IBO has selected Thermo Scientific’s LTQ Velos ion trap LC/MS as the best new product at this year’s ASMS meeting. While the exterior design of the new instrument is essentially identical to other LTQ models, Thermo has made some considerable advances in the mass analyzer and other internal components. At the core of the LTQ […]
Redmond, WA 6/1/09—Microsoft has agreed to acquire certain assets of Rosetta Biosoftware from Merck & Co. Microsoft will incorporate the genetic, genomic, metabolomic and proteomic data management software into its Amalga Life Sciences platform for translational research. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Microsoft and Merck will also form a strategic relationship, under which […]
Company Announcements In March, Real Time Genomics, a US subsidiary of NetValue, received a $3 million investment from Catamount Ventures. Real Time Genomics provides the SLIM Search sequence-comparison technology for genomic mapping and alignment functions that are tolerant of mismatches. Systat Software and Rescentris agreed to globally offer their joint product, the SigmaCERF electronic lab […]
Company Announcements Carl Zeiss SMT, the University of Ulm and CEOS GmbH announced a partnership to develop a low-voltage transmission electron microscope (TEM). The five-year €11.5 million ($14.7 million) project will receive €4.2 million ($5.4 million) from the German Research Foundation and €3.7 million ($4.7 million) from Carl Zeiss. NanoInk’s NanoFrabrication Systems Division appointed Quantum […]
As more protein-based therapeutics and biologics enter the drug development pipeline, the demand for technologies for immunogenicity testing is expected to become increasingly important. When taking a drug, a patient may initially or over time develop antibodies that block or interfere with the drug’s efficacy. The response can also result in life-threatening conditions. In 2008, […]
The European Commission has adopted specific rules for active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. The rules apply to substances that are part of a separate container or are directly incorporated into packaging material. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will carry out the safety assessment of the substance […]
Company Announcements In March, Merck KgaA appointed Christina Shasserre, general manger of the Laboratory Business, as global head of Bioscience. She is based at EMD Chemicals’ Bioscience site in San Diego, California, where all of EMD’s core US Bioscience capabilities will be consolidated by year end. For the fiscal year ended March 31, Biotechnology-related Business […]
The six nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates) have formed a food safety and risk authority to evaluate and monitor health risks for food, animal and plant products using scientific data. The authority will work with risk management and food safety bodies in […]
In what a number of publicly traded analytical instrument companies called their toughest quarter ever, the first quarter of calendar-year 2009 was a challenging environment for sales of analytical and laboratory instruments and even, in some cases, laboratory consumables. Revenues in reported currencies for 10 of the 11 companies profiled on pages 9–11 declined during […]
France’s new nanotechnology program, Nano-INNOV, will receive €70 million ($98 million) in funding, including €46 million to support the construction of a research center in Saclay science park. Construction, which will begin by year end, is expected to be expedited because the new lab will be built using the design of existing labs. Nano-INNOV will […]
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