INTEGRA Helps Forsyth Institute Increase Pipetting Workflow Efficiency

INTEGRA reports on how researchers at the renowned Forsyth Institute (Cambridge, MA) are using a VIAFLO Assist to enhance the efficiency while maintaining the accuracy of pipetting protocols related to the discovery, measurement, and validation of new biomarkers of disease that can be found in saliva. Founded over 100 years ago, the Forsyth Institute (www.forsyth.org) [...]

Collaboration Involves $24 Million to Support UW’s Cutting-Edge Research

Scientific and technical instrument manufacturer FEI will provide state-of-the-art imaging equipment, software and support for cutting-edge digital rock research that will have far-reaching impacts for Wyoming’s oil and gas industry -- and its economy, the University of Wyoming announced today (Friday). Through this public-private partnership, UW and FEI intend to focus on advancing digital rock [...]

AirClean Systems PowderSafe Type B Enclosures usher in a new era of powder weighing and containment technology

CREEDMOOR, NORTH CAROLINA – AirClean® Systems PowderSafe™ Type B Enclosures usher in a new era of powder weighing and containment technology. PowderSafe™ Type B enclosures provide a controlled negative pressure HEPA-filtered environment for professionals to work with and weigh powders. PowderSafe™ Type B is fabricated with polypropylene, which is a chemically resistant, high mass polymer. [...]

Transgenomic Adds Asia Distributors for its ICEme Kits that Enable Liquid Biopsy-Based Genomics Cancer Research on Existing Platforms

OMAHA, Neb. — Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBIO), a global biotechnology company advancing precision medicine through advanced diagnostic tests and clinical and research services, today announced the addition of distributors in China and Japan for its ICEme™ Mutation Enrichment Kits for genomics research. The recently-launched kits use Transgenomic’s Multiplexed ICE COLD-PCR™ (MX-ICP) technology and are designed [...]

Analytik Jena Introduces the World’s First Hepatitis D Virus Test with CE-IVD Certification Applying WHO standard to the Market

Jena Germany — Analytik Jena AG is the world’s first company to bring to the market a kit with CE-IVD certification for the molecular diagnostic quantification of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) RNA, thus reaching a major new milestone in the standardization of HDV nucleic acid amplification tests. The Jena-based company is building on years of [...]

Neogen acquires U.K.-based Lab M Holdings

LANSING, Mich. — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has acquired the stock of United Kingdom-based Lab M Holdings, a developer, manufacturer and supplier of microbiological culture media and diagnostic systems. Lab M was founded in 1971, and has grown into a leading provider of microbial testing and diagnostic products for the global [...]

Merck Places Euro Bonds Amounting to € 2.1 Billion

Darmstadt, Germany – Merck, a leading company for innovative, topquality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials, successfully placed euro bonds today via its subsidiary Merck Financial Services GmbH. This serves the financing of the proposed acquisition of the U.S. life science company Sigma-Aldrich. In total, three tranches were placed: a floating rate [...]

Sigma-Aldrich Announces Agreement with Public Health England to Manufacture and Supply NCTC/NCPF Certified Reference Materials

ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and Technology Company, today announced it has signed an agreement with Public Health England (PHE) to manufacture and supply bacterial and fungal NCTC/NCPF Certified Reference Materials (CRM) in LENTICULE® disc format worldwide for use as controls in food, water, environmental and clinical testing microbiology [...]

SCIEX QTRAP® 6500 LC-MS/MS System Demonstrates Exceptional Sensitivity and Selectivity in Method Development

Framingham, MA — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, announced today that Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark has invested in SCIEX QTRAP® 6500 technology to develop novel mass spectrometry-based assays for clinical research laboratories. Scientists at the hospital’s Department of Clinical Biochemistry are using the QTRAP 6500 LC-MS/MS system for advanced clinical [...]

Sage Analytics Ships the First Luminary™ Beacons – a New Type of Cannabis Potency Testing System

BOULDER, Colo. -- Sage Analytics (www.sageanalytics.com), the developers of a new generation of portable, laboratory-quality cannabis potency measurement systems, announced today that the company is shipping the first Luminary™ Beacons to select dispensaries nationwide. The device has been in development and refinement for more than a year, and its highly anticipated market debut is predicted [...]

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