Jena, Germany 8/7/15—Measurement firm Endress+Hauser has announced that following a voluntary tender offer beginning July 9, it has acquired 95% of Analytik Jena (see IBO 9/30/13) at a price of €14 ($15 = €0.91 = $1) per share, as previously planned. “Our aim is still the complete takeover of Analytik Jena,” stated Dr. Heiner Zehntner, […]
West Chester, PA 8/4/15—Chiral Technologies, a DAICEL company and provider of enantioselective chromatography, has acquired the assets of Diffinity Genomics for an undisclosed amount. Diffinity Genomics supplies the RapidTip technology for single-step rapid purification of amplified DNA fragments. ”The innovative, patented purification technology from Diffinity was a perfect choice for our expansion in the bio-separation/purification […]
Hamburg, Germany 8/3/15—Life science company Eppendorf has named Thomas Bachmann as CEO (see IBO 2/15/15), effective August 1. Previously, he served as president of Bruker BioSpin (see IBO 9/30/13) and has been a member of Eppendorf’s Supervisory Board since 2013. “He has demonstrated his expertise and his strategic foresight in many ways during more than […]
Brno, Czech Republic 8/3/15—SEM provider Tescan Orsay has acquired AppFive, a US-based charged-particle optics application software and technique development company. Financial details were not disclosed. Tescan stated that the acquisition will allow it to develop solutions in collaboration with the semiconductor and research markets. “By extending our R&D capacities in mutual synergy with AppFive, we […]
San Diego, CA 8/4/15—Illumina has agreed to acquire GenoLogics Life Sciences Software for an undisclosed amount. GenoLogics develops LIMS for life science organizations. Its Clarity LIMS software is used by more than 120 genomic labs. “The acquisition of GenoLogics demonstrates Illumina’s commitment to drive the adoption of sequencing in new markets and improve the genomic […]
The inability to reproduce experimental results is a problem gaining increasing attention. A recent paper (see IBO 6/15/15), reported that about half of the annual spending on preclinical research in the US is on irreproducible studies. Last month, a task force of the American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) published a white paper on the […]
Instrument Design Awards: New Ideas The annual IBO Design Awards recognize advances in the industrial design of lab instruments, lab equipment (page 6) and portable instruments (page 7). To be eligible, products must have begun commercial shipments between August 1, 2014, and July 31. Criteria include innovation, functionality and utility. Gold Award Fluidigm’s Juno SNP […]
Surface area analyzers determine the characteristics of a solid, including how it burns, corrodes or reacts with other materials. Analysis is based on the interaction of the atoms on the surface of the solid material. As these atoms are not completely bound on all sides by other atoms in the solid, they are more reactive […]
Company Announcements In June, Agena Bioscience named KAWA.SKA and BioGen-Analytica as distributors for Poland and Russia, respectively. Waters named Taiwan-based Chang Gung University’s Health Aging Research Center as a Waters Centers of Innovation Program partner. Thermo Fisher Scientific announced a memo of understanding for research collaboration with Thailand’s National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, […]
Company Announcements Denator announced a two-year collaboration with the Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute of Maastricht University, the Netherlands, for the development and evaluation of innovative sample stabilization approaches for clinical applications. PE Hub reported in April that OpenGate Capital plans to shut down Hamilton Scientific (see IBO 10/31/12), which will be liquidated. In July, […]
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