NETZSCH introduces TGA-FT-IR Database of Polymers
November 13, 2015
The coupling of a Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA) with an FT-IR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer) has become an absolute must, especially in the polymer industry. For over 20 years now, NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH, the Analyzing & Testing business unit of the NETZSCH Group, cooperates with the well-known producer of spectrometers Bruker Optics GmbH. The newly developed “TGA-FT-IR [...]
Abcam offers direct service to Singapore as part of deepening commitment to Asia-Pacific researchers
November 12, 2015
Cambridge, UK: Abcam plc, a global leader in the supply of life science research tools, announced today the launch of its direct service to Singapore, as part of a global commitment to support local researchers’ needs. The new Singapore service will provide direct technical support and customer services, expanding Abcam’s presence in the Asia-Pacific region. [...]
Meridian Bioscience Announces Investment in Oasis Diagnostics®
November 12, 2015
CINCINNATI -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ: VIVO) announced that it has made a minority investment in Oasis Diagnostics® Corporation ("Oasis"), with the right to acquire Oasis in the future. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Oasis designs, develops, manufactures and sells pre-analytic tools for the collection, preservation, and transportation of saliva/oral [...]
Corning and BioCision Form Global Distribution Agreement for Cell Cryopreservation Portfolio
November 12, 2015
CORNING, N.Y., AND SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. – Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) and BioCision, LLC announced an agreement that will enable laboratories around the world to further standardize and simplify key steps in their cell culture workflow. On January 1, 2016, Corning will become the global distributor of popular BioCision products, including the innovative CoolCell® cell [...]
Achieves Streamlining Multicomponet Simultaneous Analysis and Cutting Operation Cost
November 12, 2015
Shimadzu Corporation released the GCMS-QP2020 high-end single quadrupole gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. The GCMS-QP2020 is now equipped with a new turbomolecular pump with improved exhaust efficiency to achieve the highest sensitivity under various analytical conditions. With this new pump,in addition to helium, hydrogen and nitrogen can be used as the carrier gas which enables to [...]
November 12, 2015
Genomics England has today announced that it has contracted with WuXi NextCODE as a Clinical Interpretation Partner for the 100,000 Genomes Project. The China, US and Iceland-based company is the first to work with them on cancer samples and will also interpret samples in rare disease. Genomics England will work with the clinical interpretation partners [...]
November 12, 2015
Craigavon, N.I., UK, –– Almac Diagnostics announced that it had entered into a collaboration with Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) to establish a framework for the development of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based companion diagnostic assays. The collaboration enables Almac to develop next-generation sequencing (NGS) assays using the Illumina MiSeqDx® instrument, the first FDA-cleared IVD NGS system designed [...]
November 12, 2015
MIAMI -- Beckman Coulter Life Sciences and IncellDx, Inc. announced today they have signed a distribution agreement which focuses exclusively on clinical researchers in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan working on the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and cancer. The commercial partnership brings the power of multi-parameter flow cytometry to molecular testing, improving workflow while delivering [...]
LAUDA, the Constant temperature equipment specialist, acted as a successful general contractor
November 12, 2015
Perfect teamwork: For a chemicals company in Switzerland, the temperature control specialist, LAUDA, developed and realized a complete concept for controlling the temperatures of reactors and catalyzers over the temperature range from 50 to 360 °C For a large chemicals company in Switzerland, the task was to develop an optimized temperature control concept in the [...]
OGT licenses SNP probe technology to Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories
November 12, 2015
Oxford, UK – Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has entered into a deal with Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (BMGL), licensing the use of OGT’s proprietary single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array probe technology. This novel technology overcomes the limitations of restriction enzyme-based SNP probe approaches previously employed at BMGL for loss of heterozygosity [...]
