New Managing Director Announced for Rigaku Europe SE
October 18, 2016
Ettlingen, Germany. Rigaku Corporation is pleased to announce that, as of July 1, 2016, Dr. Michael Hippler has joined the Rigaku Group as the Managing Director of Rigaku Europe SE. Prior to joining Rigaku, Dr. Hippler led an extensive career that includes experience with both X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) at Philips Analytical. [...]
Porvair Announce Record Sales of Microplate Evaporators
October 18, 2016
Porvair Sciences has confirmed that 2016 will see record sales of its Ultravap and Minivap ranges of blowdown evaporators to laboratories worldwide. The company first began selling nitrogen blowdown evaporators for microplate sample drying in 1999. Offering unmatched ease of integration into robotic liquid handling workflows, the latest Porvair microprocessor controlled evaporators, the Ultravap Mistral [...]
MKS Announces Release of Umetrics™ Active Dashboard
October 18, 2016
ANDOVER, Mass. -- MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, today announced the release of Active Dashboard, part of the Umetrics Suite of Data Analytics Solutions. Active Dashboard is a solution running across all devices and platforms which enables production leaders and managers to see a [...]
October 18, 2016
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Researchers looking to quickly and confidently identify expression biomarkers using highly challenging clinical research samples now have access to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s new Clariom Pico assays—the next generation family of transcriptome profiling tools designed to provide a fast and simple path to discovery. The two Clariom brand of assays (Clariom D Pico and [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Highlights Innovations in Polymer Analysis at K 2016
October 18, 2016
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will introduce new material characterization, molecular spectroscopy and web gauging solutions in hall 10, booth B59 at K Show, the world’s largest trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry. The company’s portfolio will focus on unparalleled integration of technologies, comprehensive insights for accelerated materials [...]
VIROCYT® DEVELOPS RAPID DETECTION SYSTEM FOR ENTEROVIRUS 71
October 18, 2016
ViroCyt®, the innovator in rapid virus quantification, and recently acquired by Sartorius, a leading international pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment provider, announced today the addition of another member of its ViroTag® portfolio of antibody-based detection reagents: ViroTag EV71. Enterovirus 71 or EV71 causes epidemics of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) as well as severe neurological [...]
SEQLL LAUNCHES EARLY ACCESS PROGRAM FOR NEW TRUE SINGLE MOLECULE SEQUENCING (TSMS™) BENCHTOP SYSTEM
October 17, 2016
Quantitative Sequencing Platform Addresses Limitations Of Other Sequencing Technologies. WOBURN, MA — SeqLL, LLC today announced the launch of the tSMS System Early Access Program giving researchers priority access to its proprietary quantitative sequencing platform. This benchtop system has been designed to deliver unparalleled quantitative RNA and specialty DNA sequencing results to both academic and [...]
October 17, 2016
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today debuted the first six-dye forensic kit specifically customized for European database requirements. The Applied Biosystems NGM Detect PCR Amplification Kit is designed to enable forensic analysts to maximize recovery of DNA information from degraded samples, which is essential to produce a profile [...]
October 17, 2016
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--To meet the growing demand for preemptive pharmacogenomic risk factor screening that may one day aid drug prescription practices, Thermo Fisher Scientific today introduced PharmacoScan Solution, a new microarray-based research tool that contains pharmacogenomic content with relevant markers involved in absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) pathways of commonly prescribed medicines. The PharmacoScan [...]
PerkinElmer Elects Samuel Chapin to Board of Directors
October 17, 2016
WALTHAM, Mass.-- PerkinElmer, Inc., (NYSE:PKI) a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that Samuel R. Chapin has been elected to the Company's Board of Directors. "I am pleased to welcome Samuel to our Board, as he brings extensive experience in strategic advisory, mergers and acquisitions, and deal financing for a [...]

