WASHINGTON - AACR 2017 -- Paragon Genomics, a life science company dedicated to improving the critical upfront target enrichment and library preparation workflow for Next-Generation Sequencing, is launching its CleanPlex™ target enrichment solution. It is a patented amplicon sequencing technology, debuting at AACR Annual Meeting 2017 together with its CleanPlex™ OncoZoom Panel covering the hotspots of 65 key oncogenes, panels covering the entire coding regions of specific genes [...]

SP Industries, Inc. (SP),  has announced that Robert (Rob) Darrington has joined SP Industries as Vice President of Marketing for the SP Scientific division. Ian Whitehall, Chief Marketing Officer of SP stated, “In this leadership role, Rob will be heading our product management and technical marketing teams, assuring that SP Scientific product strategies are aligned with [...]

Rigaku introduces new multipurpose X-ray diffraction system with built-in intelligent guidance to optimize hardware configuration and settings for specific application measurements TOKYO -- Rigaku Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the Rigaku SmartLab SE system, a highly versatile multipurpose X-ray diffractometer with built-in intelligent guidance. The SmartLab® SE system offers continued refinement of the ease-of-use [...]

The electron microscope, a powerful tool for science, just became even more powerful, with an improvement developed by Cornell physicists. Their electron microscope pixel array detector (EMPAD) yields not just an image, but a wealth of information about the electrons that create the image and, from that, more about the structure of the sample. “We [...]

Tokyo – Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd. ("Panasonic Healthcare HD") and Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd. ("Panasonic Healthcare") have decided to change the company names (trade names) to PHC Holdings Corporation and PHC Corporation respectively. This will become effective April 2018. In 2014, Panasonic Healthcare was carved out of the Panasonic group with external funding. Founded [...]

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Singulex, a global immunodiagnostics company pioneering ultra-sensitivity in the precision measurement of biomarkers, today announced they have CE marking for the Sgx Clarity® system, a fully-automated, in vitro diagnostics (IVD) platform, powered by Single Molecule Counting technology. Up to 1,000 times more sensitive than existing technologies, Single Molecule Counting technology measures biomarkers at the [...]

- Enables real-time measurements of cell health, proliferation, movement and function while cells remain unperturbed in a physiologically relevant environment - Automates data capture and cell assessment around-the-clock, inside the incubator - Offers a simple yet powerful workflow that supports an entire research team ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Essen BioScience, a pioneer and leader in the field of cell-based assays [...]

Ergonomic and easy to use, the new Olympus CX43 and CX33 microscopes help keep users comfortable during long periods of use, maximizing work efficiency. In high-throughput laboratory environments, user comfort is important for maintaining productivity. The CX43 and CX33 microscopes are designed with features to minimize user fatigue, including: The stage is 70 mm lower [...]

Materials Park, OH/Lake Bluff, IL– ASM International announces that Buehler, An ITW Company, has renewed its collaboration with ASM by supporting the ASM World Training Center in Novelty, Ohio. Through this continued effort, ASM will include Buehler’s newest metallographic preparation equipment – the EcoMet 300 Polisher/Grinder, the IsoMet High Speed precision saw, and the SimpliMet [...]

SAN DIEGO---- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced it is contributing more than 8,000 associations of somatic genetic alterations--variants linked to tumors--to the Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer (CIViC) resource, an openly accessible database hosted by Washington University in St. Louis that can be used in precision medicine. Illumina's donation triples the number of [...]