Agilent Technologies Launches Its Most Robust Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
June 1, 2015
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today, in conjunction with this week's 2015 ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, introduced the latest addition to its family of mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography systems: the Agilent 6470 Triple Quadrupole LC/MS. Engineered to be the company's most robust triple quadrupole system ever, [...]
New Intuitive Platform Integrates Mass Spectrometry Data Acquisition and Analysis
June 1, 2015
ST. LOUIS -- Data acquisition, visualization, processing and analysis are brought together in a new integrated and user-friendly software platform for laboratories utilizing mass spectrometry (MS). The redesigned Thermo Scientific Xcalibur 4.0 software platform is a complete console bringing together software for acquisition and analysis of MS data into one intuitive platform. All Thermo Scientific [...]
June 1, 2015
Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced that Nancy Hopkins, Ph.D., Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology (emerita), Biology Department and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is the recipient of the 2015 EMD Millipore Alice C. Evans Award for Leadership in [...]
New Protein Analysis Kit Provides Sensitive, Reproducible and Fast Results
June 1, 2015
ST. LOUIS -- ASMS 2015 – A new tool for protein digestion is designed to substantially reduce preparation times and associated errors, facilitating fast and reliable analytical results for biopharmaceutical and protein research applications. Current protein digestion techniques are comprised of complex procedures that require the determination of protein concentration, followed by sample reduction and [...]
Protea Launches New Mass Spec Technology
June 1, 2015
ST. LOUIS -- Protea Biosciences Group, Inc. (OTCQB:PRGB) ("Protea") announced today a new, silicon chip technology that enables the rapid identification and quantitation of small molecules in biofluids. The announcement was made at the 63rd American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, held in St. Louis, MO. Known as [...]
June 1, 2015
HOUSTON & CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Scientists at CompanionDX are collaborating with Thermo Fisher Scientific to establish new next-generation sequencing (NGS) services that could be used in combination with pharmacogenomics (PGx) to help enable drug development and clinical research programs by pharmaceutical companies. CompanionDx selected both the Oncomine Focus Assay and the Oncomine Comprehensive Assay to [...]
June 1, 2015
TUCSON, Ariz. -- HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq:HTGM), a provider of instruments and reagents for molecular profiling applications and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have entered into a 2-year Sponsored Research Agreement to support development of multiple next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based gene expression assays for lung cancer subtyping, fusion status and immune profiling. [...]
SCIEX Announces Game Changing LC-MS/MS Customer Solutions at ASMS Conference
June 1, 2015
Framingham, MA — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today released new innovative LC-MS/MS solutions that will allow scientists around the world to simplify their work, while accelerating their research. New SCIEX innovations include; the BioBA Solution, the first end-to-end solution for bioanalysis of biologics, the Lipidizer™ Platform, the first all-in-one solution [...]
VWR Corporation Announces Commencement of Public Offering by Selling Stockholder
June 1, 2015
Radnor, PA -- VWR Corporation (NASDAQ: VWR) today announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 16,000,000 shares of its common stock by selling stockholder Varietal Distribution Holdings, LLC pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The selling stockholder will also grant the underwriters [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Recognizes Tandem Mass Tag Grant Award Winners at ASMS 2015
June 1, 2015
ST. LOUIS -- Thermo Fisher Scientific recognized winners of the 2015 Thermo Scientific Tandem Mass Tag (TMT) Research Award at a ceremony held in conjunction with this year’s American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) conference. Now in its second year, the research competition selects four scientists from a pool of international applicants based on the [...]
