September 2, 2014
Burlington, Massachusetts -– Rigaku Raman Technologies, a leading pioneer of handheld and portable Raman spectrometers, is delighted to announce that its handheld Raman analyzer, Progeny™ (www.rigakuprogeny.com) has received the Bronze Award for the Portable Analytical Instrument Industrial Design category in the 2014 Instrument Business Outlook (IBO) Design Awards. Progeny represents the new generation in handheld [...]
September 2, 2014
Cole-Parmer introduces the latest fully-featured pH meter and conductivity meter from Oakton®, known as a technology leader in water testing instruments. The Oakton pH 450 and CON 450 Meters are waterproof and rugged enough for even the harshest environments. The meters provide automatic and manual temperature compensation to ensure accuracy even with fluctuating temperatures. Get [...]
MoBiTec GmbH, Germany, Offers Clickable Isoprenoids Manufactured by Echelon Biosciences
September 2, 2014
Isoprenoids are organic compounds composed of two or more units of hydrocarbons, with each unit consisting of five carbon atoms arranged in a specific pattern. Isoprenoids play widely varying roles in physiological processes of plants and animals. Isoprenoids in living organisms range in function from pigments and fragrances to vitamins and precursors of sex hormones. [...]
‘Made-to-Measure’ Phospho-Specific Polyclonal Antibodies
September 2, 2014
Drawing upon over 20 years’ experience - AMSBIO has developed a custom phospho-specific antibody production service** that is both reliable and produces high quality product. This service** includes synthesis of phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated peptides, conjugation to a carrier protein, immunization, serum production and a 2-step affinity purification of the antibodies. To ensure absolute specificity for [...]
September 2, 2014
Cambridge, UK -- TAP Biosystems (now part of the Sartorius Stedim Biotech Group), a leading supplier of cell culture and fermentation systems for life science applications, is pleased to announce that its CompacT SelecT™, automated cell culture system has been chosen by a top ten pharmaceutical company to reliably produce consistent, high quality cells in [...]
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, [...]

