Shimadzu announces the release of the MALDI-8020 matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometer. This product boasts the world's highest level of resolution and sensitivity of a linear benchtop model designed for installation on a laboratory workbench. In comparison to quadrupole and magnetic field systems, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometers have the advantage of [...]

Jena – The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, BAM) and Analytik Jena AG have agreed to cooperate extensively in the research and development of optical spectrometry in the area of elemental analysis. The two parties signed a corresponding cooperation agreement last week in Berlin. The focus of the two [...]

BILLERICA, Mass. -- Bruker today announced a contract to deliver 133 RAID™ M-100 hand-held chemical detectors, which are based on Bruker's advanced ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) technology, to the United States National Guard. For deliveries through March 2018, the 133 RAID M-100 units upgrade and enhance the capabilities of the National Guard Homeland Response Force (HRF) and of the CBRNE Enhanced Response [...]

Surge in RNAscope and BaseScope Assay publications now includes pharma, biotech and new research areas - and use as a core assay MINNEAPOLIS -- Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD), a Bio-Techne brand, is celebrating a milestone in the adoption of its RNAscope® in situ hybridization (ISH) technology. Reaching 1,000 publications and increasing to an average of more than one publication per [...]

Accelerates growth in cell analysis, new technology and market development PEARLAND, Texas--Base Pair Biotechnologies, Inc., The Aptamer Discovery Company™, today announced the completion of its $3.2 Million Series A-3 financing round and the opening of its new 5,000 square foot laboratory and office facility in Pearland, TX, a Houston suburb. Toronto-based Eventi Capital Partners Inc. [...]

Latest version of Genedata’s enterprise platform enables innovation in cell line engineering, clone selection and biosafety assessment. Basel, Switzerland Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for R&D, today announced the global release of Genedata Selector 5, the latest version of its innovative enterprise software solution for genome management and analysis. The platform delivers [...]

Applied Photophysics expands management team and strengthens sales and application support  Stuart Wood joins as Operations Director and Jason McClounan as Finance Manager and Company Secretary Sales Managers, Application Scientists and Service Engineer appointed across Europe and North America Surrey, UK: Applied Photophysics, a leading provider of systems for biophysical characterization of biomolecules, today announced that [...]

The LP980 Transient Absorption Spectrometer from Edinburgh Instruments now offers calibrated, software-controlled energy meters to monitor experimental conditions in real time. The meters are fitted inside the sample chamber of the instrument and provide the energy of each individual excitation pulse, as well as the energy after the sample. This makes absorbance measurements and photobleaching [...]

MADISON, WI USA Promega Corporation’s new NanoBRET™ Target Engagement (TE) Intracellular Kinase Assay is the first assay to quantify inhibitor drug binding to kinase proteins inside live human cells, as demonstrated in the recent Cell Chemical Biology article, “Quantitative, Wide-spectrum Kinase Profiling in Live Cells for Assessing the Effect of Cellular ATP on Target Engagement.” In collaboration [...]

Shoreview, Minnesota TSI® Inc. announces the release of the ChemLine™ In-Line Metals Analyzer. As of this writing, a patent is pending for the ChemLine sensor, which uses Laser Induction Breakdown Spectroscopy or LIBS technology for high demand industrial environments where speed and accuracy are required. The ChemLine has been proven to sort metals scrap streams [...]