February 29, 2016
TOKYO, Japan, – Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced that it will establish Hitachi High-Tech Kyushu Corporation (Hitachi High-Tech Kyushu) in Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture on September 1, 2016. In addition, on October 1, 2016, Hitachi High-Tech will transfer a part of the biotechnology and medical products business from Hitachi High-Tech and its [...]
ECBC enters partnership with Biodetech to develop novel food safety system.
February 29, 2016
The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) signed a patent license agreement (PLA) and Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Biodetech, LLC, for the Agents of Biological Origin Identifier (ABOid) system in a formal signing ceremony Feb. 18 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Joseph Corriveau, Ph.D. director of ECBC, and Robert Webb, DVM, [...]
Merck Appoints New Executive Board Members
February 29, 2016
Darmstadt, Germany, January 19, 2016 – The Board of Partners of E. Merck KG has appointed two new members of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA: As of April 30, 2016, Udit Batra (45), Head of the Life Science business sector, and Walter Galinat (59), Head of the Performance Materials business sector, will become new [...]
Reichert Technologies Names Kalpana Singh Division Vice President and Business Unit Manager
February 29, 2016
BUFFALO, NY – Reichert Technologies, a unit of AMETEK Ultra Precision Technologies, has named Kalpana Singh as Division Vice President and Business Unit Manager. Ms. Singh joins Reichert from Danaher Corporation, where she was Vice President and General Manager of its 3-D dental imaging business. Prior to that role, Ms. Singh held progressive global leadership [...]
New sorbent tube for hazardous air pollutants Today at 2:51:PM
February 29, 2016
Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has released a new sorbent tube dedicated to the reliable analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air. The new ‘PAH tube’ is the outcome of a detailed optimisation process for the analysis of these highly challenging analytes, which are subject to very low limit levels worldwide because of their carcinogenic [...]
February 29, 2016
Salzburg, Austria and Ghent, Belgium – MyCartis, the provider of fully integrated and broadly applicable molecular diagnostics and immunodiagnostics solutions, and Sony DADC BioSciences announced the cooperation in the production of a microfluidic assay cartridge for MyCartis’ EvalutionTM digital multiplex analysis platform to support a range of applications in the clinical research and pharmaceutical markets [...]
Definiens Appoints Michael Rasche Global Head of Sales, Expands Executive Team
February 29, 2016
Munich, Germany – Definiens, The Tissue Phenomics® Company, announced that it has appointed Michael Rasche as the company’s Senior Vice President of Global Sales. Rasche will oversee Definiens’ Global Sales Team, with a special focus on accelerating customer acquisition for clinical business at a time of rapid momentum. “I am very excited to be part [...]
February 29, 2016
Fremont, CA – DiscoverX Corporation, the leading supplier of innovative cell-based assays and services for drug discovery and development, announced its partnership with the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), a public-private organization established in 2003, to develop selective and potent chemical probes for the unexplored human kinome and to promote open sharing of these probes with [...]
February 29, 2016
The University of Tokyo's Department of Mechanical Engineering was established in 1879, providing education based on four disciplines; mechanics, materials, hydrodynamics and thermodynamics. Within the Department, the Maruyama-Chiashi Laboratory focuses its research on the synthesis and analysis of carbon nanotubes (CNT), graphene and other nano-materials. They study applications related to the development of energy related [...]
New Automated SPR from Nicoya Lifesciences Levels the Playing Field in Protein Science
February 25, 2016
Kitchener, ON - Nicoya Lifesciences, a leader in label-free molecular analysis, announced its newest product, OpenSPR-XT - a fully automated molecular analysis instrument based on the highly successful OpenSPR instrument. The release of OpenSPR-XT will provide life sciences researchers from academia to industry with a high throughput SPR solution that is affordable for every lab. [...]
