Tecan issues H2 2014 trading update
December 1, 2014
Männedorf, Switzerland -- The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) today issued a trading update for the second half of 2014. Tecan CEO David Martyr commented: "After a difficult first half with declining sales and our Partnering Business suffering from delays in order placement from two large customer accounts, it is good to see the [...]
December 1, 2014
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced it has received clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to market Xpert® Norovirus, a qualitative in vitro diagnostic test for expeditious identification and differentiation of Noroviruses genogroup I (GI) and genogroup II (GII). Both Xpert Norovirus and the recently cleared Xpert Flu/RSV XC have [...]
December 1, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Affymetrix (NASDAQ: AFFX) announces its Axiom® Genotyping Solutionplatform has been selected by Toshiba Corporation’s (TYO: 6502) Healthcare Company as the platform for its newly launched genotyping service. Affymetrix collaborated with Toshiba to custom design and manufacture the Japonica Array™, which is based on the Axiom platform. This array contains unique genetic [...]
Renishaw receives Queen’s Award for spectroscopy developments
December 1, 2014
On Monday 10th November, Dame Janet Trotter, Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, presented Renishaw with its seventeenth Queen's Award. This prestigious award was granted for the continuous development of the company's inVia Raman microscope, with ultra-fast Raman imaging, which enables the rapid generation of high definition 2D and 3D chemical images for material analysis. This [...]
BioTek Introduces 2nd Generation Cytation Imaging Reader
December 1, 2014
WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek is excited to introduce the new Cytation™ 5 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader. This second generation imaging reader includes added functionality to both the automated digital microscopy and conventional multi-mode microplate detection modes, enhancing phenotypic cellular information and well-based quantitative data. Cytation 5’s microscopy module provides cellular visualization up to 60x [...]
December 1, 2014
SynGen Inc., a company that focuses on the development and commercialization of instrument systems that harvest stem and progenitor cells from umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, peripheral blood, and cell culture, announced today that it has appointed David Hodl, formerly Business Development Manager for Becton Dickinson, to lead commercialization efforts for the newly formed Cell [...]
Quick evaluation with new UNICORN™ 7.0 software
December 1, 2014
GE Healthcare Life Sciences launches UNICORN 7.0 system control software for planning and controlling runs, as well as analyzing results. The software controls protein purification runs as well as cell culture and preparation. Specifically designed to support the levels of collaboration required today, UNICORN 7.0 delivers a simplified user interface and enhanced features. UNICORN 7.0 [...]
MoBiTec, Germany, Offers a New Range of Monofluorinated Nucleosides Manufactured by Dextra, UK
November 29, 2014
Goettingen, Germany -- MoBiTec is excited to present a new range of monofluorinated nucleosides, manufactured by its UK-based partner company Dextra Laboratories Ltd., Reading, UK. Dextra is a leading provider of carbohydrate analysis, synthesis and GMP manufacturing. The introduction of a fluorine atom into a molecule is known to impart unique properties due to its [...]
November 28, 2014
Northeastern University and Phase Holographic Imaging today announced a collaboration agreement. The new agreement extends the ongoing PHI’s HoloMonitor® technology evaluation program at Northeastern to create a Holographic Imaging Cytometry Program of Excellence – an application development hub and educational resource providing training programs for scientists using time-lapse cytometry and to foster cross-disciplinary collaborations. PHI’s [...]
Creative Bioarray Announces Product Promotiom for Magic™ Serum-Free Freezing Medium
November 26, 2014
Shirley, NY -- Creative Bioarray, the US-based biotech product provider, announces its product promotion for Magic™ serum-free freezing medium towards the worldwide market. The company will provide free samples for each placed order from customers. And this promotion activity will go through to the end of this November. Cell culture is the complex process to [...]

