Before the digital and automation age, cell counting was performed by using a microscope paired with a hemocytometer. While this decades-old manual method is still being utilized by labs, the primary advantage of this technique is its low cost. Its many drawbacks include a lack of precision, low accuracy, lot-to-lot variability and labor intensiveness. In […]
Billerica, MA and Hayward, CA 3/4/08—Milipore has announced that it will exclusively distribute Guava Technologies’ nonclinical flow cytometers within defined fields in North America, Europe and countries in Asia. Millipore will also provide field service and develop cobranded reagent kits. In addition, the companies will jointly develop new instruments.
New Orleans, Louisiana, played host to the 59th annual Pittsburgh conference and exhibition (Pittcon), which was held March 1–7 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Although Pittcon took place against a backdrop of escalating fears of a US recession, one would have never known it. Companies were upbeat about future business prospects and the […]
Fluxion Biosciences appointed AutoMate Scientific as a distributor of its BioFlux System. Amaxa and Promega will develop applications based on their respective Nucleofector technology and luciferase reporter assay technologies to monitor cell signaling events in cells that are difficult to transfect. Roche Applied Sciences will exclusively market systems for real-time cell analysis based on ACEA […]
MDS Analytical Technologies launched Molecular Devices’ MetaMorph ICS confocal microscope, which combines Molecular Devices’ MetaMorph software and VisiTech International’s VT-Infinity(3) 2D-array laser confocal scanner. Leica Microsystems introduced the DMI3000 B inverted microscope for live cell imaging using fluorescence. Labtech International launched the ADAM (Automated Detection and Measurement System) Cell Counter for the measurement of cell […]
Carlsbad, CA 1/10/08—Invitrogen has definitively agreed to acquire CellzDirect, a provider of hepatocyte-based primary cell products and services, for $57 million in cash. Hepatocyte-based primary cells are used in predicting the effect of a drug on enzymatic metabolism in the liver. “CellzDirect’s high-value products and services will greatly complement Invitrogen’s market-leading portfolio of complete cell […]
The life science instrumentation market grew 8.7% to $9.2 billion in 2007. The market consists of DNA and peptide sequencers, DNA and peptide synthesizers, nucleic acid amplification or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) systems, gel electrophoresis equipment, molecular biology purification kits, microarray-based products, biosensors, bioinformatics and cheminformatics, cell analysis technologies and in vivo animal imaging. The […]
Reichert Analytical Instruments licensed the University of Buffalo’s technology for the creation of a cell volume cytometer for research and diagnostic applications. Amaxa AG is one of eight companies involved in the EU’s MODEST-EU project to develop devices for ultra high-throughput delivery and screening of primary cells. Accuri Cytometers named George Dunbar, president and CEO […]
BTX Harvard Apparatus introduced the MicroPoration platform, consisting of a pulse generator, safety chamber and MicroPorator pipette, for nonviral transfection. Nova Biomedical launched the module BioProfile FLEX for cell culture analysis of 16 attributes. CellASIC launched the ONIX system for live cell imaging of yeast samples, featuring a microfluidic plate and flow control panel. Applied […]
AVISO GmbH appointed Analytik Jena AG a distributor of its CellCelector system. Harvard Bioscience entered into a comarketing and codevelopment agreement with Nanoentek, giving BTX Harvard Apparatus exclusive distribution of Digital Bio’s Microporator gene delivery system in the US and giving Digital Bio exclusive distribution of BTX’s electroporation products in selected Asian nations. Advalytix, a […]
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