April 27, 2017
Overview: The Thermo Scientific Explorer 4 Analyzer with MQA software now offers improved throughput for analysis of non-metallic inclusions in steel. The platform is a fourth-generation scanning electron microscope (SEM)/x-ray spectroscopy (EDX) for industrial manufacturing. It is faster and easier to use than its predecessors, yet still maintains its predecessors’ industry-standard accuracy and reliability. Key [...]
April 26, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. -- Jeffrey A. Hawkins, Vice President and General Manager of Reproductive Genetic Health at Illumina, Inc., has been elected to the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine Board of Directors. The ACMG Foundation is a national nonprofit foundation dedicated to facilitating the integration of genetics and genomics into medical practice. The board members are [...]
Release of the New Field Emission Cryo-Electron Microscope JEM-Z200FSC
April 26, 2017
JEOL Ltd. (President Gon-emon Kurihara) announces the release of a new field-emission cryo-electron microscope, the JEM-Z200FSC (CRYO ARM™ 200), to be released in April 2017. Product development background Cryo-electron microscopy has been established as a method to enable observation of cells and biological molecules with no fixation and no staining. Owing to the recent rapid [...]
HACH TO BECOME PREFERRED SUPPLIER FOR NEREDA WASTEWATER TREATMENT INSTALLATIONS
April 26, 2017
International engineering consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV will collaborate with Hach Company to have its analytical instrumentation certified to test the quality of water treated with the Nereda® technology. As part of the agreement, the companies will collaborate in development and innovation to further improve the applicability of Hach instrumentation to Nereda-specific conditions and to contribute to [...]
Integration with SCPA chromatography software
April 26, 2017
Microsaic Systems plc (AIM: MSYS), the developer of chip-based mass spectrometry instruments, is pleased to announce its collaboration with SCPA GmbH (“SCPA”), and the integration of Microsaic’s 4000 MiD® compact mass spectrometer with SCPA’s universal PrepCon 5 preparative data and control software. The PrepCon 5 software can now be used in conjunction with the 4000 [...]
Sale of Industrial Analysis business to Hitachi High-Technologies
April 26, 2017
This announcement includes inside information Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high technology solutions, information and services for industry and research, today announces that it has agreed to sell its Industrial Analysis business to Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (‘HHT’) for a consideration of £80 million on a cash and debt free basis. HHT will acquire [...]
transOMIC technologies Launches transEDIT-dual CRISPR Combinatorial Gene Knockout Kits
April 26, 2017
One vector targets two genes, creating a combinatorial knockout to speed up the pace of genomic discoveries HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The simultaneous knockout of two genes can help identify functional relationships between genes, which can lead to a better understanding of biological systems and can have direct implications for cancer therapeutic development as well as other [...]
Genisphere Begins Collaborative and Sponsored Research Program with the University of Maryland
April 26, 2017
HATFIELD, Pa. -- Genisphere LLC, provider of the 3DNA® drug delivery platform, has signed a collaborative and sponsored research agreement with the University of Maryland, through Dr. Silvia Muro. The overall goal of the partnership is to study the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of various 3DNA designs and formulations after in vivo administration. Additional aims involve targeting diseases [...]
BD Licenses Novel Molecular Indexing Technology to Roche
April 26, 2017
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that it has non-exclusively licensed its patented stochastic labelling technology to Roche for multiple commercial applications. BD's patented stochastic labelling technology incorporating molecular indexes (known also as UMIs or molecular barcodes), enables the precise counting of individual biological [...]

