SMRT Sequencing Chosen for Ambitious Effort to Generate Reference Genomes for 26 Maize Lines MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), the leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes and epigenomes, today announced that a multi-institutional consortium of maize researchers is using the Sequel® System to create a 26-line pangenome reference collection. Led by faculty […]

Oxford Instruments is pleased to announce that it has recently commissioned a high field magnet system at Dr Isabel Guillamón’s laboratory at the Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain, making it the most intense magnetic field available outside a large international facility. Isabel Guillamón’s project titled “Using extreme magnetic field […]

ST. PAUL, Minn.–3M Food Safety has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) for pathogen detection instruments and kits. The award makes the 3M™ Molecular Detection System the primary method to be used by USDA FSIS for the detection of Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and E. coli O157 (including H7) […]

Postnova Analytics report on how researchers from the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection at the European Commission Joint Research Centre (Ispra, Italy) and the University of Ferrara  have used AF2000 Asymmetric Flow Field Flow Fractionation (AF4) system and Model S101 Sedimentation Flow Field Fractionation (SdFFF) systems in some ground-breaking research. In the last 20 […]

Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials will install its first Thermo Scientific Krios G3i cryo-electron microscope in Latin America HILLSBORO, Ore. — The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) is the first center in Latin America to install a Thermo Scientific Krios G3i Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope (Cryo-TEM), bringing the power of this instrument to Latin […]

Already equipped with CAMECA Large Geometry Secondary Ion Microprobe (IMS 1280-HR model), a CAMECA SXFiveFE Electron Probe Microanalyzer and a Nu Plasma 1700 Multi Collection ICP-MS, the Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry in Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, under leadership of leadership of Prof. Yi-gang Xu just ordered a NanoSIMS 50L. The NanoSIMS will be installed near the large […]

Accredited technology quickly and accurately identifies parentage relationships while preserving privacy WALTHAM, Mass. —  Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced it is offering to donate $1 million worth of rapid DNA analyzers and related technology to support efforts to reunite children and parents recently separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Thermo Fisher’s breakthrough technology can go from sample […]

In summer 2018, Bourevestnik Inc. has delivered and commissioned the “Specialized wave-dispersive analyzer ARF-7” at Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat (NMMC, Navoi, Uzbekistan Republic). NMMC is a multi-field mining and processing enterprise, and it is ranked in the top ten of global leading companies in the production of gold and uranium. The NMMC’s structure includes […]

Uniqsis reports how the Institute of Physics at the University of Tartu (Estonia) has selected a FlowSyn™ continuous flow reactor with Flow-UV™ detector to assist them in development of novel nanomaterials for use in next generation applications. The material science research group of Dr Aile Tamm evaluated different technological approaches to synthesise nanomaterials before investing […]

Breakthrough platform optimizes productivity and expands cryo-EM entry path for a broader range of researchers HILLSBORO, Ore. — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced Astex Pharmaceuticals, a leader in innovative drug discovery and development, selected the Thermo Scientific Glacios Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope (Cryo-TEM) to aid in its drug discovery and development program. Astex’s […]