Franklin Lakes, NJ 5/13/08—Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) have acquired all of the outstanding stock of Cytopeia. Based in Seattle, Washington, Cytopeia develops and markets flow cytometry cell sorting instruments, including the Influx cell sorter. Financial terms were not disclosed. “This strategic acquisition brings new technologies and capabilities that will enhance BD’s ability to address […]
Palo Alto, CA 4/13/08—Varian’s Polymer Laboratories business has acquired the assets and products of Precision Detectors. Financial details were not provided. Precision Detectors manufactures laser light scattering detectors for use with HPLC, gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and size exclusion chromatography systems. “Polymer Laboratories have used light scattering detectors from Precision Detectors for many years in […]
Atomic force microscopy’s (AFM) advent at the start of the semiconductor boom provided the technology an introduction into the private sector, but AFM’s potential is still being discovered. Park Systems specializes in AFM systems for research and industrial applications. AFM both measures and provides an image of a sample’s surface with subnanometer resolution by running […]
Company Announcements Partec GmbH opened a North American office in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, in January. Nikon Instruments opened a cellular imaging center at France’s National Center for Scientific Research. It is the seventh such center set up by Nikon. In January, Leica Microsystems acquired Cell Analysis, a developer of imaging software for histopathology. In […]
Company Announcements Febit partnered with Prognosys Biosciences to offer a new Genome-to-Array Service. Febit appointed Michelle Lyles, PhD, to the new position of vice president, Marketing and Sales, in March. Previously, she was director of Sales at Sigma-Aldrich’s Research Biotechnology Business Unit. Transgenomic appointed David P. Pauluzzi, a consultant at Water Street Healthcare Partners, to […]
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