New Wash Bottle Reduces Waste of Reagents, Solutions, and Other Liquids

Wayne, NJ -- At a time when many are feeling their laboratory budgets being squeezed, Bel-Art Products has introduced a new kind of squeeze aimed at containing lab costs by reducing waste. New to market is the Scienceware® Squeeze Rite™ Wash Bottle, catalog no. F11717-0030. Innovative in shape and design, the dip tube position within [...]

Onefive signs agreement with Leica Microsystems as exclusive supplier for the pulsed STED depletion laser at 775 nm

Onefive GmbH and Leica Microsystems have signed an exclusive agreement on a pulsed stimulated emission depletion (STED) laser at 775 nanometre (nm), which will allow the Leica STED super-resolution microscope to achieve sub-30nm resolution in a simple and cost-effective manner, according to the company. Under the terms of the agreement, Onefive GmbH will be the [...]

AB SCIEX and Illumina Collaborate to Create World’s First Multi-omics Cloud-Computing Environment

Framingham, MA and San Diego, CA -- AB SCIEX and Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today the OneOmicsTM project, an exclusive partnership to bring together SWATHTM-based next-generation proteomics (NGP) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) tools in a cloud computing environment. The AB SCIEX SWATHTM Proteomics Cloud Tool Kit suite of applications will be hosted in BaseSpace, Illumina's [...]

VIROCYT AND I&L BIOSYSTEMS LAUNCH VIRUS COUNTER® 3100 AT THE WORLD VACCINE CONGRESS IN BRUSSELS

BOULDER, CO –- ViroCyt, LLC, the leader in rapid virus quantification, announced today that, in partnership with I&L Biosystems GmbH, it is formally launching the Virus Counter® 3100 in Europe at the World Vaccine Congress to be held October 13-15 in Brussels, Belgium. “The Virus Counter 3100 is the marquee analytical tool for quickly quantifying [...]

Brooks Automation Acquires FluidX, a Leading Provider of Consumables and Instruments Used for Biological Sample Storage

CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) announced today that it has acquired FluidX Ltd. FluidX, headquartered near Manchester, England, is a provider of biological sample storage tubes and complementary bench-top instruments. The company was acquired for a cash payment equal to approximately $16 million. "FluidX is an important building block for Brooks Life Science [...]

AMETEK Completes Agreement on Private Placement of $700 Million in Senior Notes

BERWYN, Pa. -- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell $700 million in Senior Notes in a private placement with institutional investors at a weighted average interest rate of 3.88%. There are three funding dates for the Senior Notes. The first funding occurred on September 30, 2014 for [...]

New Automated Sample Preparation System

Uppsala, Sweden -– Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical, medicinal and peptide chemistry, announces the launch of the new Biotage® Extrahera™, an automated system for the processing of Supported Liquid Extraction (SLE) and Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) methods in both plate and column formats – making the system [...]

Cepheid Extends Reach Of Direct US Commercial Operations

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-- Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced that, effective today, it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire the customer relationships from its former distribution partner, the Laboratory Supply Company (LABSCO). LABSCO has partnered with Cepheid since early 2012 to drive adoption of the GeneXpert® System in US hospitals with fewer than 150 beds, [...]

Itemiser®DX explosives trace detector (ETD) has been qualified by Transport Canada for air cargo screening

WILMINGTON, MA -- Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, today announced the desktop Itemiser®DX explosives trace detector (ETD) has been qualified by Transport Canada for air cargo screening. As a result of this approval, the seventh by a global regulatory agency, Itemiser DX is now available for the quick, accurate detection of explosives at [...]

Stemgent Sells the Stem Cell Reagent and Services Business Unit

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Stemgent Inc. announced today that it has completed the sale of its stem cell reagents and services business to ReproCELL in a cash transaction for approximately $8.5 million. Stemgent is selling the stem cell reagent and services business in order to focus on expanding its human tissue-based brand, Asterand Biosciences. Asterand has [...]

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