Fluorescence spectroscopy is useful for the analysis of a broad range of organic compounds. A subset of fluorescence spectroscopy is lifetime fluorescence, which offers advantages compared with conventional steady-state fluorescence. Although there are less than half a dozen significant competitors in the market, the strong growth forecast for lifetime fluorescence offers potential for new market […]

Prior to the end of the US federal government’s fiscal 2010 on September 30, President Obama signed a continuing resolution to extend federal government funding at current levels until December 3. The 12 fiscal 2011 budget bills have yet to pass Congress. The final budget and its passage is dependent on the outcome of November‘s […]

Although fiscal 2010 figures related to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding are not yet available, fiscal 2009 figures have been released for the research-oriented agencies that were major recipients (see IBO 2/28/09). The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported that fiscal 2009 ARRA-obligated, ARRA-funded awards totaled $1,354 million. An August report released by […]

In a development that is expected to further the use of MS for proteomics research and biomarker analysis, the Institute for Systems Biology and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have announced that they have generated gold-standard reference mass spectra for each of the human genome’s 20,300 protein-encoding genes. This completes the first phase of […]

Company Announcements RETSCH established a Russian subsidiary earlier this year. The head office is located at Khimanalit Institute in St. Petersburg. Gilson named A. Daigger and Company its exclusive General Services Administration (GSA) distributor for GSA advantage contracts. Gilson also appointed DOT Scientific and Genesee Scientific as distributors of its PIPETMAN products. Eli Manchester Jr. […]

Company Announcements Pressure BioSciences elected investor Alan I. Goldberg to its Board in July. The company also elected Gregory G. Freitag, Esq., increasing its Board to seven members. He is CEO and CFO of LecTec, an intellectual property licensing and holding company. Precision System Science announced in July that it filed a provisional disposition with […]

Company Announcements Biomatrica launched Biomatrica Connect, a solution-centric partnership program with industry and academia for ambient room temperature storage and management of nucleic acids. Industry members include BioStorage Technologies, Matrical Biosciences and NEXUS Biosystems. BioTek Instruments named Dr. Dirk Frese as managing director, Europe, in July. He was previously director and global category manager for […]

Company Announcements Roenalytic GmbH in July named Eastern Applied Research as its exclusive service and support representative for the US. In August, Rigaku announced the formation of a locally incorporated company in Berlin, Germany. Product Introductions Horiba Scientific launched the EMIA-V2 analyzer for simultaneous carbon-sulfur analysis, featuring a redesigned furnace area and “maintenance navigator” software. […]

Companies and charities will not likely compensate for the government’s looming science budget cuts. They say that it is not their responsibility to make up for the difference in university research if the proposed cuts are approved. UK R&D spending from the private sector totals about £13 billion ($20.6 billion) a year. Much of that […]