Benno Oderkerk, Co-Founder & CEO, AVANTES, joins EPIC Board of Directors

Benno Oderkerk, CEO of Avantes, joins the board of directors of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC). Mr. Oderkerk adds to the board his technical expertise in Spectroscopy, a closer link with the Dutch photonics community as he is also a member of the Photonics NL association, and his experience as entrepreneur. "EPIC is an [...]

Endress+Hauser inaugurates new Customer Center

Endress+Hauser inaugurates a new 80,000 square feet state-of-the-art Customer Center in Greenwood, Indiana. This 16 million dollar investment in infrastructure helps to optimize customer support and further underscores Endress+Hauser’s commitment to the US market and its loyal customers in the Americas. Over the past few years, Endress+Hauser has continued to grow its market share in [...]

ASTROTECH’S (NASDAQ:ASTC) 1st DETECT AWARDED NEW CONTRACT FOR NEXT GENERATION CHEMICAL DETECTION SOLUTION

1st Detect, a subsidiary of Astrotech (Nasdaq:ASTC), announced today its breakthrough technology has reached a key milestone in the military’s test and evaluation process for Multi-Sample Identifier Detector (MSID) solutions, by being awarded one of the competitive prototype contracts for the Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD) program. “1st Detect is well positioned to be rapidly [...]

Biotage success in re-examination proceedings

A lawsuit was filed against Biotage by Scientific Plastic Products, Inc. (“SPP”) concerning alleged infringement of the US patents no 7,138,061, 7,381,327 and 7,410,571. Biotage then filed requests with the US Patent and Trademark Office for re-examination of all patent claims in the three patents mentioned above. At the same time Biotage moved to stay [...]

Agilent Technologies Celebrates 10 Years of CGH Microarray Innovation

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the 10-year anniversary of its SurePrint Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) Microarray, a market leader for cytogenetics research applications. Microarray CGH is a molecular technique that enables exon-level detection of gains and losses in DNA copy number across the genome, providing resolution an order of magnitude [...]

The Icahn Institute at Mount Sinai Selects Ion Torrent Sequencing Technology to Drive Discovery in State-of-the-Art Genomics Research Center

CARLSBAD, Calif. & NEW YORK -- Thermo Fisher Scientific and the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology at Mount Sinai today announced the selection of a suite of 16 next generation sequencing (NGS) systems and ancillary technology from the Ion Torrent portfolio for genomics research in a new, state-of-the art facility designed for studies [...]

Tute Genomics Launches MyGene Portal for Genome-guided Medicine

Washington, DC -- Today at the TEDMED conference, Tute Genomics announced the launch of MyGene, a patient portal that puts genome sequencing results at the fingertips of the individual where it is most useful and actionable. The $1000 was announced earlier this year by Illumina, which is thought by many to be the tipping point [...]

Agilent Technologies Introduces Modular Real-Time PCR System with Precision Optics and Dependable Thermal Uniformity

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the AriaMx System, the first instrument for real-time polymerase chain-reaction (PCR) that features easily-changeable optics cartridges for genotyping via high-resolution melt, gene-expression analysis, pathogen detection, and a variety of complex research applications. "Expanding functionality of this innovative system is as easy as replacing a [...]

AMETEK Announces Appointment of Gretchen W. McClain to Board of Directors

BERWYN, Pa.-- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Gretchen W. McClain as a new director of the Company. Ms. McClain most recently served as Chief Executive Officer for Xylem, Inc. "We are very pleased to welcome Gretchen to AMETEK's Board of Directors. She is an experienced business executive [...]

Microsaic Systems plc Selects Plexus for Commercial Manufacture of Microsaic’s 4000 MiD® Scientific Instrument

Kelso, UK and Woking, UK –- Plexus Corp. (NASDAQ: PLXS), a global provider of optimised Product Realization solutions, and Microsaic Systems (AIM: MSYS), the developer of chip-based scientific instruments, have entered an agreement for Plexus to provide design and manufacturing solutions from its UK facilities. Plexus will support Microsaic with the manufacture of its 4000 [...]

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