Kwansei Gakuin University in Hyogo, Japan, uses Raman microscopy to study crystallographic defects in silicon carbide wafers

Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy, reports on the use of its inVia confocal Raman microscope in the characterisation of power semiconductor materials such as 4H-SiC. Kwansei Gakuin University is situated in the Hyogo prefecture in the Japanese cities of Nishinomiya and Sanda. Professor Noboru Ohtani is a member of the Department of [...]

ibidi Product News: ibidi µ-Slide 8 Well Grid-500: Track down your cells in a µ-Slide 8 Well

ibidi now offers the µ-Slide 8 Well Grid-500, a chambered coverslip with a 500 µm relocation grid. With this product, ibidi has combined two of its outstanding technologies: the µ-Slide 8 Well—ibidi’s most popular open µ-Slide with 8 independent wells for cell culture and high resolution microscopy, and the Grid-500—a laser-imprinted grid with a 500 [...]

Seoulin Bioscience to Distribute Cellular Dynamics’ Products in Korea

MADISON, WIS. — Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI), a FUJIFILM company, today an nounced an exclusive agreement with SeouLin Bioscience Co., Ltd., for the distribution of CDI's products in the Republic of Korea. Under the terms of the agreement, SeouLin Bioscience will distribute CDI’s iCell® catalog of products. CDI’s iCell products are human induced pluripotent [...]

New high-performance cryopreservation solution for human ES/iPS cells used in regenerative medicine Notice of the commencement of sales of “ReproCryo DMSO free”

Kyoto University, ReproCELL in conjunction with the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences,announced the release of “ReproCryo DMSO free”, our high-performance cryopreservation solution for human ES/iPS cells required in regenerative medicine, and start to commence sales of the product. In regenerative medicine, the long-term freeze-preservation and banking of large quantities of human ES/iPS cells is an [...]

Announcing Oxford Instruments and School of Physics signing a Memorandum of Understanding

Representatives of Oxford Instruments, a leading provider of high technology tools and systems for industry and research, entered into a strategic relationship with the School of Physics at the University of Bristol. The relationship aims to formally bring together Oxford Instruments as a training partner and collaborator with the three EPSRC funded Centres for Doctoral [...]

OSTHUS joins forces with Dotmatics

OSTHUS Partners with Dotmatics to Support Customer Life Sciences R&D London, UK, Plantation, US and Aachen, Germany -- The new partnership will allow OSTHUS to expand its partner portfolio, providing end-users with improved product knowledge in R&D IT environments across life science and other related industries. “Our new alliance will now offer enhanced integration services [...]

Release of CGT-7100 All-In-One Portable Infrared Gas Analyzers with a Built-in Pretreatment Unit and Supporting Wi-Fi Communication

Shimadzu Corporation announces the release of the CGT-7100 Portable Infrared Gas Analyzers. These analyzers are capable of real-time monitoring of the concentration of gases such as carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), and methane (CH4). With their design and user interface totally changed from the previous CGT-7000 model, these portable infrared gas analyzers have been [...]

LGC acquires Thistle QA, expands clinical PT offering

LGC, the international life sciences and measurement company, today announces that it has acquired Thistle QA, provider of a comprehensive range of over 35 proficiency testing (PT) schemes to over 6,000 participants, mainly in the clinical sector. PT is also known as EQA (external quality assessment). Thistle’s schemes cover: -Clinical chemistry in blood, serum and [...]

caprotec bioanalytics Awarded US Patent for CCMS Proteome Profiling Technologies

BERLIN -- caprotec bioanalytics GmbH announced today that the United States Patent Office has issued patent No. US9,034,789 covering its revolutionary Capture Compound Mass Spectrometry (CCMS) technology. The newly granted patent titled "Capture Compounds , Collections Thereof and Methods for Analyzing the Proteome and Complex Compositions" complements the company's patent portfolio of more than 40 [...]

Bruker Names Mr. John Ornell to Board of Directors

BILLERICA, Mass. -- Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced the appointment of Mr. John Ornell to its Board of Directors, effective August 19, 2015. Mr. Ornell will serve for an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Ornell was also appointed to serve as a member of the Board’s Audit [...]

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