Company Announcements

Service firm Almac and TTP Labtech formed an alliance to give their customers access to their respective FLEXYTE fluorescence lifetime assay on the Ameon reader.

Labcyte announced in January a collaboration with the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, which will apply acoustic liquid handling technology to the discovery of specialized leukemia treatments.

In February, Redd&Whyte named HighRes Biosolutions a distributor for North America.

Tecan named Dr. Stefan Traeger head of the Life Sciences Business division, effective July 1. He previously served as managing director of Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH and vice president and general manager of Leica’s global Life Science Division.

In April, Tecan elected Dr. Christa Kreuzburg to its Board. Most recently, she was a member of the Executive Committee of Bayer HealthCare and head of Bayer Schering Pharma Europe/Canada.

Tecan appointed Dr. Klaus Lun Head of Corporate Development, effective June 4. Most recently, he served as vice president, Global Product Marketing, at Molecular Devices.

Accelrys exclusively licensed to Freeslate the RAS and Polyview components of the Lab Execution and Analysis software suite for automated research applications.

In April, BioTek Instruments opened an office in the Neihu District of Taipei, Taiwan.

Product Introductions

HighRes Biosolutions introduced the SampleVault modular automated sample store and the MicroSpin automated microplate centrifuge.

Artel released a new line of 100% DMSO-based Sample Solutions for the MVS Multichannel Verification System.

PerkinElmer introduced the JANUS BioTx Pro automated workstation for high-throughput, small-scale protein purification. It accommodates column, tip and batch chromatography modes.

Aurora Instruments released the VERSA 1100 Automated SPE Workstation, featuring a four-channel SyringePipettor with tip changer and up to eight ReagentDrop channels.

In April, Biochrom launched the EZ Read range of absorbance-based microplate readers. It includes the EZ Read 800, EZ Read LED and the EZ Read 2000, which offers a flexible wavelength selection.

Yaskawa’s Motoman Robotics Division introduced in April the MH3BM robot, designed to handle specimen processing, drug dispensing and medical research applications. It has a base width of 200 mm and a 360° base rotation.

CryoXtract released in May the CXT 350T Frozen Tissue Aliquotter for targeted, repeated and safe access to frozen biological tissue samples.