Agilent Technologies Introduces Transformational Technology for Gas Chromatography

New Intuitive GC Solution Improves User Experience SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a new addition to its industry-leading line of gas chromatographs. The Agilent Intuvo 9000 GC solution offers users new innovative technology that will help laboratories meet operational, scientific and financial goals. Designed together with customers, for customers, the [...]

FEI Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific

HILLSBORO, Ore. -- FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) today announced that at the special meeting of FEI’s shareholders held on August 30, 2016, its shareholders overwhelmingly approved the previously announced acquisition of FEI by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO). The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2016, subject to the satisfaction of customary [...]

PositiveID Corporation and ENSCO Awarded U.S. Department of Homeland Security Contract for SenseNet Program Phase II

Following successful completion of SenseNet Phase I, PositiveID and ENSCO have been selected for the Phase II contract DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- PositiveID Corporation ("PositiveID") (OTCQB:PSID), a life sciences company focused on detection and diagnostics, today announced that it, in conjunction with its partner, ENSCO, Inc., has been awarded a Phase II contract under the [...]

Agena Bioscience Names Genelex as Certified Service Provider for Targeted Genetic Analysis

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Agena Bioscience today announced the successful certification of Genelex as a Certified Service Provider of the MassARRAY® technology. The MassARRAY System is used to identify and validate SNPs, INDELs, CNV’s, translocations, somatic mutations, including rare variants, and methylation profiles across a variety of sample types. The flexibility and scalability of the [...]

BMG LABTECH invests 4.5 million Euro in headquarters site expansion

Leading microplate reader manufacturer doubles its production area Ortenberg, Germany – BMG LABTECH has recorded a rapid increase in revenue over the past years. A new company building provides the additional capacity required for the company's anticipated business growth over the longer term. The expansion is a necessary response to the global demand for BMG [...]

Synthetic Genomics team engineers Vmax™, an advantaged next-generation host organism for a wide range of biotechnology applications

Optimized system has potential to replace the workhorse E. coli by increasing speed and efficiency of protein production and cloning LA JOLLA, CA –– Researchers from Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (SGI) announced today the development and extensive engineering of Vibrio natriegens into a next-generation biotechnology host organism Vmax™. Looking to accelerate the pace of discovery and [...]

Shimadzu’s New GCMS-TQ8050 Triple Quadrupole Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer Offers the World’s Highest Sensitivity and Supports Ultra-Trace Analysis

Shimadzu Corporation announces the release of the GCMS-TQ8050, a top-of-the-line triple quadrupole gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS). The GCMS-TQ8050 is an ultra-high-sensitivity GC-MS/MS offering both robustness and the highest sensitivity levels in the world. In addition to detecting ultra-trace concentrations of components down to the femtogram level, it maintains those ultra-high-sensitivity levels for long periods. [...]

Sciex to Introduce Benchtop High Resolution Mass Spec for Forensic Toxicology Analysis at TIAFT 2016 Meeting in Brisbane, Australia, Aug 28 – Sep 1, 2016

Guest presenters to demonstrate innovations around the application of LC-MS/MS in screening of drugs in biological samples and detection of alcohol consumption SINGAPORE — SCIEX a global leader in life science analytical technologies, will introduce its first robust high resolution mass spectrometry (MS) system designed specifically for routine applications like forensic testing at the 54th [...]

Simulations Plus Releases PKPlus™ Version 1.0

Next-generation software for preclinical and clinical trial data analysis LANCASTER, Calif.-- Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLP), the premier provider of simulation and modeling software and consulting services for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today announced that it has released version 1.0 of PKPlus, its next-generation software for analysis of preclinical and clinical trial data. Mark Pflieger, [...]

Autoscribe Informatics Outscores Rivals for LIMS Project in USA

Adding to its fast growing list of customers in the water industry, Autoscribe Informatics has won another major order in the USA to supply the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information System (LIMS) to a large Water District that supplies 2.4 million people with water. Matrix Gemini has been chosen as a LIMS that will contribute to [...]

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