The 23rd Analytica exhibition and conference took place in Munich, Germany, from April 17 to 20. As usual, it was a roaring success. Although the attendance of 30,000 was down slightly from 32,061 in 2010, it was hard to tell, given the general enthusiasm throughout the exhibition’s five halls. The number of exhibitors was up […]
Personal image-based cell analyzers integrate the basic principles of high-end cellular imagers and flow cytometry systems into compact, lower-cost instruments, which are oftentimes designed for multiparameter cellular analysis. These instruments utilize fluorescence or trypan blue as the primary form of detection, allowing scientists to detect and obtain a wide array of cellular parameters, including cell […]
Company Announcements Brooks Automation announced its January the acquisition of the Celigo Cell Cytometer product line from Cyntellect for up to $9.2 million. The acquisition includes the majority of employees. Thermo Fisher Scientific announced in January a collaboration with De Novo Software to provider FCS Express 4 Image Cytometry software users with access to data […]
Company Announcements Fluidigm in February appointed AH diagnostics as its exclusive Scandinavian distributor. Life Technologies named Asuragen a Certified Service Provider for Ion Torrent’s Personal Genome Machine. Pacific Biosciences’ 2011 sales rose 19.2% to $33.9 million (see page 12), as it sold 48 instruments to 45 customers. The company’s backlog was comprised of 16 instruments. […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Elvatech introduced the ElvaX Mobile portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument. It is controlled by a PDA and is currently shipping. PG Instruments released a new version of its most recent atomic absorption system, the AA500, which was released in mid-2011. The new version includes an embedded PC. The AA flame can run on […]
Atomic Spectroscopy LECO introduced new configurations for its latest generation of inorganic and organic elemental analysis systems. Late last year, sulfur and oxygen analyzers were released for the CHN628 analyzer. Each option has a price of about $8,000 to $10,000. In May, a sulfur option will become available for the TruMac series at an additional […]
Company Announcements Life Technologies named Rhenium its principal distributor in Israel. MP Biomedicals appointed Todd R. Nelson, PhD, as president and CEO in December 2011. He was formerly CEO of eBioscience. Avacta acquired Aptuscan, a developer of affinity protein scaffolds, in January for £1.5 million ($2.3 million). Under a license and supply agreement, Hologic will […]
Since it began in 1994, TTP Labtech has shown a commitment to innovation, highlighted by its range of products and operational flexibility. Innovation is also apparent in the firm’s staffing. “Out of 100 people, about 75 are in development,” said TTP Labtech Commercial Director Jas Sanghera. The employee-owned, UK-based firm began as a consulting business […]
Company Announcements In January, Battelle announced a strategic investment in CosmosID, which is a metagenomics software company focused on environmental biosurveillance and microbial identification. CLC bio announced that software sales increased 30% in 2011, and operating profit grew more than 50% to over $1 million. A total of 1,500 organizations own licenses to its software, […]
Company Announcements Swedish firm Nanosep declared bankruptcy in November 2011. In January, Quanterix announced a strategic investment and technology agreement with In-Q-Tel for the development of its Single Molecule Array technology to enable simultaneous measurement of both nucleic acids and proteins for the detection of pathogens. Nabsys named Stan Rose, PhD, former CEO of NimbleGen […]
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