AB SCIEX Proteomics Scientist Again Wins HUPO 2014 Science and Technology Award
October 6, 2014
Framingham, MA -- AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, announced that Dr. Subhasish "Babu" Purkayastha, Director, R&D at AB SCIEX, has been awarded the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) Science and Technology Award for efforts in commercialization of isobaric labeling for protein quantification with the development of iTRAQ chemistries. The award further [...]
Michael H. Mulroy and Stephen L. Cartt Joining BioTime Board of Directors
October 6, 2014
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT:BTX) announced today that Michael H. Mulroy and Stephen L. Cartt are joining its Board of Directors. Mr. Mulroy has been appointed to the Board to fill a vacancy and Mr. Cartt has been nominated for election to the Board at the Company’s upcoming annual shareholders’ meeting, which will [...]
Perten Instruments appoints General Manager for Canada
October 6, 2014
Perten Instruments announces the appointment of Michael Reimer as General Manager for Perten’s Canadian operations. Michael will be immediately tasked with opening a new office in the Winnipeg area. Mike brings extensive experience in the food and agricultural business. He worked in both the Oilseed and Pulse Research Labs at the Canadian Grain Commission and [...]
John Flannery to Lead GE Healthcare
October 6, 2014
FAIRFIELD, CT. –– GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt announced today the appointment of John Flannery as president and CEO of GE Healthcare succeeding John Dineen, who is leaving GE. The appointment is effective immediately. Flannery, 53, most recently was senior vice president of business development for GE. In the past year, Flannery led business [...]
Implant Sciences’ QS-B220 Passes European Civil Aviation Conference Common Evaluation Process
October 6, 2014
WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, announced today that the QS-B220 has successfully passed the European Civil Aviation Conference's (ECAC) Common Evaluation Process of Security Equipment (CEP) for airport checkpoint screening of passengers and baggage. The QS-B220 is the [...]
New search tool gives online access to 110,000 SNP genotyping assays
October 6, 2014
LGC has launched 110,000 new wet lab-validated KASP™ Genotyping Assays, which have been made available exclusively through its new, online KASP assay search tool. In the past decade LGC has run over a billion KASP genotyping PCR reactions in its service labs across the world. A central part of this work has been the validation [...]
Bio-Rad Introduces Wet-Lab Validated Real-Time PCR Assays for Rat Genome
October 6, 2014
Hercules, CA — — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today announced the launch of new PrimePCR™ Rat Genome Assays for quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). This expands Bio-Rad’s line of wet-lab validated assays that includes human and mouse genome assays. Assay validation is one of the most important steps in qPCR but is sometimes [...]
October 3, 2014
Shimadzu has released the ICPE-9810 and ICPE-9820 as part of its ICPE-9800 series of simultaneous ICP atomic emission spectrometers. Featuring user-friendly software, a proprietary design, Eco mode, and enabling high-speed simultaneous analysis of multiple elements, these instruments improve throughput and reduce operating costs. ICP atomic emission spectrometers are used for R&D and quality control in [...]
Winner Announced in the First Annual Norman R. Alpert Research Prize
October 3, 2014
WINOOSKI VT, USA — Dr. Chris Berger, CMB Interim Director and Director of Graduate Education for the College of Medicine, announced the winner of the 2014 Norman R. Alpert Award at the annual Graduate Research Day for the CMB Program event held October 2, 2014. Jacqueline Leung, a graduate student in the Cellular, Molecular and [...]
Cleaver Scientific has introduced the innovative new COMPAC-50 High Throughput COMET Assay system
October 3, 2014
Leicester, UK -- The unique design of the COMPAC-50 enables simultaneous electrophoresis of up to 50 COMET Assay slides saving considerable lab space and reducing slide handling time by up to two-thirds when compared to previous standard methods. This would equate to a significant time-saving of up to 90% when handling 50 COMET Assay slides. [...]
