WARRENDALE, Pa. -- TESCAN, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and Texas A&M University announced today that a Nanotechnology Collaboration Agreement has been signed between these organizations. The model of engagement between TEES and TESCAN will streamline research initiatives into applications development and in turn drive an industrial outreach program, while strengthening educational opportunities [...]

KARLSRUHE, Germany and BADEN, Switzerland –– Bruker AXS and DECTRIS Ltd. today announced an agreement for the supply of Hybrid Photon Counting (HPC) pixel detectors for Bruker’s X-ray diffraction (XRD) business. “We have chosen DECTRIS as a supplier because of its high-performance, reliable, and proven HPC detector technology and high-volume production capacity”, says Frank Burgaezy, [...]

BOULDER, Colo.-- ArcherDX expands the application of its Anchored Multiplex PCR (AMP™) technology to include DNA variant detection with the Archer™ VariantPlex™ p53 Panel. The panel is a targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based assay to detect germline and somatic mutations of the TP53 gene, which is frequently mutated in cancer. “With complete exon coverage of TP53, [...]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Hitachi Chemical Diagnostics, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of the ExoComplete 96-Well Plate Kit and ExoComplete Tube Kit, an integrated, fast and easy system for exosome collection to mRNA purification. Both products are intended for research use only of molecular biology applications and are neither intended for the diagnosis, [...]

Dr. Peter Kunze was appointed as General Manager for Constant temperature equipment for LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG. He is a Doctor of Biology with 13 years of experience in various sales and marketing positions with Eppendorf and was employed most recently as a Divisional Manager at SIEMENS Diagnostics. With extensive experience [...]

Trenton, New Jersey - Princeton Instruments, the world’s leading provider of scientific imaging and spectroscopy instrumentation, is pleased to announce that Delta Optics (part of Irida Iberica) has been appointed as their new sales representative in Spain. Princeton Instruments has pioneered numerous imaging and spectroscopy products for physical, biological, and life science research, including award-winning [...]

Tokyo, Japan. X-ray scientific, analytical and industrial instrumentation manufacturer Rigaku Corporation, (3-9-12, Matsubara-cho, Akishima-shi, Tokyo 196-8666, JAPAN Tel: 042-545-8111; President: Hikaru Shimura) has announced the next generation Rigaku NANOHUNTER II benchtop total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) spectrometer that enables high-sensitivity ultra-trace elemental analysis, in liquids or on solid surfaces, to the parts-per-billion (ppb) level. Total [...]

MADISON, WIS. – Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI), a FUJIFILM company, today announced the launch of the world’s largest publicly available stem cell bank, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) hPSC Repository, and the availability of the first 300 induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines in September. These high quality, disease-specific iPSC resources are [...]

San Francisco, CA -- GenoCAD, a leading provider of DNA design software tools, today announced the release of a groundbreaking new version of its flagship DNA design platform, which has been enhanced to boost user productivity. GenoCAD’s rule-based design methodology breaks down complex DNA sequences into numerous genetic parts, which in turn can be recombined [...]

Woburn, MA -- truXTRAC is a comprehensive novel solution for clinical-grade DNA extraction from Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) tissues utilizing Covaris Adaptive Focused Acoustics® (AFA™) technology. The unique focused, short-wavelength acoustic field generated by AFA enables rapid, active paraffin removal and rehydration of FFPE tissue samples in aqueous buffer, thus enabling efficient and rapid tissue digestion, [...]