Company Announcements

Wako Pure Chemical Industries agreed in May to market and service Yokogawa Electric’s CellVoyager CV7000 high-throughput cytological discovery system in North America and Europe. Yokogawa combines the system with a high-throughput screening system, providing a total drug discovery automation solution.

In June, Fluxion Biosciences announced collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine. The lab of Dr. Stefanie Jeffrey is using the IsoFlux System to isolate, recover and analyze rare circulating cancer cells.

In July, Sony DADC BioSciences announced collaboration with Sony Medical Business Unit to develop and manufacture smart consumables for Sony’s latest-generation SH800 advanced cell sorting instrument. A new cell sorting chip will replace the conventional flow cell.

In October, Sony announced that it changed the name of its iCyt Mission Technology subsidiary to Sony Biotechnology.

Roche Applied Science announced in July that it will fully transfer its Cellavista Imaging System business to SynenTec, which was the original inventor of the system, effective June 1, 2013.

In August, LI-COR announced that it will distribute ChemoMetric’s NucleoCounter NC-200 automated cell counter and will offer associated consumables.

Product Introductions

Handyem introduced the compact HPC-100 Personal Flow Cytometer, which allows for testing without sheath fluid, enabling researchers to reuse samples.

Essen Bioscience launched in August the IncuCyte ZOOM live-cell imaging system and an expanded line of CellPlayer reagents. New features include multi-fluorescent colors.

Molecular Devices introduced in August the MetaXpress 5.0 High Content Image Acquisition and Analysis Software for use with its ImageXpress Micro and Ultra systems. It enables user-created analysis to be run on MetaXpress PowerCore Software, which cuts analysis time. The system includes 19 predesigned analysis routines.

In September, InDevR released the ViroPrep Allantoic Influenza (AI) sample cleanup system for use with its ViroCyte 21 Virus Counter personal flow cytometer for determining the concentration of influenza grown in chicken eggs. The two-step kit utilizes GE Healthcare’s Capto Core 700 chromatography medium.

Fluxion Biosciences launched in September the BioFlux EZ system, which incorporates microfluidic designs into off-the-shelf consumables with temperature and gas control that can sustain cell monolayers and a supporting extra-cellular matrix.

In September, Bio-Rad Laboratories introduced the TC20 automated cell counter, featuring an improved lens and cell counting algorithm, making it compatible with a broader range of cell sizes and types.