Philadelphia, PA – Horizon Technology, Inc. donates an original SPE-DEX 4700 to the Chemical heritage Foundation on the occasion of the company 20th anniversary. Horizon Technology, Inc. introduced the first solid phase extraction disk automation system to the world 20 years ago at Pittcon 1993. In honor of the event, at a cocktail reception held […]

Gothenburg, Sweden, – Denator AB announced today that the company’s heat-stabilization system has been demonstrated to be compatible with MALDI imaging analysis. The preservation of sample components prior to MALDI imaging analysis is crucial to accurately measure the distribution and abundance of biological molecules in organs. During downstream analysis, the presence of metabolites, drug compounds […]

SOUTH EASTON, Mass., – Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) (“PBI” or the “Company”) today announced that scientists from three separate research groups presented data at the recent US HUPO 9th Annual Conference indicating that sample preparation methods based on the Company’s patented pressure cycling technology (“PCT”) platform resulted in improved quality and/or efficiency of test […]

Salem, NH – Horizon Technology, Inc. is pleased to announce the introduction of the XcelVap automated benchtop evaporation/concentration system The XcelVap automated benchtop Evaporation/Concentration System is a modern compact benchtop laboratory product that provides rapid, gentle evaporation of up to 54 sample extracts, ranging in size from less than 1 mL up to 200 mL […]

Ebersberg, Germany, – Eurofins MWG Operon, international market leader for custom DNA sequencing services from single reads to complete sequencing projects, has launched a new prepaid solution for premixed samples in tubes: SmartSeq Kit. Pooling together purified DNA with the appropriate sequencing primer before sending samples off is a common practice by researchers worldwide. The […]

Aurora Instruments Ltd is excited to announce the launch of the new VERSA 1100 Automated Solid Phase Extraction (https://www.aurora-instr.com/solid-phase-extraction.htm) (SPE) Workstation at Pittcon 2013. This workstation removes the bottleneck of time-consuming manual extraction protocols, by completing sample preparation, column conditioning, washing and elution, analyte concentration and solvent exchange steps. Extractions can be carried out with […]

SAN DIEGO, — TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. (TriLink, trilinkbiotech.com) was recently awarded a Phase I SBIR Grant of approximately $130,000 by the National Institutes of Health to develop an approach to RNA sample preparation for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using TriLink’s expertise in nucleic acid chemistry. This is the sixth Phase I grant TriLink has been […]

Today Roche and Hamilton Robotics jointly announced the introduction of a new, integrated platform enabling automated DNA sample enrichment for Roche’s 454 GS Junior sequencer. The platform builds on the integration of Roche’s REM e System with Hamilton’s Microlab® NIMBUS NGS workstation, resulting in reduced hands-on time, minimized operational variability and more consistent results. “This […]

wift Biosciences, Inc. today announced the launch of the Accel-NGS™ DNA Library Kit, the first product in a new line of kits for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) sample preparation. NGS users can now produce PCR-free libraries with as little as 5 ng of input DNA. The highly efficient Swift adaptation technology eliminates the need for […]