- Expanded US FDA claim with 144 additional microbial species, for a total of 424 species now - Disposable MBT Biotargets™ with 96-spot AnchorChip™ functionality for high sensitivity - Available on standard microflex™ and high-end 200 Hz microflex smart MALDI-TOF systems - Workflow automation and productivity enhancements by MBT Pilot™ and MBT Galaxy™ BILLERICA, Mass. [...]

Eurofins Scientific (EUFI.PA), a world leader in providing analytical support to the global pharmaceutical industry, announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire DiscoverX, a leader in drug discovery products and services across all stages of discovery from target identification and lead discovery to preclinical and beyond. The transaction is expected to close in [...]

SPECTRO Analytical Instruments today introduced the SPECTRO MIDEX MID05 spectrometer — a fifth-generation, fast, accurate, small-spot energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) analyzer for precious metal testing. The new, compact SPECTRO MIDEX MID05 spectrometer delivers improved sensitivity and speed, and represents a smart alternative to fire assay testing. Incorporating the latest developments in ED-XRF detector technology using [...]

RURO’s BiobankPro® features intuitive specimen storage management with real-time, load and content charts and intelligent storage allocation. Frederick, MD RURO, Inc., a leading LIMS, RFID, LIS and laboratory software solutions provider, announces BiobankPro®, a workflow based enterprise solution for next-generation biobanking. BiobankPro provides an upgrade to FreezerPro®, RURO’s sample management solution. While FreezerPro® is freezer [...]

Autoscribe Informatics, a leading provider of Laboratory Information Managements Systems (LIMS) and other database management applications, has moved into larger premises in Lakeville Corporate Park, Lakeville, MA. This expansion of the US operation follows a similar move by the UK headquarters of Autoscribe Informatics into bigger offices in December 2017. Kristine Joyce, Operations Manager for [...]

BOSTON -- Today, Ginkgo Bioworks, the organism company, announced a new partnership with Kerry, the global taste and nutrition company. Ginkgo will work with Kerry on more efficient production of specialty enzymes used in food. This partnership marks Ginkgo's expansion into the enzyme industry, extending the company's market reach beyond its existing work in core strain [...]

The agreement with EVOSCIENCES enables analytical scientists working across all application areas, including life science research, pharmaceuticals, biologics, forensics, food testing and environmental analysis, to optimise the lifecycle of their SCIEX equipment. Warrington, U.K. — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and EVOSCIENCES, a world leader in management of high technology equipment, announced today that [...]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and ZHONGSHAN, China -- Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) and Ascendas Genomics today announced a strategic partnership to develop molecular diagnostics in China. Under the terms of the partnership, Ascendas Genomics will develop and commercialize molecular diagnostic systems and assays in China using microfluidic technologies included in the Fluidigm® Biomark™ HD and Juno™ systems. [...]

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. -- Pall Corporation, a leader in filtration, separation and purification, is pleased to introduce the mPath™ bioreactor control system to the biopharmaceutical market. The mPath benchtop bioreactor control system is a first-of-its-kind solution to deliver accurate measurement and control of single-use process development-scale bioprocesses. It will support the Allegro™ XRS 25 bioreactor, with further [...]

San Jose, California Nanolab Technologies Inc., a Silicon Valley-based analytical services lab has completed its current round of investment in new analytical instruments, making it the largest independent advanced microscopy lab in the world. “This is a significant step for us,” said Nanolab President and CEO John Traub, “and greatly increases our capacity to provide extremely high-resolution [...]