Tissue homogenization is often the very first step in isolating cells for either analysis or further extraction of their content, such as DNA and proteins. The traditional method of performing tissue homogenization is by manually applying force onto tissues in order to break them into smaller, homogenous pieces, from which the cells and other components […]
Company Announcements Advanced Cell Diagnostics and PerkinElmer entered into a comarketing agreement for their respective RNAscope multiplexed fluorescence assays and multispectral imaging technologies. Affymetrix promoted Gavin Wood to executive vice president and CFO in May. Most recently, he served as vice president, Finance, International Controller. PathoGenetix and Applied Maths agreed in June to integrate their […]
Company Announcements BioTek Instruments established a Japanese office, located in Tokyo, effective July 1. BioTek will continue to work with existing distributor Central Scientific Comm. In July, Brooks Automation named Robyn C. Davis to its Board. She is managing director of AngelHealthcare Investors. TTP Labtech announced that product sales increased more than 20% in 2012 […]
Company Announcements LGC Genomics and Covaris announced in June a partnership to integrate their respective DNA purification solution and FFPE extraction workflow. In July, QIAGEN partnered with Exosome Diagnostics to develop and commercialize sample preparation kits for the processing of nucleic acids from exosomes. The exclusive agreement includes the life science and translational medicine markets. […]
Company Announcements Japanese firm JSR signed a business alliance agreement with antibody supplier Medical & Biological Laboratories in March and acquired a 33% stake in the company for ¥4.5 billion ($47.6 million). Areas of codevelopment include latex bead reagents and epigenome-related reagents. Vitro Biopharma expanded its agreement with distributor Neuromics to include the drug discovery […]
Company Announcements Teledyne Technologies promoted Al Pichelli, president and CEO of the Instrumentation, and Aerospace and Defense Electronics segments, to executive vice president. In July, Thermo Fisher Scientific established the China Innovation Center in Shanghai. The $9.5 million Center is expected to add 200–300 engineers over the next two to three years. The Center includes […]
The FDA recently released new guidelines concerning levels of both gluten and arsenic in food products. On August 2, the FDA’s final rule for the definition of “gluten free” was published in the Federal Register. Previously, there was no limit to how much gluten a food product could contain and still use the labels “gluten […]
Despite China’s slower economic growth, chemical product sales are expected to remain strong. In 2011, the output of the country’s chemical industry increased 9.0% to RNB 7.2 trillion ($1.17 trillion), according to KPMG China. Through 2015, industry output is expected to grow in the range of 9%–11% annually. The China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation […]
In 2012, Australian business expenditure on R&D (BERD) rose 1.7% to $18,321 million in current prices, following a 7.4% increase in 2011. Manufacturing; Mining; Financial and Insurance Services; and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services contributed 24%, 22%, 16% and 16% to BERD, respectively. Mining’s contribution increased the fastest, rising 7% to $265 million. Current expenditure […]
To drive its economy, the Japanese government will invest JPY 1 trillion ($10.1 billion) in three key research areas in fiscal year 2014: health, agriculture and clean energy. As part of the new focus, the government has outlined several measures to support cell research. The government will contribute JPY 110 billion ($1.1 billion) for iPS […]
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