REDLANDS, Calif. -- Climet Instruments Company, a division of Venturedyne Ltd. (www.climet.com), the leading manufacturer of high-quality cleanroom particle counters and microbial samplers, today announced the introduction of their NextGen portable particle counter, the CI-x70 Series. This NextGen model compliments Climet's current CI-x5x Series of portable particle counters. 1070 Series Portable Particle Counter The CI-x70 NextGen particle [...]

GeoImage™ uses a camera to measure vitrinite reflectance and quickly determine the thermal maturity of coal and coke. SAN DIMAS, CA – Coal is a vital source of energy. GeoImage™ is the newest Vitrinite Reflectance Measurement System from CRAIC Technologies and is designed to determine the grade of coal and coke by vitrinite reflectance per the ISO 7404-5 [...]

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Hudson Robotics, Inc., of Springfield, NJ, in cooperation with Johns Hopkins University, has recently been awarded an NIH grant to develop a commercially viable high-throughput screening (HTS) system for in vivo studies of zebrafish. This system, termed the Automated Reporter Quantification in vivo (ARQiv) system, will bring high-throughput screening technology into the realm of in vivo studies of whole organisms. [...]

- The novel company will focus on transformational beneficial microbes for plants to provide growers with next generation solutions to their biggest challenges - Initial activities will focus on nitrogen fixation, minimizing agriculture's environmental impact - The work combines the synthetic biology leadership of Ginkgo Bioworks with Bayer's deep knowledge and experience in agriculture and [...]

Chelmsford, Mass. -- BioStorage® Technologies GMBH, the EU Biobanking and Sample Bioprocessing Services subsidiary of Brooks Life Science Systems, announced it has been awarded CIR (Credit d´Impôt Recherche) Research Tax Credit service provider status by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR), for the three-year period 2017 through 2019. The CIR allows eligible research-based [...]

The single platform Atomx XYZ Automated Purge and Trap Concentrator and Autosampler works in three dimensions to save space and improve analytical productivity. Mason, OH – Teledyne Tekmar introduces the Atomx XYZ Automated Purge and Trap concentrator with integrated autosampler.  The Atomx XYZ is the next generation of Tekmar’s Atomx VOC sample preparation system for automated [...]

Munich, Germany – Fuse-It-siRNA is an innovative new transfection reagent that enables rapid and efficient gene silencing with the highest biocompatibility, even in sensitive and difficult-to-transfect cells, such as primary keratinocytes. ibidi’s novel method for endosome-independent siRNA transfection fully retains cellular functionality and viability. Using Fuse-It-siRNA, the researcher can focus directly on the knockdown phenotype without [...]

Jena, Germany – Hepatitis C (HCV) infection is the most common cause of liver cell carcinoma and liver transplants in Europe, which are possible late-stage effects of a chronic infection, alongside cirrhosis of the liver. An antiviral therapy to eliminate the hepatitis C virus allows a treatment and curing of the infection. The standardized approach for [...]

Will store 3.5 million biospecimens, including over 150,000 aliquots from 25,000 participants, as part of the Biobank for Microbiome Research in Massachusetts joint collaboration Franklin, Mass. – Hamilton Storage announces that their Hamilton BiOS® automated storage system was selected for use in the Biobank for Microbiome Research in Massachusetts (BIOM-Mass) project; a collaborative effort between Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public [...]

In-Depth Genomics Leverages PerkinElmer’s Comprehensive Sequencing Services to Provide Whole Genome Sequencing to Neurology Patients   National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio, Booth #535 – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced an innovative collaboration with In-Depth Genomics (IDG) to support IDG’s Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Diagnostic Program that [...]