Flexible Amersham™ Typhoon™ NIR Plus Biomolecular Imager for near-infrared multiplex detection
May 16, 2017
Save time with accurate quantitation of three proteins, enabling normalization, in a single blot Amersham™ Typhoon™ NIR Plus is the latest modular and upgradable near-infrared imaging system from GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business. NIR Plus’ three-laser flexible configuration provides two essential NIR channels, as well as a third visible laser channel for triplex protein detection [...]
Lonza Invests to Develop Exosomes for Next-Generation Life-Science Applications
May 16, 2017
Lonza has acquired HansaBioMed Life Sciences and has invested into Exosomics Siena to develop next-generation research, therapeutic and diagnostic applications based on exosomes Exosomes technology will leverage Lonza’s portfolio of drug discovery products, as well as its development and manufacturing expertise in mammalian cell culture Basel, Switzerland – Lonza, a global leader in the field of [...]
LABVOLUTION 2017: SmartExtraction Technology from Analytik Jena now Available for Manual Extraction
May 16, 2017
Hanover/Jena (Germany) — The SmartExtraction technology of Analytik Jena AG is available from now on also for the manual isolation of nucleic acids. The Company made this announcement at this year’s Labvolution/Biotechnica trade fair, which is taking place from May 16 to 18 in Hanover, Germany. Only last year, Analytik Jena launched a global innovation in nucleic acid [...]
Hitachi High-Technologies Starts Capital and Business Alliance in the Genetic Testing Business
May 16, 2017
- Contributing to people’s health by promoting the spread of genetic testing equipment in the healthcare field - Tokyo, Japan: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) agreed to start a capital and business alliance (hereinafter, "the Alliance") with Precision System Science Co., Ltd. (PSS) relating to the genetic testing business using the PCR*¹ method. [...]
HighRes Founder to Step Down as CEO with Plans to Focus on Innovation as Chief Technology Officer
May 16, 2017
Beverly, MA – Today founder and CEO Lou Guarracina announced his decision to step down as CEO of the company, enabling him to focus on new technology development. He will remain on the board of the company, and will become its Chief Technology Officer. Guarracina founded the business in 2004 based on a unique modular [...]
New entry level reader configurations to simplify basic research
May 16, 2017
Männedorf, Switzerland – Tecan’s popular Infinite® 200 PRO series of multimode microplate readers has been updated to even better serve the life sciences market, with a number of new options and configurations designed to provide flexible and user-friendly solutions for entry level research applications. The proven and trusted Infinite 200 PRO microplate reader has been engineered [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Strengthens Portfolio of Endotoxin-Free Plasmid DNA Isolation Kits
May 15, 2017
New PureLink Expi Endotoxin-Free Maxi Kit Dramatically Reduces Plasmid Purification Time to Accelerate Innovation CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has expanded its line of endotoxin-free plasmid DNA isolation products with the launch of the PureLink Expi Endotoxin-Free Maxi Plasmid Purification Kit. With a simple and fast protocol for isolation, [...]
May 15, 2017
ARMONK, N.Y.: IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists have developed a “lab-on-a-chip” technology that can stretch double-stranded DNA molecules with the potential to efficiently reveal biomarkers that may indicate disease. This technology complements the IBM Research’s “lab-on-a-chip” nanoDLD technology which separates bioparticles, such as exosomes and which may also contain biomarkers for disease detection. The nanochannel technology, [...]
May 15, 2017
Precision System Science, Co., Ltd. (“PSS”) hereby announces that its Board of Directors has resolved at the meeting held on May 15, 2017 to conclude a capital and business alliance with Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (“Hitachi High-Tech”) (this alliance hereinafter referred to as the “Capital and Business Alliance”) and to issue new shares through a third-party [...]
Advanced Instruments Announces Appointment of Byron Selman as CEO
May 15, 2017
Norwood, MA – Advanced Instruments, LLC, a leader in laboratory instrumentation, is pleased to announce the appointment of Byron Selman as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Selman comes to Advanced Instruments from Haemonetics Corporation, where he served most recently as President of Global Markets. Prior to Haemonetics, he spent over 20 years with Pall Corporation in various [...]

