August 12, 2015
Darmstadt, Germany – Merck Millipore, the Life Science business of Merck, today announced it is providing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a $50,000 charitable contribution to support the development of a novel diagnostic and tracking platform for Ebola. The funds will be used by MIT Professor Lee Gehrke, PhD in MIT’s Institute for [...]
Next generation GSR system launched: AZtecGSR
August 12, 2015
Oxford Instruments, the World’s leading Gunshot Residue analysis system provider, has launched AZtecGSR, its next generation solution for automated GSR analysis in the SEM. AZtecGSR provides faster, more accurate results to the internationally recognised standard, ASTM E1588?-?10e1. According to Dr Christian Lang, Solutions Business Manager, “The focus of AZtecGSR has been to dramatically improve the [...]
Seahorse Bioscience Labware Now Seahorse Microplates
August 12, 2015
Chicopee, MA —— Seahorse Bioscience Labware, a global leader in the design, engineering, and manufacture of high-performance microplate products announces a name change to reflect the company’s focus on custom, off-the-shelf microplates for life science applications. Seahorse Microplates has proven expertise in the high-precision molding and production of custom filter, storage, and reservoir microplates. The [...]
Highly Sensitive Conjugates for Western Blots Now Available on Labscoop
August 12, 2015
Little Rock, AR - JacksonImmunoResearch Laboratories, Inc. (JIR), a leader in the production and conjugation of affinity-purified secondary antibodies and purified immunoglobulins, is now listing over 4000 products on the Labscoop platform. JIR products are sold primarily to scientists in universities and research institutes throughout the world who are conducting research in the plant, animal, [...]
Oxford Instruments expands presence with handheld XRF analysers in the Middle East
August 12, 2015
Oxford Instruments announces the appointment of Hillsborough General Trading LLC as distributor for its handheld X-MET8000 range of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysers in the Middle East. With offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah and Riyadh and a wide direct network of sales and services, Hillsborough provides a high level of support to their [...]
Nanoscience Instruments Adds Four New Scientists Across US
August 12, 2015
Nanoscience Instruments, an industry leader supplying scientific instrumentation, recently added four new scientists to its Sales and Applications teams. These new employees provide additional support at the laboratories in Arizona and Virginia. This expansion also establishes a new presence in southern California and New England. Cliff Mathisen brings to the team a variety of technology [...]
August 12, 2015
Wellington, NZ: Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, report on the use of their Spinsolve Benchtop NMR spectrometer the Chemistry Department of the University of Queensland where it is in use in the undergraduate laboratory curricula. Dr Philip Sharpe is a teaching-focused academic in the School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences [...]
Improved Membrane Chromatography Performance
August 12, 2015
Goettingen, Germany – To more effectively recover large molecular weight proteins, such as blood factors and conjugated proteins or viruses and virus-like particles, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) has reconfigured its Sartobind® membrane chromatography capsules. A range of capsule sizes with a 4 mm bed height is now available from the 1 mL nano unit up [...]
August 11, 2015
ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) announced today it has secured unconditional approval from Brazil's Council for Economic Defense (CADE), the final outstanding approval required for the planned acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (the "Transaction"). This clearance, which will be effective after a waiting period of 15 days, follows recently received [...]
August 11, 2015
Woolpit, United Kingdom: Deben, a leading provider of in-situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for electron microscopy, reports on the use of the CT5000 tensile/compression stage at the Centre for X-ray Tomography at Ghent University in Belgium where it is used for tensile and compressive strength tests on geomaterials. Professor Veerle Cnudde [...]
