October 1, 2015
Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies, announces that on 30th September 2015 it completed the sale of its Alfa Aesar Research Chemicals business to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. for £256 million in cash. This completes the transaction which was firstannounced on 25th June 2015. Commenting on the transaction, Robert MacLeod, Chief Executive of [...]
Prior Scientific Announce New Senior Management Appointments
October 1, 2015
Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd., a global leader in precision instrumentation has announced changes to the executive leadership team. After a successful seven years with Prior Scientific, Managing Director, Dr. Monika Maintz has resigned and will be moving on to manage a Cambridgeshire based charity. “We want to thank Monika for her extraordinary accomplishments with Prior.” [...]
New UV-Vis Spectrophotometer Simplifies Sample Quality Decisions
October 1, 2015
Madison, Wisc. – Life scientists who work with DNA, RNA and proteins can make educated decisions about sample suitability in experiments using a standalone, microvolume spectrophotometer for accurate quantitation and purity measurements to ensure downstream application success. The Thermo Scientific NanoDrop One and NanoDrop OneC UV-Vis microvolume spectrophotometers are designed to help life science researchers [...]
Ilumina Expands World’s Largest Genomics Analysis Platform and Adds to Open Source Initiative
October 1, 2015
SAN DIEGO - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced several new additions to BaseSpace--the world's largest and most comprehensive cloud computing environment--with the launch of BaseSpace Professional and Enterprise Editions, fully integrated Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) solutions and advanced infrastructure upgrades. "BaseSpace is continuing to show phenomenal growth with more than 75 percent year-over-year [...]
October 1, 2015
Ann Arbor, MI –– Rubicon Genomics, Inc., today announced that its ThruPLEX® Plasma-seq kit that prepares DNA libraries for the analysis of cell-free DNA circulating in plasma is now automated on Beckman Coulter’s Biomek FXP Liquid Handling Workstation, a leading automated solution for laboratories worldwide. ThruPLEX Plasma-seq’s single tube workflow is easily transferred to the [...]
Novaseek Research Launches Clinical Data Network for Research (CDNR) Platform
October 1, 2015
Boston, MA - Novaseek Research unveiled the Clinical Data Network for Research (CDNR) platform, the industry's first comprehensive platform providing researchers in the life science industry and academia with access to real-world real-time clinical patient data and human biospecimens in compliance with HIPAA. Access to data and biospecimens is essential to understanding diseases and developing [...]
Analytik Jena AG Expands Executive Management Board
October 1, 2015
Jena, Germany — At a meeting in September, the Supervisory Board of Analytik Jena AG made the decision to expand the Company’s Executive Board. In this way, the Company is responding to its growth and the ever-increasing challenges associated with its operational business. The management body of the Jena-based technology Company will be expanded to [...]
October 1, 2015
TOKYO, Japan — Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE) announced that it has developed a new photoacoustic microscope that enables non-invasive imaging of blood vessels in the dermis to a depth of 3mm. Researchers in regenerative medicine and dermatology currently rely on biopsies to gain information about blood vessels in [...]
SDL acquires majority stake in Kore
October 1, 2015
The Chinese company, Beijing SDL Technology Co Ltd., is a leading supplier of environmental monitoring and analysis products in China, and has recently sought to add mass spectrometry products and expertise to its already impressive portfolio. Consequently, we are pleased to announce that SDL has now acquired a majority shareholding in Kore. SDL will sell [...]
BioTek Donates to University of Vermont Regenerative Medicine Research
October 1, 2015
WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments recently donated $10,000 to the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at the University of Vermont (UVM) College of Medicine, in Burlington, Vermont to support the program's research into lung health and disease. A multi-disciplinary team of UVM engineers, physicians, researchers and senior engineering students will use the funds to [...]
