Company Announcements The Automation Partnership agreed to distribute AVISO GmbH’s CellCelector automated stem cell picker in the UK and Ireland. In a March SEC filing, Cyntellect said it raised $3 million from the sale of debt, equity and options or warrants. In May, Accuri Cytometers and eBioscience, a reagent provider, entered into a comarketing agreement. […]
BioSystem Development’s Assay MAP MAb Titer is the company’s first application-specific product. It is primarily used for optimizing monoclonal antibody cell culture during process development. The MAb Titer is a miniature spin column in a cartridge format, containing 192 packed beds. First, the cartridge is wetted with 5 µL of protein A resin, an antibody […]
Waltham, MA 5/27/10—Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to acquire Fermentas International for $260 million in cash. Fermentas is a manufacturer and distributor of enzymes, reagents and kits for molecular and cellular biology research. The company had 2009 revenues of CAD $57 million ($54 million). “With Fermentas, we are better-positioned to meet the demands of molecular […]
Alternative energy sources have received much attention and government funding in the past decade, and solar cell, or photovoltaic (PV), technology is no exception. The research and production of solar cells relies upon a variety of analytical instrumentation, including atomic spectroscopy, GC, molecular spectroscopy and surface science techniques. Raman, FTIR and UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy, as well […]
Company Announcements Fluxion Biosciences added DI Biotech as a Korean distributor for the BioFlux, and Novel Science as a distributor for Japan for the BioFlux and IonFlux. Beckman Coulter entered into a five-year agreement in December 2009 to distribute CompuCyte’s laser-scanning cytometers. The agreement is exclusive outside of North America. Cyntellect named four new exclusive […]
After taking a slight hit in 2009, the cell analysis research market is expected to be back on track for growth in 2010, according to Strategic Directions International’s “Cell Analysis Techniques, Market Forecast 2010–2014”. For the year, the cell analysis research market’s growth is estimated to be in the high single digits, and will reach […]
Despite the ill effects of the downturn in global economies, the life science instrumentation market has remained relatively stable. The market accounted for the largest share of the analytical instrumentation market, which was nearly $10.3 billion in revenues in 2009. Sales are expected to increase 5.9% in 2010, with demand driven by government-funded research initiatives […]
The American Society for Cell Biology held its 49th annual meeting from December 5 to 9, 2009. Despite rather miserable weather, the show drew about 9,000 people to the San Diego Convention Center in California. It featured a solid technical program, which included over 100 oral presentations and more than 3,500 poster sessions. In addition, […]
Company Announcements Cellix named Crisel Instruments as an Italian distributor and Chromaphor Analysen-Tecknik as a German distributor. GE Healthcare named Stephen Minger, PhD, as head of R&D for Cell Technologies in September. He was previously senior lecturer and director of King’s College London’s Stem Cell Biology Laboratory. In October, Enzo Biochem Life Sciences announced a […]
Compact flow cytometers operate like their larger counter parts, but with the added benefits of lower-cost and space-saving designs. As a result, individual researchers are able to use flow cytometers in their own labs. Compact flow cytometers typically have up to three integrated lasers, with some vendors offering upgrade options for four- or five-laser systems. […]
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