LAKE FOREST, Ill. – IDEX CORPORATION (NYSE:IEX) announced today the acquisition of CIDRA Precision Services, LLC a leader in the design, manufacture and sale of microfluidic components serving the life science, health and industrial markets. Located in Wallingford, CT, CIDRA has revenues of approximately $9 million and will operate in our Scientific Fluidics platform, and […]

Tokyo, Japan — Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has obtained a label-free image analysis technology from Chip-Man Technologies Oy* of Finland. With this technology, detailed computer analyses can be conducted of live cell images that have been taken with a microscope using a label-free technique. Formerly, this was only possible using fluorescence labeling. In […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — DNAnexus Inc., the leader in cloud-based genome informatics and data management, today announced that Stanford University, the Data Coordination Center (DCC) for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded ENCyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project, a flagship functional genomics consortium funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the NIH, […]

SAN DIEGO —— BioNano Genomics, Inc., the leader in genome mapping, with a group of top research institutes, announced today that a collaboration led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai resulted in the creation of the first comprehensive analysis of a diploid human genome using two complementary single DNA molecule methods for […]

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. & ASHLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FlowJo, LLC, the provider of the market-leading third-party software for single cell analysis, and BD Life Sciences – Biosciences, a segment of leading global medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX), announced today that they have established a strategic relationship to integrate BD’s flow cytometry data acquisition […]

The transformation plan underway at AREVA has led the group to refocus on nuclear fuel cycle activities. In this context, AREVA has launched the disposal of its subsidiary Canberra, specialized in nuclear measurement systems and instrumentation. Canberra’s employees have been informed of this approach. This process will continue in the coming months. Canberra, with its […]

BELLSHILL, SCOTLAND — LINK (www.linktech.co.uk), the innovative developer and manufacturer of nucleic acid reagents, has announced the appointment of two new distributors in Japan – Cosmo Bio and Shigematsu. The companies will work alongside LINK’s current partner, Gene Design, thus strengthening LINK’s presence in this important market and increasing access to its range of innovative […]

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 […]

Johnson Matthey announces that it has agreed to divest its Alfa Aesar Research Chemicals business to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, for £256 million in cash, subject to typical post-closing adjustments. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the 2015 calendar year, subject to satisfaction of […]

WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alfa Aesar, a leading global manufacturer of research chemicals and part of Johnson Matthey Plc, for £256 million (or approximately $405 million) in cash. Based in Heysham, U.K., Alfa Aesar has […]