Company Announcements Ahura Scientific announced three new distributors: Nucletron Technologies GmbH for Germany and Austria, HazmatLINK for the UK and Benelux, and RMI for the Czech and Slovak Republics. T-Ray Science exclusively licensed MIT’s technology for dual-mode, pulsed and continuous TeraHertz waves. Product Introductions X-Rite launched the xDNA system with the M98 handheld spectrophotometer for […]
Carlsbad, CA and Norwalk, CT 11/20/08; Carlsbad, CA 11/21/08; Carlsbad, CA 11/26/08—Invitrogen completed its acquisition of Applied Biosystems (ABI) on November 21 (see IBO 6/15/08) and began trading as Life Technologies Corporation on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on November 24 under the ticker symbol “LIFE” (see IBO 11/15/08). “By combining these two highly respected […]
Company Announcements Air Liquide acquired Pure Helium, a supplier of liquid and gaseous helium, helium-based mixtures and argon, with presences in India and the Middle East. Pure Helium has 40 employees and had 2007 revenues of $20 million. Under a strategic alliance announced in July, Steelcase’s Laboratory Solutions division will integrate Lab Crafters’ fume hood […]
Goettingen, Germany 10/31/08—Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH has acquired Wave Biotech AG, a developer of single-use bioreactors for bipharmaceutical manufacturing, for an undisclosed amount. The two companies have worked together since 2006 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech exclusively markets Wave Biotech’s products, Wave Biotech’s products are expected to contribute €10 million ($13 million) in revenues this year […]
Unable to raise funding, a number of biotechnology companies could soon go out of business. Five US biotech firms have filed for bankruptcy in the last month alone. Burrill & Co. report that in the first nine months of 2008, the amount of money raised by biotech companies fell 54% to $9.7 billion. Financing for […]
Brazil’s Ministry of Science and Technology will fund seven nanotechnology institutes as part of the PACTI project. For nanotech, PACTI calls for the development of a long-term strategic plan and innovative support mechanisms, as well as increased research infrastructure and personnel. Under PACTI, nanotech will receive €23 million ($29.5 million) over four years. Milestones in […]
Following years of governmental disinterest, Argentinian researchers are greeting last year’s election of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as a turning point. In addition to establishing the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, she plans to increase science and technology investments from 0.66% of GDP to 1% of GDP by 2010. To reverse the […]
According to a new study by Wood Mackenzie, of the 160 refining projects announced since 2005 and scheduled to be operational between the next two to seven years, only 30 are expected to be completed. Nearly all of the projects that are going ahead are funded by national oil companies and will provide 12 million […]
The Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) has released a draft of its plan to promote the sharing of research instruments and development of new instrumentation by researchers. The plan is designed to improve coordination among CAS scientists by centralizing research facilities. Under the plan, between 30 and 50 pilot centers will be established. CAS would […]
Properly mixing solutions ensures uniformity of mixture components, temperature and pH throughout a sample container. Mixing also helps to dissolve solids in liquids and speeds up enzymatic reactions. As important as mixing might be in any assay, it is a step that is often overlooked or shortened by laboratories in the interest of time. While […]
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