To study biological materials, such as proteins, nucleic acids and enzymes, they must first be released from cell samples using a procedure called cell disruption or cell lysis. In many cases, cell disruption is the first step in the purification or analytical process. Cell disruption is, therefore, a critical step and the method chosen influences […]
Molecular Sensing exclusively licensed Vanderbilt University’s technology for a biosensor platform based on backscattering interferometry. ForteBio named Joseph D. Keegan, PhD, former president and CEO of Molecular Devices, president and CEO in September. NextGen Sciences named Dr. Mike Pisano, founder of Proteomic Research Services (see IBO 1/31/07), CEO. Precision System Science reported fiscal 2007 sales […]
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 11/15/07; London, UK 11/21/07—In a sign of deteriorating market conditions for new issues, Avantium Technologies and CambridgeSoft have delayed planned initial stock offerings. Avantium Technologies, a supplier of systems for high-throughput experimentation, announced that it withdrew its planned November 16 IPO on the Amsterdam stock exchange (see IBO 10/31/07) due to “adverse […]
Under a comarketing agreement, Sigma-Aldrich Research Specialties is selling Hy-Energy’s PCTPro-2000 gas sorption analyzer and related materials, and Hy-Energy is selling Sigma-Aldrich’s hydrogen storage materials. Horiba plans to expand its share of the Japanese particle size analysis market from 30% to 50% by 2010 and nearly double its share of the global market to 30% […]
Crowborough, UK 11/8/07—Servomex, a Spectris subsidiary, has acquired Contrôle Analytique. Based in Quebec, Canada, and founded in 1995, Contrôle Analytique provides specialized gas analyzers and GCs for trace measurements in high purity gases.
Northbrook, IL 11/14/07—IDEX has agreed to acquire Nova Technologies (NTC) from Nova Holdings for $158 million. Nova Technologies provides metering technology and flow monitoring services to the water and wastewater markets and has annual revenues of $70 million. “NTC’s expertise in flow measurement solutions enables the continued enhancement of our market-based water platform within the […]
Farfield Scientific launched the Cellulose AnaChip, developed in collaboration with YKI, featuring a mimetic surface for cotton-based fabrics and pap. Seno Medical Instruments introduced the Imagio small animal functional imaging system based on opto-acoustics technology. Arcxis Biotechnologies released the Lysix Workstation 808 for the extraction, isolation and purification of nucleic acids from tissue and cell […]
Jena and Itzehoe, Germany 11/6/07—Analytik Jena AG has announced that it acquired a 70% share in eBiochip Systems GmbH for an undisclosed amount in October. EBiochip produces electronic biochips for research and diagnostics. “We believe this technology to be an interesting and competitive alternative to other systems available on the market in the growth sector […]
InfrAegis launched the ia55000 nuclear and radiation detection systems for portable and mobile applications. ICx Technologies launched SafeAir for indoor monitoring for chemical, biological and radiological threats. ICx introduced the Fido PaxPoint Liquid Explosives Detector. Smiths Detection launched the HI-SCAN 6040aTiX multiview X-ray inspection system for the detection of explosives and liquid substances in carry-on […]
Decision Sciences exclusively licensed Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Muon Tomography technology for detection of nuclear and other weapons in car and vehicles. Full-scale production is expected to begin in early 2008. Smiths Detection LiveWire exclusively licensed Argonne National Laboratory’s PROTECT warning system that integrates chemical sensors and security cameras. Bm-t Beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen GmbH and Erfurt […]
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