Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) is the most powerful electron microscopy method. TEM uses electrons for magnification as opposed to optical microscopy, which utilizes visible light. In TEM, an electron beam is amplified and focused using electromagnetic coils while being fired through the specimen. A final set of lenses then magnifies the electron beam before it […]
Company Announcements Olink announced reorganization, effective April 1. It now operates as two separate companies: Olink Proteomics, which offers the Proseek Multiplex product line, and Olink Bioscience, which is focused on developing and commercializing additional technologies. STEMCELL Technologies signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Molecular Biotechnology for the […]
Company Announcements 10X Genomics announced that the American Arbitration Association denied claims brought against the company and three of its executives by Bio-Rad Laboratories, alleging breach of certain contractual noncompete, nonsoliciation and confidentiality obligations related to Bio-Rad’s purchase of Quantalife (see IBO 10/15/11). HTG Molecular Diagnostics disclosed that as of December 31, 2015, it had […]
Company Announcements Cepheid’s 2015 Non-Clinical revenue declined 1.2% to $28.7 million, or 5% of total revenues. North America Non-Clinical sales grew 11.0% to $27.6 million due to increased grant and collaboration revenues. International Non-Clinical sales fell 75.0% to $1.0 million. Non-Clinical revenue is also expected to decline in 2016. In February, Cepheid named Warren Kocmond, […]
Company Announcements In February, publicly held Japanese firm SCREEN Holdings acquired Japanese-based Alpha MED Scientific, the producer of the MED64 microelectrode array system for the measurement of extracellular field potential. Applied Biophysics named ibidi USA as a representative for US and Canada. BioAxial, developer of Conical Diffraction Microscopy, named Georges Tabary as president and CEO […]
Company Announcements Bruker announced that Eurofins Scientific and the Bruker-led Honey Consortium will harmonize their honey profiling models and released an updated Honey Profiling module for Bruker’s NMR FoodScreener. In April, INFORS HT became the sole distributor of aquila biolabs’ Cell Growth Quantifier for noninvasive online monitoring of biomass in shake flasks. ASD launched an […]
Company Announcements DKSH signed in March an exclusive marketing, sales, distribution and after-sales service agreement with China-based Rigol Scientific for Malaysia for HPLC systems and UV-Vis spectrometers. Phenomenex announced in April that its Indian business grew 15% in 2015. Analytik Jena announced in April the sale of its Optics business to NOBLEX, a subsidiary of […]
French President François Hollande has announced the cancellation of over half of the government’s proposed budget cuts to scientific research. Originally, the government was planning to make reductions totaling €256 million ($200 million) in the research and higher education sectors. In May, many leaders in the scientific community protested that the budget cuts would adversely […]
Last month, the UK announced the formation of the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding organization. The body is made up of the country’s seven Research Councils, Innovate UK and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), and will work autonomously from the government in allocating funding for research and innovation. UKRI is […]
Following the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff last month, interim President Michel Temer combined the country’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) with the telecommunications and internet regulations ministry. Brazilian scientists have been protesting the integration, which they believe will greatly debilitate scientific R&D. Since 2013, authorized funding for the MCTI has been […]
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