TA Instruments Acquires Assets of Bose Electroforce Group
May 26, 2015
New Castle, Delaware, USA -– TA Instruments today announced the acquisition of certain assets related to the Bose ElectroForce Group, from the Bose Corporation of Framingham Massachusetts. The Bose ElectroForce group manufactures dynamic mechanical testing systems, used to characterize Medical Devices, Biologic, and Engineered materials. The ElectroForce test instruments are based on unique motor designs [...]
QIAGEN launches clinical bioinformatics platform for next-generation sequencing
May 26, 2015
REDWOOD CITY, California, and HILDEN, Germany -– QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the commercial launch of its QIAGEN Clinical Insight® (QCI™) bioinformatics content and software platform for clinical testing labs to interpret and report on genomic variants identified in next-generation sequencing (NGS). The first two supported applications for the bioinformatics [...]
Infinitesima Ltd announces major RPM design win with Zeiss
May 26, 2015
Abingdon, England -- Infinitesima announced today that its groundbreaking probe microscope has been integrated into the ZEISS MeRiT neXT photomask repair tool. Masks have to be defect-free, and therefore defects have to be repaired. Traditionally Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) have been used to image defects that have been identified through optical inspection tools. Infinitesima's Rapid [...]
Productive Screw Cap Tube Recapper
May 26, 2015
Using the new ergonomic Micronic Univo Screw Cap Recapper SR008 it is possible to cap or decap 8 tubes with screw caps in a single action. Developed in conjunction with several leading laboratories the handheld device offers users the ability to cap a row of 8 tubes in 5 seconds and a whole rack of [...]
May 26, 2015
Andor Technology plc (Andor), an Oxford Instruments company and world leader in scientific imaging and spectroscopy solutions, today announced the launch of GPU Express, offering accessible and optimized data management for real time GPU processing. The Andor GPU Express library has been created to simplify and optimize data transfers from camera (or multiple cameras) to [...]
Reducing Protocol Time for 96-well PCR Assays
May 26, 2015
The virus and prion validation group at Octapharma GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) reports how implementing an INTEGRA VIAFLO 96 has enabled them to reduce the time taken to undertake PCR assays by greater than 60%. Since its foundation in 1983, Octapharma (www.octapharma.com) has specialised in the development and manufacture of preparations from human plasma. The virus [...]
May 25, 2015
Shimadzu Corporation and Osaka University have inaugurated the Osaka University and Shimadzu Analytical Innovation Research Laboratory (mentor professor: Eiichiro Fukusaki) at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, and have initiated full-scale research activities. The purpose of this laboratory is to establish and advance analytical techniques with respect to metabolomics. In particular, this laboratory will [...]
Phenome Networks Announces its Next Generation Plant Breeding Management and Analytics Software
May 25, 2015
Tel Aviv, Israel -- Phenome Networks, a software-as-a-service plant breeding management and analytics software provider, announced the availability, beginning May 31st, of its next-generation Phenome One software. The new version of Phenome One solidifies Phenome Networks’ lead in the plant breeding market, through a novel user interface supporting a simple and intuitive breeding workflow based [...]
&W Tek, Inc. Conducts Security Training for Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration
May 22, 2015
Newark, Delaware -- B&W Tek, Inc., an advanced instrumentation company that delivers lab quality Raman spectroscopy solutions through user-friendly mobile platforms, conducted a security training earlier this month at 3 sites of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Emergency Response Teams. Katherine Bakeev, the Director of Analytical Services and Support, visited these sites in early [...]
High Grade Agarose for Nucleic Acid Electrophoresis
May 22, 2015
Cleaver Scientific, specialists in gel electrophoresis has introduced a new range of high grade agarose for nucleic acid electrophoresis. CleverGEL is a new environmentally friendly agarose suitable for routine analysis of nucleic acids using standard electrophoretic procedures. Manufactured by a process which excludes organic solvents harmful to marine life, CleverGEL is far kinder to the [...]
