Subvisible particles are a concern in the biopharmaceutical industry due to their possible correlation with immunogenicity. The impact of subvisible particles on biologics is unknown but potentially adverse, and is complicated by the lack of technologies that can adequately measure them. Subvisible particles are usually defined as those that are too big for analysis with […]
Company Announcements Boreal Genomics named Nitin Sood CEO in June. He was most recently general manager of Agilent Life Sciences’ Automation Group. Roche and Caliper Life Sciences announced in July a comarketing agreement for the development and optimization of automated protocols for their respective NimbleGen SeqCap EZ Library and Sciclone next-generation sequencing (NGS) Workstation. In […]
Rochester, NY 9/1/11—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired Intrinsic Bioprobes, a manufacturer of immunoenrichment tools for sample preparation for use in quantitative MS. The company’s Mass Spectrometric Immunoassay (MSIA) technology is designed for the enrichment of low-abundance proteins in biological samples. “The Intrinsic Bioprobes portfolio will enhance Thermo Fisher’s position in the rapidly emerging field of […]
Company Announcements In May, RainDance Technologies named Andy Watch vice president and chief marketing officer. Most recently, he was vice president of SOLiD Sequencing Product Management at Life Technologies. RainDance Technologies announced in June a multiyear collaboration with Sony DADC Austria for the codevelopment and manufacture of microdroplet-based “smart consumables.” The first product released is […]
High-throughput electroporators employ a microplate format, which allows simultaneous transfections of up to 384 wells. Electroporation introduces nucleic acids into cells by exposing the cells to a rapid pulse of voltage that causes the pores in the cells’ membranes to open temporarily. Unlike other transfection methods, there is no limit to the size of DNA […]
Company Announcements In January, RainDance Technologies closed a Series D financing round of $37.5 million, coled by Mohr Davidow Ventures and new investor Quaker BioVentures. Precision System Science entered into a supply and distribution agreement with IntegenX for its SX-8G Compact Automated Nucleic Acid Extractor, which will be cobranded as the Apollo 324. In February, […]
While instruments that measure the size and distribution of individual particles in a powder form a significant market, there is also an interesting but smaller market for instruments that measure the bulk properties of powders. These measurements are largely motivated by problems in industrial processing, where the behavior of powders passing through hoppers and bins, […]
Atomic Spectrometry LECO introduced two elemental analyzers for applications involving metals, alloys and other inorganic samples: the CS844 for carbon/sulfur measurements and the ONH836 for measuring oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen. Improvements in the combustion furnace, detector systems and cleaning automation have been combined with touch-screen control. The CS844 is priced at $65,000 and began shipment […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker’s S8 Dragon wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (WD-XRF) system combines a conventional array of wavelength detectors dedicated for elements of particular interest with a multielement energy dispersive detector (the Bruker XFlash, more commonly used for energy dispersive spectrometry [EDS] microanalysis) to provide simultaneous measurement of the remaining elements. A complete run takes […]
Company Announcements Spark Holland appointed Separations Analytical Instruments and Sercolab as value-added partners for the Benelux region in fall 2010. Spark Holland named iBiosys Solutions as a value-added partner for the UK and Ireland. Roche and Fluidigm entered into a copromotion agreement in October 2010 for their respective sequencing and amplicon sample preparation platforms. Caliper […]
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