New center at Baylor College of Medicine to boost metabolomics research
December 5, 2014
Baylor College of Medicine and Agilent Technologies Inc. have teamed up to create the Agilent Techonologies Mass Spectrometry Center of Excellence at Baylor with a goal of advancing research and training in metabolomics. The new center will be a part of the Alkek Center for Molecular Discovery and the Baylor College of Medicine Core Laboratory [...]
Sigma-Aldrich Shareholders Approve Merger With Merck
December 5, 2014
Darmstadt, Germany -– Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in the pharmaceutical, chemical and life science sectors, today achieved an important milestone in the process of acquiring U.S.-based life science company Sigma-Aldrich. The shareholders of Sigma-Aldrich approved the merger with Merck at a special meeting held at the Sigma-Aldrich Life Science [...]
Sartorius metrology expert Veronika Martens receives OIML Medal
December 5, 2014
Goettingen -– Sartorius staff member and metrology expert Veronika Martens was awarded a medal of the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) for her outstanding accomplishments. By conferring this OIML Medal, the organization honors people who have exceptionally contributed to the further development of legal metrology. Veronika Martens, who holds a university degree in physics, [...]
December 5, 2014
Oslo, Norway –- CAMO Software today announced the launch of Service Pack 2014 for their all-in-one Multivariate Data Analysis (MVA) and Design of Experiments (DoE) software, The Unscrambler® X. The Unscrambler® X is used by engineers, scientists, researchers and data analysts across R&D, Quality Control and Production departments in a range of industrial sectors as [...]
December 4, 2014
Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland -– QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced it will offer global distribution of the altona Diagnostics RealStar® Ebolavirus RT-PCR Kit 1.0 after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended, on November 26, 2014 to permit authorized distribution and use in US and certain non-US laboratories, an [...]
GE Healthcare Life Sciences licenses CRISPR gene engineering technology patents from Broad Institute
December 4, 2014
CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and NEW YORK, NY, USA –– GE Healthcare Life Sciences(NYSE: GE) and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced today the signing of a non-exclusive license agreement granting GE Healthcare Life Sciences access to intellectual property held by the Broad Institute relating to the CRISPR-Cas9 gene engineering system for research [...]
Gas Chromatographic separation now combined with real-time trace gas analysis.
December 4, 2014
IONICON, the Austrian based, leading manufacturer of PTR-MS real-time trace VOC analyzers, presents an innovative accessory for its successful PTR-TOFMS series: IONICON PTR-TOF systems are capable of measuring trace gas samples in real-time with a high mass resolving power. The new “fastGC” module adds an optional chemical separation step before the analysis. The module consists [...]
December 4, 2014
WILMINGTON, Mass. -– Kapa Biosystems, Inc. today announced the expansion of its commercial operations in Europe with the addition of a direct sales and support channel for the United Kingdom. To help ensure the highest level of customer service and satisfaction, the company will be working closely with Anachem Ltd. to facilitate a seamless transition [...]
December 4, 2014
New York, NY -- Whitehouse Laboratories, in its continual effort to meet both client and regulatory testing requirements, is pleased to announce that it has made a capital investment in an Agilent 7900 ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) system in order to meet the new United Stated Pharmacopeia requirements for elemental impurities analysis as [...]
December 4, 2014
Provo, Utah -— Tute Genomics, a leader in cloud-based solutions for genome analysis, has raised $2.3 million in Series A1 funding led by UK-based Eurovestech. Peak Ventures and a number of angel investors also participated in the investment round. “We are at a pivotal time in genomics as the healthcare community adopts next-generation sequencing and [...]
