Honeywell Announces New Canadian Distributor For Its Research Chemicals Business

SEELZE, Germany — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced it has expanded its distributor network for its portfolio of inorganics, solvents and other essential research chemicals for academic, pharmaceutical and industrial laboratories. Canadian Life Science, Canada’s leading supplier of chromatography, dissolution and spectroscopy essentials, has become an authorized distributor for Honeywell’s analytical chemistry portfolio in Canada. That [...]

Peak Serum, Inc., Supplier of Life Science Laboratory Products, Joins Georgia Bio

Atlanta, GA - Peak Serum, Inc. is proud to have announced its recent membership to Georgia Bio (GaBio), joining esteemed members such as The University of Georgia, Johnson & Johnson, Emory University and Sutherland. Georgia Bio is a non-profit, membership-based organization that promotes the interests and growth of the life sciences industry. In an effort [...]

Appistry Enters Partnership with Washington University in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS - Appistry, a leading provider of solutions that simplify the analysis of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data, announced that it has entered into a partnership with Washington University in St. Louis. Appistry will integrate the VarScan software, developed at the university’s McDonnell Genome Institute, for variant detection in massively parallel sequencing data with the [...]

New FireflySci 96Well Plate for Fast ELISA Results

Brooklyn, NY - FireflySci has been manufacturing quartz and glass cuvettes for decades. FireflySci cuvettes are used in leading laboratories all over the globe. Their cute firefly logo has been spreading to more and more labs every day. In addition to manufacturing awesome cuvettes, FireflySci makes spectrophotometer calibration standards that never require recalibration. These revolutionary [...]

BD Expands its Portfolio of Easy-to-Use Cell Sorters with Introduction of BD FACSMelody™ System

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., - BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, continues to reinforce its commitment to making flow cytometry easier and more affordable with the introduction of its newest cell sorter, the BD FACSMelody™ system. Built for benchtop use, the new BD FACSMelody sorter is easy to learn, [...]

miniPCR™ announces first DNA amplification in space

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 25, 2016 - miniPCR™ announced the first successful DNA amplification on the International Space Station (ISS). Using a miniPCR thermal cycler, astronauts performed Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) on DNA samples on April 19th. Analysis performed today on Earth confirms that DNA amplification done in microgravity was successful, ushering in a new era [...]

Foresight invests £1.9 million into precision manufacturing and distribution company, Agar Scientific Limited

London - Foresight Group ("Foresight”) has supported the management buyout (“MBO”) of Agar Scientific Limited ("Agar” or the "Company”) from its current parent, Elektron Technology PLC with an investment of £1.9m. Agar is a leading manufacturer and distributor of scientific laboratory equipment, with a focus on electron microscopy consumables. Founded in 1981 by Alan Agar, [...]

MO BIO Laboratories launches the NoviPure® Microbial Protein Kit

CARLSBAD, Calif., - MO BIO Laboratories, a QIAGEN Company, the leader in soil, environmental, stool and microbial nucleic acid purification, announced the launch of the NoviPure® Microbial Protein Kit, for isolation of total cellular proteins from microbial cultures in a quick and user-friendly spin filter format. The NoviPure® Microbial Protein Kit features an optimized bead [...]

The Thermo Scientific Pharma 16 Twin-Screw Extruder allows simple switching between hot melt extrusion and continuous granulation operation

KARLSRUHE, Germany - Formulation scientists in pharmaceutical companies can benefit from a robust hybrid, twin-screw extruder that quickly switches between hot melt extrusion (HME) and continuous twin-screw granulation (TSG) operation, providing a comprehensive formulation development platform for drug delivery and continuous processing projects. The Thermo Scientific Pharma 16 Twin-Screw Extruder is designed for flexibility and [...]

VWR Launches Free Lab Management Solution to Support the Science Community

RADNOR, Pa., - VWR (NASDAQ: VWR), the leading, global, independent provider of product and service solutions to laboratory and production customers, announced the launch of SciTivity, a free web solution that allows scientific researchers to plan, manage and share laboratory information to ease and improve experimentation. Developed by VWR, SciTivity enables communication among scientists sharing [...]

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