1ST DETECT, ASTROTECH SUBSIDIARY, EXPANDS U.S. PATENT PORTFOLIO FOR CHEMICAL ANALYZERS

USTIN, Texas--1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC), was awarded two patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) securing the company’s core ion trap chemical analyzer technology used for chemical detection and analysis. This increases 1st Detect’s total patent count to 11 U.S. and nine international issued and 11 [...]

New Glass Cuvette With Screw Cap Released by FireflySci

Brooklyn, NY -- FireflySci Inc. is the latest edition to the world of glass cuvette manufacturing. The founders of the company, Simcha Woitovich and Gordon Cinco have over 20 years of cuvette manufacturing experience. While they carry a line of standard spectrophotometer cuvettes, they also continue to bring fresh new product ideas to the spectroscopy [...]

Singapore General Hospital and Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborate to Identify the Prevalence of Asian-Specific Genetic Mutations in Cancer

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced the establishment of a collaborative partnership aimed at identifying cancer genetic mutations linked with Asian populations using Thermo Fisher’s Ion Torrent next-generation sequencing (NGS) platform. The research collaboration will take phased approaches to analyze retrospective samples from cancer patients with Asian ancestry [...]

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Hosts Hall of Fame of German Research for the First Time

Darmstadt, Germany – Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that it has sponsored and helped organize the Hall of Fame of German Research for the first time. At today's event, Gerhard Ertl and Manfred Weck were added as two further members to this circle of distinguished scientists. “As a science and technology [...]

QIAGEN introduces GeneReader NGS System

Austin, Texas, and Hilden, Germany – QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the start of commercialization activities for its GeneReader NGS System, the first complete Sample to Insight next-generation sequencing (NGS) solution designed for any laboratory to deliver actionable results. With the introduction of the GeneReader NGS System*, QIAGEN is offering [...]

Sigma-Aldrich Collaborates with GENEWIZ and Oxford Genetics to Speed Ordering Process for DNA Services

ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and Technology company, today announced it has expanded its distribution agreements with GENEWIZ® and Oxford Genetics to provide customers with an easy-to-use, web-based ordering system that will provide instant pricing for most synthetic DNA up to 5kb. Scientists can now order synthesized genes from [...]

Quad Technologies launches cell separation solution following successful investment

WOBURN, Mass.--The most promising areas of translational medical research, including CAR-T cancer therapies and stem cell-based regenerative medicine, require the isolation and purification of large numbers of viable, functional cells. There is growing demand from researchers and clinicians for technologies that provide high viability, enhanced efficiency and scalability to optimize conventional cell separation techniques. Quad [...]

SeraCare Life Sciences Announces Early Access Programs for ctDNA and RNA Fusion Reference Materials

MILFORD, Mass. -- SeraCare Life Sciences, a leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers and clinical diagnostics laboratories announces two important development milestones to their growing portfolio of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based tools for Precision Medicine. Early access programs for the first commercial, novel circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) reference materials and multiplex RNA fusion reference [...]

DataApex and ACCHROM Instrument Technologies Co. Ltd. announce OEM cooperation

Prague -- DataApex, a leader in chromatography software, and ACCHROM Instrument Technologies, a Chinese analytical instrument provider, announce the OEM cooperation. ACCHROM Technologies will market an OEM version of Clarity Chromatography Software under the name ACstation Chromatography Software. ACstation includes control drivers for a complete S6000 HPLC system that cover pumps, auto sampler, column oven [...]

LabGard AIR Class II, Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet Now Available

PLYMOUTH, Minn. -- NuAire, Inc., is pleased to announce the launch of our newest biological safety cabinet, the LabGard AIR. This is a Class II, Type A2 cabinet specifically designed to meet the demanding needs of today's research facilities. With a demonstrated concern for safety, multiple opening options, and variable output scenarios, the LabGard AIR [...]

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