October 9, 2014
Billingham, Teesside, UK and Research Triangle Park, NC, USA -– FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies has announced the launch of its new mammalian expression platform, which it has named ‘Apollo™’. The platform is designed to create a robust ‘manufacturing-ready’ cell line and consists of four key components: a new CHO DG44-derived host cell line; a novel expression [...]
October 9, 2014
Columbus, OH -- METTLER TOLEDO’s newly improved XS balance line includes analytical and precision balances as well as a dual range microbalance. As a revolutionary step in balance performance, the new SmartPan™ weighing pan delivers results up to twice as fast, even in a fume cupboard. On all balances, ergonomic design details mean users no [...]
October 9, 2014
Redwood City, CA -- The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a $1M contract for whole genome, whole exome, and SNP Chip DNA data analysis to Bina Technologies, Inc., as part of the VA’s Million Veteran Program (MVP), which aims to enroll 1 million veterans over the next years. Bina Technologies will provide [...]
Pall Corporation Board of Directors Increases Quarterly Dividend
October 9, 2014
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. -- Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL) today announced that its board of directors declared a nearly 11 percent increase in the company’s quarterly dividend from the current rate of $0.275 to $0.305 per share. The dividend of $0.305 is payable on November 10, 2014 to shareholders of record on the close of business on [...]
Gyros Launches Gyrolab™ Protein A Kit for Efficient Quantification of Residual Protein A
October 8, 2014
Uppsala, Sweden — Gyros AB, a leader in utilization of microfluidic technologies to miniaturize and automate immunoassays, today announced the launch of its Gyrolab™ Protein A Kit for use on Gyrolab™ xP workstation. During purification of biotherapeutics, Protein A can leach from the chromatography support and co-elute with the therapeutic antibody product. The contamination complicates [...]
Artel Announces Upgrades to ArtelWare™ Software for Automated Liquid Handler Management
October 8, 2014
Westbrook, Maine -– Artel, the leader in liquid handling quality assurance, introduces ArtelWare v1.1, providing new functionality for the management of automated liquid handlers. The first in a series of upgrades now in development, ArtelWare v1.1 adds event tracking and management capabilities that give users more information about causes and effects relating to liquid handler [...]
Waters Extends ACQUITY UPC2 Portfolio with New Columns for Chiral and Achiral Separations
October 8, 2014
BASEL, Switzerland -- Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today introduced new analytical columns for chiral and achiral separations designed to optimize convergence chromatography. To address the challenges of chiral separations,Waters ACQUITY UPC2® Trefoil™ Columns are 2.5 micron particle columns that increase speed and selectivity while reducing method development time. Waters ACQUITY UPC2 Torus™ Columns for achiral separations [...]
B&W Tek Turns Focus to LIBS Industry with OEM Miniature Spectrometer & Laser Solutions
October 8, 2014
Newark, Delaware –- B&W Tek, Inc., an advanced instrumentation company that delivers lab quality spectroscopy solutions through user-friendly mobile platforms, is pleased to offer custom solutions for LIBS applications. The Exemplar® and Exemplar® LS miniature spectrometers are already used in numerous applications such as kinetic reaction monitoring and transient spectral analysis, but both spectrometers prove [...]
Essen BioScience, Inc. Appoints Brett Williams as Its New President and CEO
October 8, 2014
Ann Arbor, MI – Essen BioScience, Inc. (“Essen” or the Company), a leading provider of critical analytical instrumentation, software, reagents and services used in cell-based life science research, is pleased to announce that Brett Williams will succeed Kirk Schroeder as President of the Company. Mr. Schroeder will continue with the business as VP of Research [...]
October 8, 2014
Berlin, Germany, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Boulder, CO, USA -- Marine toxins can have serious implications for both public health and the economy. As a result, routine monitoring for a number of recognized marine toxins in edible shellfish is a regulatory requirement in many areas worldwide. Animal-based assays have historically been used to indicate sample [...]
