The Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it will invest $375 million to support three new Bioenergy Research Centers from fiscal year 2008 to fiscal year 2013. The Centers will be established in Oakridge, Tennessee; Madison, Wisconsin; and near Berkeley, California. The Centers will be hubs of collaboration, staffed by groups of researchers from 18 […]
In April, Veeco Instruments appointed Jeannine M. Sargent, executive vice president of Metrology and Instrumentation, Corporate Marketing and Business Development, as executive vice president, Business Development. Under a collaboration agreement, Veeco and Leica Microsystems GmbH will integrate their respective BioScope II atomic force microscope (AFM) and DMI series inverted microscope for cell biology applications. Veeco […]
Pittsburgh, PA 7/2/07—Mettler-Toledo has sold its Berger SFC (Supercritical Fluid Chromatography) division to Thar Technologies for an undisclosed amount. “The combination of Berger SFC and Thar Instruments will result in a fully integrated SFC instrumentation company that will have the necessary critical mass to further penetrate the rapidly developing analysis and purification market, while providing […]
Hitachi High-Technologies Japan launched the HF-3300 field emission transmission electron microscope. Shipments will start in September with expected annual sales of five units. Park Systems, formerly PSIA, introduced the XE-70 AFM/scanning probe microscope. FEI introduced RAPID (Remote Access Program for Interactive Diagnostics) in North America.
GenTel BioSciences announced in March that it acquired GlaxoSmithKline’s protein chip platform assets. Affymetrix launched the Collaborations in Cancer Research Program, an alliance with 30 European cancer researchers. Later this year, the Program will be expanded to North America and Japan. In April, Affymetrix and NuGEN Technologies announced a comarketing agreement for NuGEN’s WT-Ovation FFPE […]
A number of biotechnology companies are moving into the market for combination drugs, which are mixtures of two already-approved drugs. Most companies are drawn to the cost-saving opportunities that lie in combining two drugs that have already been approved. Prominent firms in the combination drugs business include CombinatoRx, Pozen and Orexigen. The increasing number of […]
A report by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has found that UK researchers are collaborating with their international colleagues roughly 50% more than they did a decade ago. The UK trails Germany in terms of research links to the US, the global leader in research; however, the UK is the US’ top partner […]
Single-cell whole genome amplification (WGA) PCR is an application of PCR technology that amplifies the nucleic acid in a single cell rather than in a tissue sample or a pool of homogenous cells. While single-cell amplification has been recognized almost as long as PCR technology itself, it was not considered a very efficient technique due […]
According to the Chinese state press, Premier Wen Jiabao announced that a clean water supply has become a national priority. This statement comes after outbreaks of blue-green algae in Taihu, Chaohu and Dianchi, three of China’s largest lakes. In June, China adopted a new standard for tap water quality, replacing a standard issued in 1985 […]
Graz, Austria 6/29/07—Anton Paar GmbH has acquired German company Dr. Wolfgang Kerchen GmbH, a maker of refractometers and polarimeters, effective July 1. Dr. Wolfgang Kerchen’s primary market is the sugar industry and it has served as the exclusive supplier of high-precision refractometers to Anton Paar.
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