Toronto, Canada 12/11/09—MDS has announced that it has been served with a Notice of Application from PerkinElmer regarding MDS’s sale of its Analytical Technologies business to Danaher (see IBO 9/15/09). The sale requires the consent of PerkinElmer, with which MDS has a joint venture for the development and manufacturing of inductively coupled plasma–MS (ICP-MS) systems. […]
Thermal desorption is considered one of the most sensitive and environmental friendly sample introduction techniques for GC and GC/MS. Thermal desorption is used for the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and semi-VOCs. Thermal desorption systems have been available for more than two decades and have shown few technical advancements in recent years, making them […]
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released its updated “NSF Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development FY 2007–2009” (see IBO 2/15/08 for fiscal 2008 projections) detailing the R&D spending and “R&D plant” spending by 27 federal agencies for fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2009. R&D plant expenditures are spending for facilities construction, acquisition […]
This month, the US Congress passed the appropriation bills for fiscal 2010 (October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010) for several US government agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice (DOJ). The bills now await President Obama’s signature. NSF Excluding American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, the […]
Abbott Park, IL and Hollywood, FL 12/14/09—Health care firm Abbott has definitively agreed to acquire publicly held STARLIMS Technologies for $14 per share, a 43% premium over the company’s closing price on December 11, or $123 million in cash. STARLIMS is a provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for research and clinical laboratories. The […]
Synthesizing organic compounds can be a long and tedious process. Traditional automated organic synthesizers incorporate heating blocks into specialized liquid handling workstations and can take several days for reactions to complete. In contrast, microwave systems employ microwave radiation as the heat source, which reduces the time for compound synthesis. Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis (MAOS) offers other […]
Company Announcements BD Biosciences integrated Ingenuity’s Knowledge Base and Search and Pathway Navigation technologies into its new website. Strand Life Sciences named François Mandeville executive vice president, Marketing, Technology and Strategy. He was previously with Agilent Technologies. Biomatters and GenomeQuest integrated their respective Geneious Pro 4.8 and GenomeQuest 6.0Beta to offer a top-down discovery methodology […]
Company Announcements Sigma-Aldrich elected Dr. George M. Church to its Board in October. He is a professor of Genetics at the Harvard Medical School. Sigma-Aldrich expanded its license with Sangamo BioSciences to include exclusive rights to develop and distribute zinc finger DNA binding protein-modified cell lines for commercial production of protein pharmaceuticals. STEMCELL Technologies announced […]
The EPA budget, excluding funding for emergencies including repairs and fire prevention, experienced a sharp increase of 35.5% to $10.3 billion for fiscal 2010. The EPA’s Science and Technology appropriation, which supports programs for air quality management focused on vehicular emissions control, climate protection and research in fields including clean air and clean water, increased […]
Company Announcements Rigaku formed Applied Rigaku Technologies (ART), a new R&D, manufacturing, sales, service and support subsidiary, which includes the EDXRF Center of Excellence in Austin, Texas. ART is an affiliated company of the Rigaku XRF product group in Japan and aims to deliver partnership-level service and support. Product Introductions InXitu introduced the BTX, a […]
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