Mass spectrometry solution improves monitoring for pesticides NEW DELHI–AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and its distribution partner Labindia Life Sciences, today announced that they are supplying a food-testing solution to the government of India. This is part of a project with the Ministry of Agriculture to help reinforce new food […]

WASHINGTON — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of AB SCIEX and Molecular Devices. AB SCIEX is a leading designer and manufacturer of mass spectrometers, highly sensitive and sophisticated instruments used by researchers and clinicians to identify and quantify specific molecules in complex samples. Molecular Devices supplies […]

Approval a Significant Milestone Toward Close of Transaction TORONTO – MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS; NYSE: MDZ), a leading provider of products and services to the global life sciences markets, today announced that the Company has received provisional anti-trust approval from the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the proposed sale of MDS Analytical Technologies […]

Danaher Allowed to Proceed with Purchase of MDS Analytical Technologies The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it will require the divestiture of MDS Inc.’s assets related to its laser microdissection business as a condition of allowing Danaher Corporation and MDS Analytical Technologies (US) Inc. to proceed with their proposed merger. The proposed settlement is […]

Peabody, Mass. — JEOL’s award-winning AccuTOF-DARTTM mass spectrometer, featuring the new iPod touch-enabled DART SVP ion source, offers a new set of performance features for accurate mass measurements in real time using advanced time-of-flight technology. JEOL introduced the Direct Analysis in Real Time (DARTTM) ion source in 2005 for its AccuTOF-LC mass spectrometer, expanding the […]

Llantrisant, UK — ALMSCO International, a division of Markes International Ltd., today announced that it will showcase its new state-of-the-art BenchTOF-dx mass spectrometer for the first time at PITTCON 2010. Unlike conventional technology, the new compact reflectron time-of-flight (TOF) instrument is specifically designed to generate truly classical electron impact ionization (EI) spectra for gas chromatography […]

IRVINE, Calif. — ChromaDex Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CDXC), a world leader in the development of phytochemical and botanical reference standards, announced the addition of a new Agilent 6520 Quadrupole Time-of-Flight (Q-TOF) Mass Spectrometer to its lineup of analytical capabilities. Controlled by the Agilent MassHunter software, this unit provides unparalleled mass accuracy, mass resolution, sensitivity, […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the new petroleomics laboratory at the Thomson Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, part of the Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas, Brazil, has purchased a Thermo Scientific LTQ FT Ultra hybrid mass spectrometer. The laboratory will use the LTQ […]

SHELTON, Conn.–PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced a suite of hyphenated solutions for Evolved Gas Analysis (EGA), or measurements made on gases released by a thermal analyzer. The hyphenated technologies allow PerkinElmer to provide laboratories, ranging from pharmaceutical and polymer to academia and […]

MassQC is an online Quality Control Tool that helps you achieve more reproducible LC-MS/MS experiments, while reducing time spent assessing the performance of your instrument. MassQC improves reproducibility by examining repeated, standard runs for small number of known proteins, and covers both width and breadth of your LC-MS system performance. Portland, OR (PRWEB) — Proteome […]