Adam Equipment Announces Availability of Nimbus Precision and Analytical Balances in China

Wuhan, China -- Equipment’s new Nimbus series of balances is now shipping in China. The Nimbus delivers a full breadth of readabilities from 0.1mg to 0.1g and capacities from 80g to 32,000g, providing a streamlined weighing experience for discerning professionals worldwide. Innovative design enables a compact footprint, so the Nimbus occupies minimal space on the [...]

VUV Analytics Hires Former Thermo Scientific Sales Leader

Austin, TX -- Analytics Inc. is pleased to announce Cary Anne Simpson as the new Director of North American sales. Simpson comes to VUV Analytics from Thermo Fisher Scientific where she was most recently the National Sales Manager for the Clinical Controls product line. Previous roles at Thermo Scientific included North American Sales Management of [...]

Horizon Discovery Group Signs Agreement with leading molecular diagnostics company for $810,000

Cambridge, UK -- Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced that its Diagnostics Business Unit (Horizon Diagnostics) has entered into an agreement to provide molecular reference standards to a leading molecular diagnostics company. Under the terms of the [...]

New Single-Cell Whole Genome Sequencing Workflow Allows Discovery of Novel Cellular Heterogeneity

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced a new single-cell application for its C1TM system that improves whole genome sequencing of individual cells. Single-cell whole genome sequencing allows researchers to explore mutations in regulatory and protein coding regions of the genome in order to identify novel signatures within heterogeneous cell populations. This [...]

Cepheid and FIND Announce European Approval of Xpert HIV-1 Viral Load

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and GENEVA -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) today announced that Xpert® HIV-1 Viral Load, a quantitative test for measurement of the HIV-1 viral load in plasma, has a achieved CE-IVD status under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. The test runs on the [...]

BioTime Appoints Adi Mohanty Chief Operating Officer

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT:BTX), a leader in developing pluripotent stem-cell therapies and other technologies designed to address major unmet medical needs, today announced the appointment of Adi Mohanty to the position of Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Mr. Mohanty’s primary responsibilities will be to build BioTime’s business through the development of [...]

Acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Receives U.S. Antitrust Clearance

ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) announced today that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) in connection with the acquisition expired on December 22, 2014, thereby completing the U.S. HSR Act antitrust notification and review requirement for the acquisition of the Company by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. U.S. antitrust [...]

Implant Sciences’ QS-B220 Receives Regulatory Approval for China Airports and Civil Aviation Industry

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, announced today its QS-B220desktop explosives and drugs trace detector has received approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). "We are proud to have received approval for the QS-B220 from CAAC, which [...]

Tissue Culture Plastics & Epigenetic Supplies

Porvair Sciences has released a new 2015 catalogue that describes its popular range of high quality tissue culture treated plastics and consumable products for Epigenetics. Porvair Tissue Culture plastics are made to the highest international standards for material quality, surface optical polish, tissue culture treatment, sterility and pack integrity. All products are certified to be [...]

SEMI-GAS® Systems Unveils Next-Generation GigaGuard™ Controller for Process Instrumentation Monitoring of Ultra-High Purity Gas Source Systems

MALVERN, PA -– SEMI-GAS® Systems, the industry-leading supplier of ultra-high purity gas source and distribution systems with robust control technology, has announced the latest innovation in its GigaGuard™ controller line: the Compact Data Monitor (CDM) for continuous monitoring of process instrumentation for semi-automatic ultra-high purity gas source systems. With the CDM controller, SEMI-GAS® provides new [...]

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