Farfield Scientific entered into a strategic partnership with Monash University to create biosensor surfaces for the structural analysis of membrane protein function. SEQUENOM named Richard Lerner to its Board in July. He is president of the Scripps Research Institute. A consortium that includes deltaDOT, Xcellerex, BioPharm Services and Dowpharma was awarded a $7.9 million DARPA […]
Quadraspec introduced the Inspira Dual Channel Reader, featuring reagent-free and fluorescence detection. Fujifilm Life Science launched the LAS-4000 luminescent image analyzer for multispectral Western blotting and in vivo imaging of small animals. Caliper Life Sciences released the LabChip EZ Reader Series for in-house kinase profiling. It includes the EZ Reader II system, a benchtop reader […]
Shimadzu released MetID Solutions software for its LCMS-IT-TOF mass spectrometer. Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the Thermo Scientific ConFlow IV Universal Interface for GC, LC and elemental analyzer systems coupled with isotope ratio mass spectrometers, enabling immediate switching. Syft Technologies launched the Voice200 selected ion flow tube mass spectrometer, featuring detection limits to 50 ppt. Advanced […]
FEI introduced the Expida 1255S wafer DualBeam system for STEM sample preparation. FEI released the Vitrobot Mark IV cryo sample preparation tool. FEI released microValidator software for scanning electron microscopes and X-ray microanalysis systems used for automated particle and phase search analysis. It is compatible with EDAX and Bruker systems. FEI introduced the Nova NanoSEM […]
Affymetrix and Partners Healthcare extended their translational research collaboration (see IBO 12/15/06) with a contract array manufacturing supply agreement. Affymetrix and IPSOGEN will collaborate to develop and market in vitro diagnostic tests. Empire Genomics, a molecular karyotyping platform technology company, licensed a number of Affymetrix’s patents covering the manufacturing, use and sales of microarrays and […]
Protein Discovery named eight distributors for its PPS Silent Surfactant reagent product for MS membrane protein sample preparation: ProteoMass Australia (Australia and New Zealand), American Health and Medical Supply International (China), Professional Biotech (India), Precision Technologies (Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore), Labogen (Italy), AMR (Japan), Chubu Science (Japan) and GenDiscovery Biotechnology (Taiwan). In July, QIAGEN NV […]
In July, Illumina introduced the Infinium HumanHap550-Duo BeadChip, a two-chip format for greater throughput and lower cost per sample, priced at $290–$370 per sample, depending on volume. Illumina launched the Infinium HumanLinkage-12 Genotyping BeadChip, available for $90 per sample. Roche NimbleGen introduced four-plex eukaryotic gene expression microarrays and services in September. In September, Affymetrix officially […]
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH acquired Clarient’s equipment business and related assets, consisting of the ACIS and Trestel Instruments Systems for clinical tissue-based cancer diagnostics, for $11 million in cash in March. Dako Denmark A/S will assist in marketing the systems. In July, Carl Zeiss SMT moved its North American headquarters from Thornwood, New York, to […]
Luminex and Exiqon A/S launched the FlexmiR MicroRNA Mouse/Rat Extension Panel and the FlexmiR MicroRNA Control Set. Kinovate Life Sciences, a subsidiary of Nitto Denko, introduced CarriGene Plates, reagent-precoated transfection plates for in vitro delivery of plasmid DNA to mammalian cells. DiscoveRx released more than 50 PhosphoQuest ELISA assays for detection of functional kinase research […]
Activotec launched the SFT-250 Supercritical Fluid Extraction/Reaction Processing System. Waters launched VanGuard Pre-Columns, which are capable of routine use at pressures up to 15,000 psi. Viscotek released the Tetra Detector GPC system, combining refractive index, UV, viscometry and low-angle light scattering detectors. Shimadzu Scientific Instruments released the Shim-pack XR Series of HPLC columns, which employ […]
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