WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific, in partnership with the Sepsis Alliance, has extended its sepsis awareness outreach to Spanish-speaking communities. The Company provided funding to enable translation and subtitling for the Sepsis Alliance video “Sepsis: Emergency” as part of its Sepsis Awareness Month initiative. “We are also proud of our partnership with Sepsis Alliance, […]

Worthing, UK –- Seward Ltd., manufacturer of the world leading range of original Stomacher® paddle blenders and accessories used in sample preparation for microbiological analysis, has received certification for ISO14001. This internationally recognised certification confirms the Company’s commitment to minimising its environmental impact and continually improving its sustainable development. In line with ISO14001 requirements, Seward’s […]

MONTIGNY LE BRETONNEUX, France — In order to meet the needs of its clients in Life Sciences and Research and thus strengthen its position as leader for the lysing and homogenization of biological samples on the international market, Bertin Technologies is taking an innovative step forward, launching a new state-of-the-art apparatus called Precellys® Evolution. Precellys® […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has created a new services and consumables organization, the Agilent CrossLab Group, and named Mark Doak group president, effectively immediately. Doak has been senior vice president and general manager of the Services and Support Division. “Services has become a strategic business for Agilent […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — “Its purpose is to inspire San Diego-based scientists to innovate and collaborate on research projects that ultimately will drive science and technology forward to better understand human disease. These are foundational principles that Duane worked hard to promote in Southern California.” Thermo Fisher Scientific and the UC San Diego Office of Research […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Mike McMullen, senior vice president, Agilent, and president of the company’s Chemical Analysis Group (CAG), will succeed William (Bill) Sullivan as CEO on March 18, 2015. Sullivan will remain as an advisor through the end of the company’s fiscal year, Oct. 31, 2015, […]

WALTHAM, Mass.– Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has appointed three new members to its Scientific Advisory Board: Dr. Andrea Califano, Dr. Arnold J. Levine and Dr. Aviv Regev. Dr. Califano is the founding chairman of the department of systems biology at Columbia University, and he currently serves on […]

MOORESTOWN, N.J.– Denton Vacuum, LLC, a leading manufacturer of thin film technology products, has introduced Vitua, the first automated TEM sample preparation system specifically designed and characterized for high resolution rotary shadow casting of large organic molecules. TEM organic molecule imaging presents unique challenges. Small samples, such as DNA or complex proteins, are difficult to […]

CARLSBAD, Calif.– Translational researchers who previously could not obtain global gene expression profiles from biobank samples due to limited amounts of tissue now have access to a wealth of valuable RNA data with the launch of theIon AmpliSeq Transcriptome Solution for the Ion Proton System. The ability to mine many years worth of samples for […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced ClearSeq AML, the first product in the ClearSeq line of next-generation cancer research panels, which targets 48 selected exons in 20 of the most commonly mutated genes found in acute myeloid leukemia. Designed in collaboration with Dr. Robert Ohgami and Dr. Daniel Arber at […]