Indigo Biosystems (Indigo), a provider of scientific software for analytical laboratories, is pleased to announce that Andor Labs LLC (Andor), a Durham, NC-based independent clinical toxicology laboratory, has chosen to implement the ASCENT chromatographic quantitation and expert peak-picking software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution in its laboratory, beginning with a 47-analyte panel of opiates, opioids, amphetamines and illicit […]

Shimadzu Europa GmbH (SEG), Shimadzu Corporation’s European subsidiary headquartered in Duisburg, Germany, and headed by Yasuo Miura, SEG president, significantly renovated their demonstration laboratory to improve their application development capabilities and offer broader customer support services for Shimadzu analytical and measuring instrument products in all regions of Europe and Russia. The opening ceremony was held […]

Protea Biosciences, a leading developer of innovative bioanalytical products and services, announced today the release of an extended mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) service offering from the Mass Spec Imaging Center (MSIC™). This new service portfolio offers advanced MSI services using Protea’s proprietary LAESI DP-1000 Direct Ionization System as well as MALDI (Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization) mass […]

Milford, Mass. –– At a ceremony at St. John’s Research Institute (Bangalore, India) Waters announced the selection of the St. John’s Research Institute for its Centers of Innovation Program for research in the field of structural proteomics. It is the first institution in India to receive the designation of a Waters® Center of Innovation. Under […]

Boston, MA: 908 Devices, an innovator in field-portable chemical analysis, today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The investment will contribute to 908 Devices’ efforts to build rugged, handheld mass spectrometry […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.– Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its facility in San Jose, Calif. and its Franklin, Mass. site have achieved ISO 13485 certification, an internationally recognized standard of quality management for the design and manufacture of medical devices. The sites in Franklin and San Jose are […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its facility in San Jose, Calif. and its Franklin, Mass. site have achieved ISO 13485 certification, an internationally recognized standard of quality management for the design and manufacture of medical devices. The sites in Franklin and San Jose are […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Chungnam National University announced new initiatives to further research in glycomics, the study of complex sugars, in order to develop biomarkers and new therapeutic antibodies to combat diseases such as cancer. Building on an earlier collaboration, Agilent and the university’s Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology (GRAST) will […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.– Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has entered into a Technology Alliance Partner agreement with scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK, establishing a collaboration to accelerate research in high-resolution accurate mass (HRAM) and triple quadrupole liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) for life science applications. The alliance will focus […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its 8800 Triple Quadrupole ICP-MS (8800 ICP-QQQ) has been named Best New Spectroscopy Product in the 2012 Scientists’ Choice Awards. Introduced early last year, the 8800 ICP-QQQ is the only instrument of its kind, providing superior performance, sensitivity and flexibility compared with single quadrupole ICP-MS technology, and […]