NevadaNano Raises $18 Million in Series B Funding Led by Ray Stata
October 30, 2017
NevadaNano, developer of Molecular Property SpectrometerTM (MPSTM) gas sensing solutions, today announced it has closed $18 million in Series B funding led by Ray Stata, Chairman of Analog Devices with participation from several existing investors. Previously, NevadaNano raised $1.5 million in Series A financing. NevadaNano will use the new funds to accelerate market launch of [...]
Imec partners in European initiative to develop Organs-on-Chip
October 30, 2017
Call to unite stakeholders and experts Leuven - The world-leading research and innovation hub in nano-electronics and digital technologies imec announced today that is has joined ORCHID, a European initiative that will establish a European infrastructure to enable coordinated development, production and implementation of Organs-on-Chips by a consortium of academic and private partners. In total six [...]
October 30, 2017
BioFront Technologies has announced that UK’s Biorex Food Diagnostics has appointed the company as its USA distributor for its food safety diagnostic platform. Biorex products include an extensive range of antibiotics, mycotoxins, hormones and beta-agonists. Biorex customers in the UK and around the globe will also have access to Biofront’s comprehensive Food Allergen test kit [...]
VTT-originated Spectral Engines develops a portable drug screening device for police officers
October 30, 2017
EUR 2.4 million in EU funding granted for productisation Spectral Engines, a growth company that originated at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, is about to launch a portable drug screening device police patrols can use for rapid and cost-efficient on-site screening of suspected drugs. The pocket-size scanner reports the results in the user's mobile [...]
PerkinElmer Elects Pascale Witz to its Board of Directors
October 30, 2017
WALTHAM, Mass.--PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE:PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world , today announced that Pascale Witz, MBA, MSc, has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. “We would like to extend a warm welcome to Pascale as the newest member of our Board,” said Robert Friel, chairman and chief executive [...]
October 30, 2017
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences introduces the next generation of refrigerated, high-speed benchtops—the Avanti J-15 Series. Designed to leverage harmonic technology that ensures ultra-smooth acceleration/deceleration profiles, the Avanti J-15 Series protects samples from disturbance so scientists can get larger soft pellets and higher sample yield from each run. This technology also helps improve operational efficiency, which [...]
IONICON Presents the New CHARON Aerosol Inlet for PTR-TOFMS
October 27, 2017
All-in-one: a single instrument for real-time VOC, IVOC, SVOC, and LVOC monitoring IONICON Analytik, the Austrian based leading manufacturer of real-time trace gas analyzers, introduces a new sample introduction system for aerosols to complement its PTR-TOFMS series products: CHARON. This revolutionary new inlet enables IONICON PTR-TOFMS series instruments to measure aerosols directly with the most versatile, [...]
CHROMACON AND ITS PARTNER H&E OPEN A TRAINING CENTER IN BEIJING
October 27, 2017
Zurich/Beijing. ChromaCon has established a strong presence in China having distribution partners in Beijing (H&E) and Shanghai (ES Technologies) and a business development desk in Shanghai. We are proud to announce that we have established a training center for automated and continuous chromatography at the Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Protein Drugs in Beijing [...]
Mercodia Releases Unique Multiplex Assay in Collaboration with Quansys
October 27, 2017
Multiplex assays have been plagued by a lack of specificity and accuracy, with unreliable data as a result. However, a new multiplex assay has reached the US market. Mercodia, based in Sweden, has teamed-up with Quansys Biosciences, based in the US, to launch the AKURIO Islet Hormones multiplex assay, which measures four of the most [...]
October 26, 2017
Collaboration will use PanCancer IO360 Assay Which Incorporates the Tumor Inflammation Signature (TIS) and mismatch repair genes (MMR) for assessment of MSI-H phenotype SEATTLE and PITTSBURGH -- NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, and the NSABP Foundation, Inc. (NSABP), an academic research organization supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and industry funding, [...]
