CARLSBAD, Calif., — Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced the expansion of its food safety portfolio by partnering with PIKA Weihenstephan to provide molecular testing solutions for the detection of spoilage organisms in the brewing and beverage market. Life Technologies is now the only supplier to provide both enrichment media and PCR kits designed […]
CARLSBAD, Calif.,– Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced that its stockholders voted to adopt the previously announced merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Life Technologies by Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO) at the Special Meeting of Stockholders held earlier today. More than 98 percent of votes cast at the Special Meeting were in […]
CORALVILLE, IA –– Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, has further expanded its portfolio of PrimeTime® qPCR products with the launch of two new probes. The PrimeTime Eco Probe and PrimeTime Mini LNA Probe complete the existing offering, providing new options for customers performing gene expression and genotyping experiments. Developed to […]
Hercules, CA —— Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. today announced the launch of two iTaq universal one-step kits that deliver superior data precision and highly efficient reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) performance under most reaction conditions on any qPCR instrument. The new iTaq universal one-step kits include the iTaq universal SYBR® Green one-step kit and the iTaq […]
SAN JOSE, CALIF., – Government and industry laboratories worldwide have a new resource for improving methods for monitoring and measuring pesticides in food and the environment. The new Thermo Fisher Scientific Pesticide Analysis Center of Excellence (COE) recently opened its doors in Runcorn, UK to help users apply the latest technology and expertise to challenging […]
LAFAYETTE, Colo.– New proprietary tracking dyes within high-fidelity DNA polymerase and qPCR master mixes facilitate easier, more accurate PCR set-up for researchers. The Thermo Scientific Phusion Green High-Fidelity DNA Polymerase and Luminaris Color qPCR master mixesutilize proprietary tracking dyes to speed up the pipetting process. By providing a visual confirmation, the mixes are designed to […]
Eprobe®, a highly efficient and reliable fluorescent probe for PCR DNA amplification techniques and DNA analysis in hybridization experiments, has been developed by researchers from RIKEN and Japanese firm K.K.DNAFORM. This technology will enable the development of new, advanced assays for DNA-based genetic testing and help to bring the benefits of genome-wide sequencing studies to […]
ST. PAUL, Minn.– 3M Food Safety announced today that its 3M™ Molecular Detection Assay Salmonella has been validated through AOAC INTERNATIONAL as a First Action Official Method of AnalysisSM (OMA method number 2013.09) for the detection of Salmonella in selected foods. A complete review of the study conducted for this AOAC-OMA validation will be published […]
Northeastern’s University’s Marine Science Center will soon house a tissue collection from the world’s most rare, strange, and remarkable ocean creatures. Based on the partnership between Northeastern, Ocean Genome Legacy and New England Biolabs, the university will be home to the Ocean Genome Legacy Center of New England Biolabs—a publicly accessible biorepository of DNA samples […]
Bio-Rad Introduces New iQ-Check™ Prep System for Automated Real-Time PCR Detection of Food Pathogens
Hercules, CA — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. today announced the launch of its iQ-Check Prep automation system. The liquid handling platform advances food pathogen testing by automating sample preparation for detection by real-time PCR. Molecular methods are becoming the gold standard in food pathogen testing. International regulators now characterize pathogens such as Shiga toxin–producing E. coli […]
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