ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Thermo Fisher Cloud computing platform now supports proteomics data to complement existing data modules for Sanger sequencing and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), bringing researchers across proteomic, genomic and metabolomic disciplines closer to using a single platform to store, analyze, share and collaborate on scientific data and discoveries. The Thermo [...]

Teledyne CETAC Technologies has introduced the MVX-7100 ?L Workstation, a flexible sample introduction system for ICP-MS which enables the introduction of sample volumes as low as 5 microliters. The workstation is designed to help laboratories efficiently perform trace element analysis on their smallest, most precious samples. The workstation brings together an autosampler, syringe pumps, temperature [...]

ST. LOUIS -- ASMS2015 -- New, exceptionally pure mobile phase solvents for ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS) instruments have been designed to reduce background signal and minimize chromatographic interferences, facilitating accurate, sensitive and rapid trace analysis. Fisher Chemical Optima UHPLC-MS solvents are high-quality, ultra-pure and designed to address the trace analysis needs of chromatographers performing [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]