Calculus Capital invests in Duvas Technologies

Private equity fund manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme specialist Calculus Capital has invested £2.25m in an Imperial College spin-out that has developed emissions detection technologies used to monitor air pollution in major cities and industrial centres around the world. Duvas Technologies (“Duvas”) produces equipment that enables remote sensing and identification of airborne chemicals and gases [...]

Simulations Plus Signs 5-year Consulting Agreement with Major Research Foundation

BUFFALO, N.Y.-- Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLP), a leading provider of modeling and simulation software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, announced that it has been awarded a $4.7 million, five-year contract by a major research foundation that prefers to remain anonymous, contingent on satisfactory completion of project milestones. The agreement involves expansion and further development [...]

Dako, an Agilent Technologies Company, Announces Availability of New Lung Cancer Test in Europe

CARPINTERIA, Calif. – Dako, an Agilent Technologies company and a worldwide provider of cancer diagnostics, announced the commercial availability in the EU of a new test that can identify PD-L1 expression levels on the surface of non-small cell lung cancer tumor cells and provide information on the survival benefit with OPDIVO® (nivolumab) for patients with [...]

Major cancer centers enter into agreements to access genomic data through the world’s largest urologic cancer genome expression database

San Diego – GenomeDx Biosciences announced that it has entered into seven recent agreements with leading cancer centers to provide access to GenomeDx’s genomic database and data sharing program – Decipher Genomics Resource Information Database (Decipher GRIDTM). These new cancer center collaborations, each of which was entered into in the first quarter of 2016, include [...]

New Gen5™ 3.0 Enables Quick, Effortless Cell-Based Imaging and More

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek announces the launch of Gen5™ 3.0 Data Analysis Software for their imaging and microplate detection instruments. Gen5 3.0 brings significant advancements to fixed and live cell applications and is launched concurrently with BioTek’s new Lionheart™ FX Automated Live Cell Imager for digital wide field microscopy applications. Gen5 3.0 offers automated [...]

Knowledge at your fingertips: the new Metrohm Information app

Our customer magazine Metrohm Information is now available for iOS and Android tablets, and it offers lots of extras. With the Metrohm Information app, application knowledge, laboratory tips and tricks, and in-depth information on analytical techniques are always just a tap away – wherever and whenever you might need them. And there’s more: The digital [...]

Lake Shore Terahertz Material Characterization System Installed in Brown University Lab

Columbus, Ohio -- Brown University scientists exploring how frequencies within the terahertz band of the electromagnetic spectrum can advance spectroscopic studies of materials recently added a new tool to their research arsenal: a THz-frequency materials characterization system from Lake Shore Cryotronics. Installed in the lab of Professor Dan Mittleman in early March by Lake Shore, [...]

TESCAN USA partners with SOQUELEC to promote and sell its products in Canada

Warrendale, Pennsylvania - TESCAN USA is pleased to announce an exclusive partnership agreement with SOQUELEC to sell and promote TESCAN products to all of Canada. TESCAN is a manufacturer of scientific equipment sold worldwide and SOQUELEC specializes in the sales and service of scientific equipment with an emphasis on electron microscopy. SOQUELEC has been involved [...]

The Weizmann Institute of Science Selects Bruker GigaHertz NMR Technology to Enable Advanced Structural Biology Research

REHOVOT, Israel and BILLERICA, Massachusetts – The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel announced major scientific instrument purchases from Bruker (NASDAQ: BRKR), including a novel Aeon™ 1GHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system for expanding frontiers in structural biology and intrinsically disordered protein (IDPs) research. Furthermore, the Weizmann Institute is adding an Aeon 600 MHz [...]

Biomed Realty Announces Illumina, Inc., as Sole Tenant for San Diego i3 Campus

San Diego, CA –– BioMed Realty announced that Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a world leader in genomics focused on improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome, has signed a 10 year lease at BioMed Realty's i3 campus, a 316,000 square foot development currently under construction in the University Towne Centre (UTC) life [...]

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