RURO Announces FreezerPro Cloud

Frederick, MD -- RURO, Inc., a leading LIMS and other sample management solutions provider, announced that its best-selling system, FreezerPro®, is now available as a subscription-based, cloud-hosted software service. FreezerPro® software for sample management, is the first cloud-based system of its kind FreezerPro® Cloud eliminates the need for your own IT resources to support a [...]

Genomics England announces Congenica as an interpretation partner as it expands industry engagement

Genomics England announces that Congenica has won a contract to provide genome interpretation for 8000 patients participating in the 100,000 Genomes Project. Tom Weaver, CEO of Cambridge-based Congenica, is delighted that its technology is reaching patients and says: “One of the aims of Genomics England is to enable NHS patients to gain early benefit from [...]

AAIPharma Services Corp. / Cambridge Major Laboratories, Inc. Selects Freeslate Powder Dispensing System To Increase Its Solid State Capabilities

SUNNYVALE, CA and WILMINGTON, NC -- Freeslate, Inc., the leading provider of high throughput research solutions for biopharmaceutical development, today announced that AAIPharma Services Corp. / Cambridge Major Laboratories, Inc. (AAI/CML) has acquired a CM Protégé Powder Dispense System to support its existing Freeslate Core Module system for solid state screening and characterization. As Contract [...]

VWR Announces Closing of New Senior Secured Credit Facility

RADNOR, Pa. -- VWR Corporation (NASDAQ: VWR), a leading, global, independent provider of products, services and solutions to laboratory and production facilities, today announced that it has secured a new senior secured credit facility consisting of a $910 million U.S. dollar denominated term loan A facility due 2020, a €460 million Euro denominated term loan [...]

Brooks Automation Features Automated Cryogenic Sample Management and Storage Products in Europe at ESBB 2015

LONDON, U.K. — Brooks Automation, Inc., the global leader in automated cold-chain sample management for drug discovery and biostorage applications, will highlight its BioStore™ III Cryo automated cryogenic sample management system, CryoPodTM carrier, and new FluidXTM cryo storage consumables to the European market today at the 2015 annual conference of the European, Middle Eastern, and [...]

InDevR Announces Creation of Strategic Advisory Board

Boulder, CO – InDevR, Inc., an innovative biotechnology company dedicated to improving diagnostics and vaccine manufacturing, today announced the formation of the InDevR Strategic Advisory Board, an esteemed group of scientific and business leaders chosen to counsel the company on the opportunities for maximizing the impact of its technologies globally. Kathy Rowlen, Ph.D., Chief Executive [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Alfa Aesar to Significantly Expand Laboratory Chemicals Offering

WALTHAM, Mass.-- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Alfa Aesar, a leading global manufacturer of research chemicals, from Johnson Matthey Plc, for £256 million (or approximately $400 million) in cash. “With the close of the transaction, we now have the opportunity to [...]

Allotrope Foundation Releases Allotrope Framework 1.0

Washington, DC – Allotrope Foundation announces a major milestone: release of the first production version of its flagship Allotrope Framework to Allotrope Foundation and Allotrope Partner Network Members. The September internal release package includes version 1.0 of the Allotrope Data Format (ADF), the Application Programming Interfaces, (APIs), and the Allotrope Foundation Taxonomies (AFTs), marking the [...]

New technology boosts productivity and savings in mineral exploration

The Lab-at-Rig® technology that CSIRO has developed in partnership with Imdex and Olympus, under the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC), enables chemistry and mineralogy of rocks found within a drill hole to be analysed within minutes of drilling. “Lab-at-Rig® is an important breakthrough for the industry because of the potentially massive cost [...]

Shimadzu’s Nexera MX Ultra Fast Multianalyte LCMS System Offers Excellent Operational Efficiency and Up to Double the Previous Sample Processing Capability

Shimadzu has released the new Nexera MX ultra-fast multianalyte LCMS system, which offers up to double the sample processing capability of conventional liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer (LCMS) systems. The Nexera MX features two analytical flow lines in a single LCMS system. This setup maximizes operating efficiency by alternating between the two lines for injecting samples. [...]

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