Reinach, Switzerland 6/26/12—Measurement instrumentation firm Endress+Hauser has acquired SpectraSensors for an undisclosed amount. SpectraSensors develops, manufactures and distributes laser-based gas analytical instruments utilizing tunable diode lasers. Based in Texas, the company has annual sales of $30 million and employs 90 people. “With SpectraSensors we are expanding our range in the field of analytics to include […]
LIMS (laboratory information management systems) lie at the heart of many laboratories’ informatics systems. Strategic Directions International’s (SDi’s) April report entitled “2012 Lab Informatics Survey of End-Users” is based on a survey of LIMS end-users and provides insight into important topics for LIMS vendors, including the use of LIMS with other software systems, how and […]
Slowly but surely, the cosmetics industry is moving toward in vitro toxicity testing and away from traditional in vivo tests. The shift is due to regulation as well as a desire to more accurately predict human response and significantly reduce the number of animals required for toxicity testing. The €67 billion ($93 billion = €0.72 […]
Company Announcements Oxford Gene Technologies entered into an exclusive licensing agreement in February with the Oslo University Hospital and the University of Oslo for 12 colorectal cancer tissue DNA methylation biomarkers. In March, Procognia signed a binding letter of intent, granting Beijing Cy-Tech Biotech exclusive rights to sell the lectin array–based GlycoScope solution in the […]
Company Announcements Expanding their current agreement, in March, Cosmo Bio assumed a leadership position in Japan for the promotion, sale and high-level support of Enzo Life Sciences products. Also, Enzo will expand its global distribution of Cosmo Bio’s research biotools. Cellular Dynamics expanded its agreement with iPS Academia Japan to include iCell Neurons and iCell […]
The traditional method for performing gel electrophoresis experiments requires several pieces of equipment, such as a power supply, a staining apparatus, a UV light source and a camera. However, integrated gel electrophoresis systems combine many of these accessories into one compact unit. These integrated systems accept pre-cast gels, which can be purchased from the system […]
Company Announcements Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, and OligoCo (formerly Blue Heron Biotechnology) entered into a collaboration in January to develop a next-generation oligonucleotide synthesizer that provides high throughput and low error rates at a low cost. Oxford Nanopore announced in February that it will commercialize its GridION and MinION scalable, nanopore-based DNA sequencers this […]
Last month, PerkinElmer unveiled its Ensemble for Chemistry, one of four Ensemble suites. Ensemble for Chemistry is an electronic laboratory notebook (ELN)-based suite of applications for planning and logging experiments. End-users can input, store and analyze data. “There’s a real productivity gain because [end-users] can clone previous experiments and repeat them or change them slightly,” […]
Company Announcements In February, New England Biolabs (NEB) and Synthetic Genomics entered into a licensing agreement. NEB will introduce a master mix based on the Gibson Assembly method, which enables the rapid assembly of multiple DNA fragments using a one-step, isothermal approach. Eppendorf licensed patents covering gradient technology for thermal cyclers to Agilent Technologies in […]
Company Announcements BioServ Biotechnologies acquired the majority of Ocimum Biosolutions Inc.’s assets in February (see IBO 12/15/11), according to thedeal.com. Harvard Bioscience’s Biochrom subsidiary acquired AHN Biotechnologie, a German manufacturer of plastic consumables lab products, in February. The purchase is expected to add $2.5 million in annual revenue. In February, BellBrook Labs announced that Thermo […]
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