Implant Sciences Achieves First Major Sale into Drug Detection Market

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, in a landmark sale for the company, it has sold 32 of its QS-B220 desktop explosives and drugs trace detectors across eight correctional facilities in Mexico. The units, [...]

BIONANO GENOMICS SEES CONTINUED ADOPTION OF THEIR IRYS® SYSTEM IN ASIA-PACIFIC

SAN DIEGO and BEIJING -- BioNano Genomics announced today the purchase of an Irys(R)System by Biomarker Technologies Corporation located in Beijing, China. Biomarker selected BioNano's platform to enable comprehensive exploration of genomics structural variation (SV) and to enhance de novo genome assemblies for various plant and animal species, including those where no reference exists as [...]

SUTRON CORPORATION AGREES TO BE ACQUIRED BY HACH COMPANY AFFILIATE FOR $8.50 PER SHARE

Sterling, VA and Loveland, CO –– Sutron Corporation (NASDAQ:STRN) and Hach Company are pleased to announce the entry into a definitive merger agreement, pursuant to which an affiliate of Hach Company will acquire Sutron Corporation by making a cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Sutron, at a purchase price [...]

GenoSpace Expands Board with Appointment of New Advisors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --- GenoSpace, a provider of cloud-based software solutions for the interpretation and analysis of genomic and other biomedical data, today announced the appointment of three prominent executives to its business advisory board. The following individuals will join current advisor Joseph Donahue, Senior Vice President of Commercial Collaborations and Innovation at BioReference Laboratories, in [...]

DuPont Diagnostics to Introduce Smaller-Footprint BAX® System Instrument at IAFP July 25-28

DuPont Diagnostics, a DuPont Nutrition & Health business, is proud to introduce the DuPont™ BAX® System X5, a new PCR-based testing platform and the newest addition to the award-winning BAX® System family. The BAX® System X5 instrument and associated accessories, including the automated DuPont™ Thermal Block for sample preparation, offer the same fast, accurate and [...]

SCIENION and Anteo partner to develop consumables for better functionality and longer shelf life of protein microarrays

Berlin, Germany, and Brisbane, Australia: The project will combine the advantages of the Mix&Go technology with the capability of SCIENION’s precision spotting sciFLEXARRAYER technology, with the objective of delivering more accurate results and better, longer-lasting and more cost effective diagnostics. The first targeted products of the Anteo and SCIENION collaboration will be activated glass and [...]

GIS EXPANDS COLLABORATION WITH PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES TO ADVANCE HEALTHCARE RESEARCH IN SINGAPORE

SINGAPORE – A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) recently expanded their collaboration with Pacific Biosciences (PacBio), a California-based provider of the PacBio® RS II Sequencing System, based on novel Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT) technology. Together, GIS and PacBio will combine efforts to advance research in infectious diseases, genomics, sequence analysis, and translational healthcare in Singapore. [...]

Shimadzu Corporation Names New President of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments

COLUMBIA, Md. -- Shimadzu Corporation today announced that it has named Mr. Katsuaki Kaito president of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI). Kaito will be responsible for all sales and management functions for SSI, the American subsidiary of Shimadzu Corporation (Kyoto, Japan). He takes the place of former SSI president Shuzo Maruyama, who has been promoted to [...]

New Bel-Art Magnetic Bead Separation Racks are Priced Right

WAYNE, NJ -- Independent sleeves are one of the features that makes these new Bel-Art® Magnetic Bead Separation Racks by SP Scienceware® unique to the market. “Along with their completive pricing, these racks offer exceptional quality and value compared to other brands,” according to SP Scienceware Product Manager Michael Grzelak. Designed for use in any [...]

Morpho Receives CATSA Hold Baggage Explosives Detection Systems Orders Valued at $6M

NEWARK, Calif. –– Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, today announced the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) has ordered five CTX™ explosives detection systems (EDS) valued at $6 million. Part of a five-year standing offer announced in 2013, Morpho Detection recently delivered two compact CTX 5800™ and will supply three high-speed CTX 9800 [...]

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