MTS CELEBRATES THE OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING OF ITS SALES AND SERVICE OFFICE IN CHENNAI, INDIA

Eden Prairie, Minn. – MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, has announced the formal opening of its Indian sales and service office in Chennai. MTS has been doing business in India for more than 35 years and, with the Chennai facility, the company will continue [...]

Easily Measure Cancer Cell Death in a Co-Culture with KILR™ Assays from DiscoverX

Fremont, CA –– DiscoverX Corporation, a leading supplier of innovative cell-based assays and services for drug discovery and development, today announced the launch of the KILR Cytotoxicity Assay, a pioneering approach to accelerate the development of cancer immunotherapy drugs. Development of complex cancer immunotherapy drugs requires robust cell-based assays that allow scientists to determine whether [...]

Waters Introduces CORTECS C8 and Phenyl 1.6 and 2.7 Micron Columns

MILFORD, Mass. -- Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today added to its CORTECS®Columns product family with the introduction of two new chemistries. Built on Waters proven solid-core particle technology, the Waters® CORTECS C8 and CORTECS Phenyl analytical columns are designed for scientists who need to expand their chromatographic separation space while maximizing the speed, resolution and sensitivity [...]

Rigaku announces the NANOPIX, its latest small angle and wide angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS) measurement system

Tokyo, Japan. Rigaku Corporation announces the launch of the NANOPIX SAXS/WAXS measurement system, a new X-ray scattering instrument designed for nanostructure analyses. The NANOPIX SAXS/WAXS measurement system can be used for both small angle scattering (SAXS) and wide angle scattering (WAXS) measurements, which makes it possible to evaluate multiscale structures from sub-nanometer to nano-order (0.1 [...]

New High-Density Racks Conserve Tube Storage Space

Franklin, Mass. – Hamilton Storage introduces RackWare HD138 and HD60 high-density SBS-footprint racks for microtube and cryovial storage. Designed for use with Hamilton’s BiOS, SAM and Verso sample management and storage systems, the new RackWare increases the storage capacity in a given space by increasing the number of tubes that can be placed in an [...]

Illumina Signs Multiple Biobank Deals

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN)announced it has signed four separate biobanking deals with Vanderbilt University, University of Colorado at Denver, Partners HealthCare, and Montreal Heart Institute to advance personalized medicine and improve health care. Under the agreements, the large sample collections housed at each institution will be genotyped using Illuminatechnologies. By combining genomic [...]

Rapid growth in flow chemistry

Interest in flow chemistry systems has doubled since 2010 according to UK-based flow chemistry engineering specialists Vapourtec who experienced a further 15% increase in turnover in 2015. Vapourtec’s turnover over the past 5 years has increased by 100% mirroring key industry reports that reveal an ever growing interest and engagement by chemists around the world [...]

Agena Bioscience Partners with DaRui Biotech to Bring MassARRAY Technology to the Diagnostics Market in China

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Agena Bioscience announced its partnership with DaRui Biotechnology to co-develop a menu of in vitro diagnostic tests for oncology and inherited diseases on its MassARRAY® System for targeted genetic analysis. “The China Market is a significant opportunity for Agena Bioscience, representing twenty percent of our global business. This past year, we [...]

Rockland Immunochemicals, Inc. Introduces Melanoma Cell Lines in Collaboration with The Wistar Institute

LIMERICK, PA - Rockland Immunochemicals, Inc. (Rockland) announces the availability of a new collection of human melanoma cell lines that have been developed and characterized over several decades in the laboratory of Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc., Caspar Wistar Professor in Melanoma Research, Director of the Melanoma Research Center, and professor in the Molecular and Cellular [...]

InSphero Inc. Streamlines 3D Microtissue Business Operations in US

Schlieren, Switzerland, – US subsidiary of Swiss-based InSphero AG initiates direct product shipments, progresses towards full-scale US bioproduction capabilities.. PDF Version InSphero AG, the leading supplier of easy-to-use solutions for production, culture, and assessment of organotypic 3D cell culture models, has begun accepting orders and processing all financial transactions with customers in North America through [...]

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