Company Announcements Partec GmbH opened a North American office in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, in January. Nikon Instruments opened a cellular imaging center at France’s National Center for Scientific Research. It is the seventh such center set up by Nikon. In January, Leica Microsystems acquired Cell Analysis, a developer of imaging software for histopathology. In […]
Company Announcements In January, WaferGen Biosystems formally opened its Malaysian subsidiary in Kedah, which will initially focus on R&D. WaferGen also entered into a contract manufacturing agreement with Malaysia-based Pentamaster. Cepheid appointed Andrew D. Miller as senior vice president, CFO in April. He was previously vice president and chief accounting officer for Autodesk. EnviroLogix and […]
Company Announcements Luminex and Tyson Foods are collaborating to develop food-safety and animal-health tests. In February, Invitrogen expanded its license and supply agreement with Luminex, extending the lifetime of the license and providing it with access to next-generation multiplex detection platforms. Invitrogen offers more than 200 assays based on Luminex’s xMAP Technology. In February, Sigma-Aldrich […]
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 […]
Company Announcements In 2007, ThalesNano opened a UK subsidiary and signed distribution agreement for Scandinavia, Italy and India. ThalesNano announced a collaboration for flow/microwave chemistry research with the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Microwave Chemistry at Karl Franzens University in Austria and with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. PolyGen named Blue Lion Biotech its […]
Company Announcements In January, Axela signed a North American distribution agreement with VWR for its dotLab system and reagents. BioForce Nanosciences President and COO Kerry Frey was named president and CEO in January, and former CEO Eric Henderson was named to the newly created position of chief science officer. OpGen appointed Noel Doheny CEO in […]
Company Announcements In January, Synamatix announced a research collaboration with the Universiti Malaysia Sabah’s Biotechnology Research Institute. In January, Golden Helix launched a collaboration program, whose inaugural members include the University of California Los Angeles, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Montreal Heart Institute, Emory University, Case Western Reserve University and the University at Lübeck in Germany. CLC […]
Company Announcements Eurofins acquired Operon Biotechnologies in late 2007 and consolidated the company’s operations with Eurofins MWG and Eurofins Medigenomix for custom oligonucleotide synthesis services. In total, the three operations generate $50 million in revenues. Under a three-year research, supply and marketing agreement, Berry & Associates and Luminos will develop designer reagents to enable luminescent […]
Cambridge Research & Instrumentation introduced the fully automated Maestro 2 in vivo optical imaging system in North America. Cambridge Research & Instrumentation released the Nuance 2, an affordable system that converts any brightfield or fluorescence microscope into a multispectral imaging workstation. Caliper Life Sciences launched drug combination services through Caliper Discovey Alliances & Services. Bio-Rad […]
There were certainly no lack of nominees for IBO’s choice of the top three product introductions at Pittcon 2008. In choosing the top three products, IBO selected systems that demonstrated notable technical achievements based on the vendor’s specifications, were innovative in their analytical approach and product packaging, and demonstrated real commercial potential. After all, the […]
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