BioTek Instruments continues to improve laboratory workflows while simplifying the user experience with the launch of their next generation 405™ TS Microplate Washer. With new capabilities, 405 TS provides even more time-saving convenience and value for applications such as cell-based assays, ELISAs, bead washing and more. Updated software allows the user to define a specific volume to [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- SRI International has been awarded a multi-year $11.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop advanced chemical sensors that can support detection of chemical threats in complex urban environments. The system, called Localization and Characterization of Chemical Anomalies in Urban Settings (LOCCUS), will be developed under DARPA's SIGMA+ Program. LOCCUS will be [...]

KMLabs, Inc., the leader in ultrafast laser technology, today introduces the QM Quantum Microscope for next-generation imaging and analysis. This system is built on the company’s unique, coherent extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and vacuum ultraviolet laser (VUV) sources. The modular QM platform enables high contrast, near-surface-to-subsurface coherent imaging at the nanoscale and can be configured for [...]

Uppsala. Biotage AB (Biotage), (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: BIOT.ST) is pleased to announce the launch of the Biotage® VacMaster™ Disk, a vacuum extraction unit for performing manual, disk-based extractions of semi-volatile organic compounds and hexane-extractable materials (HEMs) from aqueous matrices. Biotage® VacMaster™ Disk extraction unit is a single port vacuum manifold that applies vacuum to the [...]

New Extraction Kits for CyBio FeliX Liquid Handling System Fast, highly reproducible and of the highest quality – Analytik Jena is now offering optimized kits for nucleic acid extraction with the CyBio FeliX pipetting system. The combination of high-throughput liquid handling with specially matched kits allows for automated, parallel nucleic acid purification of up to 96 samples. [...]

SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that it has filed three additional patent infringement suits relating to BGI's sequencing products, including the BGISeq-500, MGISeq-2000, and related chemistry reagents. The first complaint was filed against Complete Genomics, Inc. and other BGI entities in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. [...]

We are pleased to announce these important additions to the FLIR Griffin G510 portable GC-MS, that further enable responders during chemical response missions: Method Selector Wizard: a touch guide with on-screen prompts for users to select the best pre-installed method for sample analysis SWGDRUG: in addition to the NIST library, the G510 now comes standard [...]

New vessel is designed for gentle stirring and optimum growth of cell lines Cost-effective, scalable process development of cell and gene therapies   Goettingen, GER | Royston, UK: Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international partner of the biopharmaceutical industry, today launched a new vessel for its ambr® 250 modular benchtop automated mini bioreactor system. The single-use vessel [...]

SP Scientific introduces the new BioCool V40 - a robust and reliable mechanically refrigerated 1.5-litre system designed for controlled rate freezing of biological materials including blood, embryos and tissue samples. The BioCool V40 is the only controlled rate freezer that does not require expendable liquid nitrogen and the associated pumping, re-filling, and storage challenges posed [...]

Partnership strengthens IDT’s position as an NGS leader in China CORALVILLE, IA – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) announces that it has entered into a strategic cooperation with ChosenMed Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd (ChosenMed), a medical sequencing firm focused on personalized medicine and transformation healthcare in China. As part of the collaboration, IDT will provide its market-leading NGS enrichment [...]