New Dumatec™ 8000 offers innovative approach to Dumas nitrogen analysis
February 18, 2015
FOSS announces the Dumatec™ 8000, a practical instrument giving reliable Dumas analysis results at a low cost per sample and in just three minutes. The Dumas method is increasingly popular for measuring nitrogen in a broad range of food and feed products. The Dumatec 8000 offers a number of innovative features that makes the method [...]
Next generation InfratecTM test to improve grain handling
February 18, 2015
FOSS announces the InfratecTM NOVA, a 6th generation of the renowned Infratec NIR testing platform with new functionality to help grain receivers handle more grain samples in less time. New levels of speed and usability make it possible to test grain at rates up to 20% faster than other NIR solutions. At the same time, [...]
Sigma® Life Science Releases Next-Gen Sequencing Oligos
February 18, 2015
ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced that Sigma Life Science, its innovative biological products and services business, released Next-Gen Sequencing Oligos, custom next-generation sequencing adapters that improve target sequence assembly. These oligos are expected to allow researchers to achieve better results from multiplexing experiments. "Sigma-Aldrich is the first oligonucleotide manufacturer to provide [...]
FOSS technology offers a modern and safe way of performing the standard falling number test
February 18, 2015
FOSS announces Alphatec™FNo, a modern and safe way to perform the standard falling number test used to check sprouting damage in grain and enzyme-activity in flour before baking, malting etc. Alphatec FNo offers a new alternative for testing the standard AACC Method AACC 56-81B ‘Determination of Falling Number’ with features including a specially designed cooling [...]
JPT and Plexera Announce Distribution & Collaboration Agreement
February 17, 2015
Guangzhou, China and Berlin, Germany -- Plexera Biotechnology Ltd., exclusively representing Plexera® LLC, and JPT Peptide Technologies GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BioNTech AG, today announced finalization of a distribution and collaboration agreement. The agreement provides for distribution of JPT’s innovative peptide-based products and services to the Chinese immunotherapy, vaccine and proteomics markets. Furthermore, the [...]
PerkinElmer Collaborates with Waters on Chromatography Solutions
February 17, 2015
WALTHAM, Mass. –– PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced a chromatography collaboration with Waters Corporation to deliver market leading software and premium instruments to PerkinElmer’s customers. PerkinElmer’s liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC) portfolio will be standardized on Waters Empower® Software, [...]
Freeslate Automates Pre-Filled Syringe Handling to Simplify Sample Tracking and Improve Safety
February 17, 2015
Sunnyvale, CA -- Freeslate, Inc., the leading provider of high throughput research solutions for biopharmaceutical development, today announced the introduction of the Pre-Filled Syringe Expulsion System. This system was designed to automate the explusion of pre-filled syringes into vials which can then be handled by the Freeslate Biologics Formluation System for automated analytical sample preparation [...]
February 17, 2015
Cincinnati, OH and San Diego, CA –– Siloam Biosciences, Inc., has developed Optimiser™ Plus microfluidic microplates, the next generation of Optimiser™ microplates. Optimiser™ Plus microplates achieve two-fold improvements in limits of detection, dynamic measurement range, and reproducibility, than reported by typical competitors. The assay time versus typical competitors is also cut approximately in half for [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Chief Financial Officer to Retire in Early 2016
February 17, 2015
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that Peter M. Wilver, senior vice president and chief financial officer, has decided to retire, effective March 31, 2016. The company’s board of directors has elected Stephen Williamson, currently vice president of financial operations, as his successor, effective [...]
AstraZeneca Licences Labguru Research and Lab Management Software
February 17, 2015
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- BioData, producer of Labguru, the web-based research and lab management system, today announced that the Innovative Medicines unit of global pharmaceutical business, AstraZeneca, has adopted the Labguru platform for the global management of biological reagents used in pre-clinical research. Scientists will use the Labguru platform across multiple AstraZeneca sites in North America [...]
