer as a fine mechanical workshop, Pfeiffer […]

Abbott’s PLEX- ID System Placed with the Utah Department of Health for Rapid and Broad Microorganism Identification SALT LAKE CITY — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that the Utah Department of Health (UDH) is one of five sites in the United States to participate in Abbott’s new PLEX-ID Biopreparedness Evaluation Program (BPEP), which involves Abbott, […]

Sunnyvale, CA — Dionex is pleased to announce the release of a Customer Application Note (CAN) demonstrating the use of ion-exchange chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry for the separation for polar compounds present in biological samples. CAN 108: Ion Chromatography Coupled with Mass Spectrometry for Metabolomics demonstrates efficient separation of biological metabolites using ion chromatography […]

New technology enhances Absorption Systems’ metabolite identification capabilities EXTON, Pa.–Absorption Systems, a leader in testing drugs for ADMET (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion and Toxicity), announced today that the company has incorporated the LTQ Orbitrap XL Hybrid Fourier Transform mass spectrometer into its drug metabolism program. The introduction of the state-of-the-art technology enables more precise identification […]

SHANGHAI–AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced the formal opening of its Asia Pacific Application Support Center in Shanghai. With state-of-the-art, award-winning facilities, the new Application Support Center serves as a regional center of excellence for comprehensive service, support and application development to enable the science community in China and […]

VIENNA–Prior to the 20th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases on April 10-13, 2010 in Vienna, Bruker Daltonics and KIESTRA Lab Automation announce an expanded partnership covering co-marketing and cross-selling of their respective technologies for microbiology routine laboratories, as well as a joint research and development program for interfacing […]

New facility enables further expansion of RapidFire® products and services WOBURN, Mass.–BIOCIUS Life Sciences Inc., developers of the RapidFire® high-throughput mass spectrometry system, today announced execution of a lease agreement for a new Corporate Headquarters in Wakefield, MA. The new facility located at 11 Audubon Road doubles the company’s capacity and is a result of […]

MUNICH — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced today the debut of the Thermo Scientific LTQ Velos and LTQ Orbitrap Velos at Analytica 2010. The LTQ VelosTM, which features a new dual-pressure trap and advanced ion optics, is the world’s fastest and most sensitive ion trap mass spectrometer. The LTQ […]

MUNICH — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced today that it will demonstrate the advanced analytical capabilities delivered by combining its award-winning Thermo Scientific Exactive liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) system with its Thermo Scientific Transcend technology for a complete LC/MS solution. For challenging screening applications, including complex samples containing pesticides, […]