ProteinSimple Unveils the New Single Analyte Cartridge for Simple Plex
January 29, 2016
Santa Clara, California, — ProteinSimple announced an expansion of the Simple Plex™ immunoassay offering by launching a new single analyte cartridge for the analysis of 72 samples at once. This new cartridge enables Simple Plex users to run 72 samples in an hour with triplicate results. It is powered by R&D Systems® reagents, the expert [...]
Physik Instrumente Promotes James Deichmann to Head PI’s US Western Region Sales Teams
January 29, 2016
Auburn, MA -- PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a leader and solution provider in motion control and positioning components and systems, has promoted James Deichmann to Director of Sales for the US Western Region. Deichmann, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, has been handling PI's key [...]
January 28, 2016
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & BALTIMORE --DNAnexus Inc., the global leader in cloud-based genome informatics and data management, today announced the integration of its cloud-based genomics platform with Sapio Sciences’ Exemplar Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) solution for clinical and research labs. Organizations and their labs now have a cloud-based, sample-to-answer tracking [...]
Anton Paar Launches the Litesizer™ 500: Particle Analysis by Light Scattering
January 28, 2016
Ashland, Virginia -- The size and stability of nanoparticles and microparticles are crucial to their function as well as to their processing and transport properties. Anton Paar now introduces the Litesizer™ 500, a light-scattering device for particle analysis that gives the user rapid and accurate insight into particle systems. In one simple and elegant instrument, [...]
WaferGen Bio-systems Announces 50 Percent Year-Over-Year Growth in Fourth Quarter 2015 Revenues
January 28, 2016
FREMONT, Calif., - WaferGen Bio-systems (NASDAQ:WGBS) announced preliminary, unaudited revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015. The Company expects total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015 to be in the range of $2.3 million to $2.5 million, which would represent an increase of 43-55% when compared to the $1.6 million reported for the fourth [...]
Chiral Technologies and Strem Chemicals Team Up To Offer High Purity Chiral Reagents
January 28, 2016
WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Chiral Technologies, Inc., part of DAICEL CORPORATION, the global market leader in enantioselective chromatography, announced they will begin selling Daicel’s chiral reagents in the U.S. and Europe exclusively through Strem Chemicals, Inc. Daicel Corporation will launch a series of chiral reagents that include chiral ligands, chiral auxiliaries, and chiral starting materials. [...]
Illumina Appoints Dr. Frances Arnold to Its Board of Directors
January 28, 2016
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced that Dr. Frances Arnold has joined the company's Board of Directors. Dr. Arnold manages a research group at the California Institute of Technology and is the Director of the Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center. "We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Arnold to our board [...]
Brooks Introduces TempAura Remote Temperature Monitoring For Small, Distributed Biosample Storage
January 27, 2016
CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A. — Brooks Automation, a global provider of automated sample storage systems for compound management and biorepositories, has introduced TempAuraTM remote sample temperature monitoring. The solution’s do-it-yourself installation, simple operation, and Web-based data portal permit immediate response when sample conditions exceed tolerances. “TempAura is the only solution that brings easy to use, affordable [...]
Real-Time 3D Cell Invasion Assay
January 27, 2016
AMSBIO announces the launch of the Oris™ 3D Embedded Invasion Assay – a unique product offering quantifiable real-time analysis of cell invasion. This new cell invasion assay is designed to enable cell movement through an extracellular matrix (ECM) in 3-Dimensions, thereby getting you as close as possible to an in vivo experiment using in vitro [...]
Peel Back Heat-Sealed Food Lids Without Strain
January 27, 2016
BOGNOR REGIS, UNITED KINGDOM – Lloyd Instruments, a market leader in the field of materials testing instruments, has developed a fixture specifically to test the peel strength of heat sealed plastic film covers on food containers. The peel fixture fits the company’s food texture analyzer and single column testing machines and is designed to help [...]

