Markus Lusser is New President of Leica Microsystems
August 11, 2015
Wetzlar, Germany. Markus Lusser is the new President and Director of Leica Microsystems, headquartered in Wetzlar, Germany. This appointment became effective July 1, 2015. He succeeds Andries Peter Jan van den Broek who has left the company. Before joining Leica Microsystems, Markus Lusser was Vice President Global Sales and Customer Support with Sciex. Sciex produces [...]
Agilent Technologies Announces New Sample-Preparation Product for Food Testing
August 11, 2015
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) recently introduced a new product to help food-safety labs more accurately test high-fat samples. The new product, Agilent Bond Elut Enhanced Matrix Removal-Lipid, uses an innovative sorbent technology that gives food-safety labs a better way to address what has been one of their most challenging tasks. [...]
Merck Secures All Antitrust Approvals for Sigma-Aldrich Acquisition
August 11, 2015
Merck announced that approvals have been secured from all relevant jurisdictions for its planned acquisition of U.S.-based life science company Sigma-Aldrich. Unconditional approval from Brazil's Council for Economic Defense (CADE), which was the final outstanding country, was received. This clearance becomes effective after a common waiting period of 15 days. It follows recently received antitrust [...]
XEI Scientific appoints EM Resolutions as Distributor for the UK & Irish markets
August 11, 2015
REDWOOD CITY, CA. —— XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, has appointed EM Resolutions Limited as their exclusive distributor for their decontamination products in the UK & Ireland. XEI Scientific has appointed a new distributor for the UK and Irish markets. Founded [...]
Neogen launches improved Igenity-Elite dairy genomic test
August 11, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The best has just gotten better. Neogen’s Igenity Dairy Heifer Program now features an upgraded Igenity-Elite genomic test that analyzes nearly 150,000 gene markers — the most powerful and complete tool available for official genomic evaluations. Neogen’s improved Igenity-Elite profile produces the most reliable USDA-CDCB genomic evaluation through the use of a [...]
New Genedata Ready-to-Run Delivers Out-of-the-Box Integration with Leading Screening Devices
August 11, 2015
Basel, Switzerland -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced that the first four partners have signed on to its new Genedata Screener® Ready-to-Run program for turnkey integrations. Ready-to-Run integrations are instrument-specific, versioned, tested, and maintained by Genedata with the support of the respective instrument [...]
August 11, 2015
WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a leading manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) and drugs trace detection solutions for homeland security applications, today announced that its QS-B220 desktop explosives trace detector has been selected in a Romanian airport tender. With this sale, Implant Sciences' trace detectors have been sold to customers in [...]
August 11, 2015
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) has announced three recipients of the 2015 United States Affymetrix Tumor Profiling Grant Program. The grant program, first launched in 2014, is designed to support translational cancer researchers in the discovery and validation of novel diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic biomarkers that may address an unmet clinical need. The [...]
GE Healthcare Dharmacon Advances CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Engineering Technology
August 11, 2015
GE Healthcare Dharmacon has launched more than one million new CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing products using an advanced new algorithm to design highly functional and specific reagents targeting most human, mouse and rat genes. The new products include predesigned synthetic CRISPR RNAs (crRNAs), single guide RNA (sgRNA) lentiviral particles and pooled sgRNA lentiviral particle libraries. These [...]
Rapid DNA Results Uploaded For First Time To United Kingdom’s National DNA Database
August 11, 2015
Pleasanton, California – IntegenX announced today that a second major national database, The National DNA Database (NDNAD), has had forensic DNA profiles uploaded from the RapidHIT® System. The NDNAD was established in the United Kingdom in 1995. Currently, more than five million forensic DNA profiles have been uploaded into NDNAD. The samples that were uploaded [...]
