BLUEBEE TEAMS UP WITH ASPERA FOR FAST TRANSFER OF GENOMICS DATA FOR CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
April 5, 2016
ARMONK, NY: IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced that Bluebee, a leading provider of high-performance genomics solutions, has deployed high-speed file transfer solutions from Aspera, an IBM company, running on the IBM Cloud and integrated directly into the Bluebee genome analytics platform. Aspera transfers reduce the end-to-end turnaround time of computational data analysis, enabling Bluebee to deliver results [...]
April 4, 2016
The Woodlands, TX. - Rigaku Oxford Diffraction announced the release of a new single crystal diffractometer, the XtaLAB Synergy, at the British Crystallographic Association meeting in Nottingham, UK on April 4, 2016. Arriving on the anniversary of the acquisition of Agilent’s XRD group by Rigaku Corporation and the formation of the Rigaku Oxford Diffraction business [...]
Sunquest Acquires GeneInsight to Enhance Precision Medicine Capabilities
April 4, 2016
Tucson, Ariz. –– Sunquest Information Systems Inc. announced the acquisition of GeneInsight Inc., an IT company that streamlines the analysis, interpretation and reporting of complex genetic tests. The GeneInsight platform was developed by Partners HealthCare and has been in continuous clinical use since 2005 at the Laboratory for Molecular Medicine. In 2014, Sunquest made a [...]
April 4, 2016
Particle Metrix, developers of versatile particle characterization solutions for the life sciences, report on the work in the Liu Laboratory at Augusta University which is studying exosomes where size and concentration are critical parameters. Dr Yutao Liu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cellular Biology & Anatomy at Augusta University. The research goal [...]
BioTek Introduces New Lionheart™ FX Automated Live Cell Imager
April 4, 2016
WINOOSKI VT, USA - BioTek Instruments announces the launch of the Lionheart™ FX Automated Live Cell Imager with Augmented Microscopy™. Lionheart FX is optimized for kinetic live cell imaging, with up to 100x air and oil immersion magnification in a variety of slides, dishes, microplates and flasks. Imaging channels include brightfield, color brightfield, phase contrast [...]
April 1, 2016
Austin, TX – The Verax CTXTM represents JP3’s latest generation Near-Infrared analyzer designed specifically for oil and gas applications. With faster measurement times, four independent spectrometer detectors, enhanced optical components, and a new flow cell, the Verax CTX provides significant improvements in measurement speed, quality, repeatability, stability, and reliability in even the harshest environments. Natural [...]
Endress+Hauser Completes Takeover of Analytik Jena
April 1, 2016
Jena (Germany), — Swiss measurement and automation engineering specialist Endress+Hauser has completed the takeover of analytical instrumentation provider Analytik Jena. The remaining minority shares of Analytik Jena were legally transferred to Endress+Hauser on 30 March 2016 following the entry of the transfer resolution in the commercial registry that was previously adopted at the extraordinary general [...]
FluidFM® for FlexAFM now called Flex-FPM
April 1, 2016
The unique FluidFM® solution for the Nanosurf FlexAFM is now called Flex-FPM, the latter of which stands for FluidFM® Probe Microscope. With the new name we want to emphasize the compatibility with the FlexAFM product line, consisting of the Flex?ANA,Flex?Axiom, Flex?Bio, and Flex?FPM systems. The system’s functionality stays the same, using the proven FluidFM® microfluidic [...]
VWR Corporation Prices Public Offering by Selling Stockholder
April 1, 2016
Radnor, PA, - VWR Corporation (NASDAQ: VWR)announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock by selling stockholder Varietal Distribution Holdings, LLC at a price to the public of $26.00 per share. The offering is expected to close on April 5, 2016. VWR will not receive any proceeds from [...]
April 1, 2016
Wilmington, Massachusetts – New regulations came into effect that set acceptable Raman wavelength shifts and associated tolerances for benchtop and handheld Raman instruments for pharmaceutical applications. Rigaku Analytical Devices’ Progeny™ 1064nm handheld Raman analyzer is fully compliant with the new calibration standards which were published by the European Pharmacopeia (EP) in Supplement 8.7, Chapter 2.2.48 [...]
