Boulder, Colo. (USA) and Schlieren, Zurich (CH) – Biodesix, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company that discovers and commercializes blood-based diagnostic tests to improve outcomes for patients with cancer, and Biognosys AG, a leader in next-gen proteomics, today announced that Biodesix® will begin offering Biognosys’ HRM technology as part of its companion diagnostic development capabilities to […]

Framingham, MA — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced that a new meat species authentication method designed for Halal food verification has been developed using the SCIEX QTRAP® 6500 LC-MS/MS system. Scientists at the University of Münster have successfully developed the first method that can detect multiple species simultaneously while […]

COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Corporation today announced that it has named Mr. Katsuaki Kaito president of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI). Kaito will be responsible for all sales and management functions for SSI, the American subsidiary of Shimadzu Corporation (Kyoto, Japan). He takes the place of former SSI president Shuzo Maruyama, who has been promoted to […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced today that Dr. Lawrence J. Lesko has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in support of his research into preclinical toxicological assessments of new medicines. An internationally recognized pharmacologist, Dr. Lesko directs the Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology at the University of Florida’s College […]

SINGAPORE –– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and the Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), a research institute of Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) today announced that they will collaborate on new analytical approaches to analyzing specific protein-linked sugar compounds. The collaboration will address a gap in analytical tests and standards applied for drugs […]

The Science And Technology Award from the Human Proteome Organization recognizes an individual or team in private industry who played a key role in commercialization, and making widely available, a proteomics technology, product or procedure. Drs. N. Leigh Anderson, Morteza Razavi and Selena Larkin were recipients of the 2015 award, based on the commercial proliferation […]

AUSTIN, Texas – 1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech (Nasdaq:ASTC), announced today that its breakthrough portable mass spectrometer technology has reached another milestone in the Military’s three-phase, multi-year Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD) development program. Together with Battelle, 1st Detect has officially entered the phase II test and evaluation process for its prototype Multi-Sample […]

Ithaca, NY – Advion, Inc., a leading systems and consumables developer for the life sciences industry, announces that at the close of its 2015 fiscal year and after only 33 months on the market, the expression compact mass spectrometer (CMS) is integrated within many of the Top 10 organic and biochemistry programs (as ranked by […]

908 Devices, a pioneer of purpose-built analytical devices for chemical analysis, today announced it has raised additional growth equity investment for acceleration into the life sciences market, completing its Series C funding and bringing the Company’s funding total to $29 Million. Industry leaders Casdin Capital, a leading life science investor; Dr. Martin Madaus, Chairman and […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Metabolomics 2015 -– Scientists conducting research in metabolomics, environmental, forensics and food safety can now turn to a globally accessible, web-based fragmentation library for identification of unknown compounds with high-quality, high resolution accurate mass (HRAM) data. Developed through a collaboration between Thermo Fisher Scientific and HighChem, Inc., mzCloud (www.mzCloud.org) is a […]