New materials analysis facility under construction at Diamond
September 2, 2014
Today Johnson Matthey, Oxford University and Diamond Light Source announce the creation of a state-of-the-art materials characterisation facility at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. This world class site is close to both Oxford University and Johnson Matthey’s Sonning Common Research laboratories and is home to Diamond, the UK’s synchrotron science facility, where currently 24 [...]
Louis Culot Appointed as BioData’s CEO
September 2, 2014
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- BioData, producer of Labguru, the web-based research and lab management service, is pleased to announce the appointment of Louis Culot as the company’s new CEO. Culot most recently served as VP Marketing and Business Development at BioDiscovery Inc., developer of genomics software for life science research and clinical applications. Previously, Culot worked [...]
Agilent Technologies Introduces Next-Generation Sequencing Cancer Research Panels
September 2, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced ClearSeq AML, the first product in the ClearSeq line of next-generation cancer research panels, which targets 48 selected exons in 20 of the most commonly mutated genes found in acute myeloid leukemia. Designed in collaboration with Dr. Robert Ohgami and Dr. Daniel Arber at [...]
September 1, 2014
INNSBRUCK, Austria -- Austrian BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG, internationally renowned developer and marketer of innovative targeted metabolomics solutions, further expands its range of metabolomics-based kits with the addition of its assay for the determination of endogenous bile acids, allowing a panel of up to 19 analytes to be simultaneously quantitated from a single 10 µL [...]
Silliker, a Mérieux NutriSciences Company, Implements RIDASCREEN® for Gluten Analysis in Food
September 1, 2014
Chicago, IL -– With the recent publication of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new gluten-free regulation, verifying that products meet the new definition through analytical testing has taken on heightened importance for food manufacturers. Silliker, a Mérieux NutriSciences Company, announced the implementation of RIDASCREEN® R5 technology for the analysis of gluten. Developed by R-Biopharm, [...]
One Instrument for Raman, UV-Visible-NIR and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Microscopic Samples
September 1, 2014
San Dimas, CA -- CRAIC Technologies, the world leading innovator of microspectroscopy solutions, has added Raman microspectroscopy to its flagship product: the 20/30 Perfect Vision™ microspectrophotometer . Users of the 20/30 PV™ now have the ability to acquire Raman spectra, with multiple laser wavelengths, in addition to UV-visible-NIR absorbance, reflectance, fluorescence and emission microspectra™. The [...]
Dako Launches Fast HER2 ISH Assay for New Automated Staining Platform in Europe
September 1, 2014
GLOSTRUP, Denmark -- Dako, an Agilent Technologies company and a worldwide provider of cancer diagnostics, today announced the EU launch of HER2 IQFISH pharmDx™ automated on Dako Omnis. The new product will enable pathology laboratories to easily integrate the renowned Dako HER2 IQFISH and IQFISH hybridization buffer into their IHC workflow. Dako Omnis is Agilent’s [...]
Achieving the World Highest Level Sensitivity and Spatial Resolution
September 1, 2014
Shimadzu Corporation has released the EPMA-8050G, a high-end electron probe microanalyzer. While maintaining excellent operability, this model is equipped with the latest field emission (FE) electron optical system, and achieves the world leading sensitivity and spatial resolution for an FE-EPMA instrument. EPMA can perform non-destructive analyses of a wide range of samples. They are primarily [...]
BioLegend Acquires the Antibody Products Business Unit from Covance
August 29, 2014
BioLegend, Inc. (BioLegend) acquired the shares of Covance Antibody Services Inc., a business unit of Covance, located in Dedham, Massachusetts, on August 29, 2014. The Covance Antibody business unit develops and manufactures antibodies and research reagents for Neuroscience, Immunopathology, Cell Biology, Epitope Tags, and Immunohistochemistry Detection. These products, including In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) antibodies for [...]
August 28, 2014
AXT Pty Ltd, a leading Australian supplier of high technology analytical solutions for industry and academia is proud to announce their association with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, with revenues in excess of US$ 17 billion. AXT and the Nano-scale Materials Analysis product lines of Thermo Fisher Scientific recently signed [...]

