MIMETAS raises 5.2 million dollar for organ-on-a-chip
October 8, 2014
Leiden, The Netherlands -- Dutch biotech MIMETAS B.V. announces that it has raised 5.2 million dollar to fund its expansion as a global leader in organ-on-a-chip technology. Venture capital investors Zeeuws Investerings Fonds (ZIF) and Participatiemaatschapij Oost Nederland (PPM Oost) have joined forces with national and regional partners to fund development and sales of MIMETAS’ [...]
October 7, 2014
Middleboro, MA - Brookfield Engineering introduces the new DV1 Viscometer - the lowest-cost, continuous sensing digital viscometer in the Brookfield family of instruments. Almost every part of the instrument sports a fresh new appearance from top to bottom. The head of the DV1 Viscometer features a new shape and a larger easy-to-read display. Multiple language [...]
October 7, 2014
ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) announced today that Supelco, its innovative analytical products and services research business, has launched the Ascentis? Express 2.0 micron, a high-speed, ultra high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) column platform based on the proven Fused-Core? particle design. Ascentis Express 2.0 micron Fused-Core particles are designed to provide UHPLC performance, while [...]
DIPLOMA PLC ACQUIRES 80% OF TECHNOPATH DISTRIBUTION
October 7, 2014
Diploma PLC, the international group of businesses supplying specialised technical products and services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 80% of Technopath (Distribution) ("TPD"). Put and call options have been included in the transaction to allow Diploma to acquire the outstanding 20% of shares over a period of up to 5 years. TPD is [...]
October 7, 2014
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their AFM system, the NanoWizard®, in the Nanobiosciences Group of the Institute of Physical & Theoretical Chemistry at the Technical University of Braunschweig. It is being used to study DNA and DNA nanostructures. Dr [...]
JEOL Announces New EDXRF for Wide Range of Sample Types
October 7, 2014
Peabody, MA -- JEOL has introduced an easy-to-use, smart solution for high-sensitivity elemental analysis in a new benchtop EDXRF spectrometer. The JSX-1000S ElementEye analyzes major to trace components on most sample types - solids, powders, and liquids - with little or no sample preparation. The ElementEye complements SEM, EPMA, NMR, and mass spectrometry analyses, providing [...]
Enhanced US Support for Microplate Sample Concentration Systems
October 7, 2014
Porvair Sciences, a world leader in applications optimised microplates and microplate equipment has appointed SPEware Corporation (Baldwin Park, CA) as its exclusive partner for supporting and servicing its UltraVap, MiniVap and UltraVap Mistral microplate sample concentration systems. Steve Knight, Sales & Marketing Director at Porvair Sciences commented "We have seen US demand for affordable 96-well [...]
One Lambda, Inc. and GenoDive Pharma, Inc. Enter Exclusivity Agreement on Long-Range Primers for NGS
October 7, 2014
CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- One Lambda, Inc., part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, announced it has entered into an agreement with Japan-based GenoDive Pharma, Inc. for exclusive rights to their long-range primers and amplification conditions for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) locus-specific amplification. The agreement covers GenoDive’s primers and conditions for HLA A, B, C, DRB1, DRB345, [...]
CANNON® INSTRUMENT COMPANY UNVEILS NEW AUTOMATED DUAL-BATH KINEMATIC VISCOMETER FOR ASTM D445
October 7, 2014
State College, Pa. - CANNON Instrument Company® announces the release of the automated CAV® 4.2 dual-bath kinematic viscometer for ASTM D445. The instrument will make its commercial debut at the Gulf Coast Conference (CANNON® booth #1002) in Galveston, Texas on October 14th and 15th. Medium to high throughput laboratories requiring D445 precision will find the [...]
Fluidigm Redefines Single-Cell Whole Exome Sequencing
October 7, 2014
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-- Clinical researchers race against an invisible clock to discover mutations responsible for complex diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, and autoimmune disorders that afflict their patients. They often use bulk exome sequencing to identify the genetic changes that trigger the disease's onset; however, the mutations found to date do not adequately explain [...]
