NanoString Announces Unexpected Death of Chief Medical Officer, J. Wayne Cowens, MD
August 27, 2014
SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq:NSTG) a provider of life science tools for translational research, and molecular diagnostic products, today announced the unexpected death of J. Wayne Cowens, M.D., the company's Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Cowens was 67 years old. "We are shocked and deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our friend and colleague. [...]
DefiniGEN joins European Bank for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (EBiSC) Consortium
August 27, 2014
Cambridge, UK -- DefiniGEN Ltd, a leading provider of stem cell life science products and services, today announced it has joined the European Bank for induced pluripotent stem cells (EBiSC) consortium. The consortium comprises 26 partners, and has been newly-formed with support from the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries [...]
United States Department of Commerce Partners With ViroCyt to Expand Asian Markets
August 27, 2014
BOULDER, CO –- ViroCyt, LLC, the leader in rapid virus quantification, announced today that it is working with the US Department of Commerce’s Export Assistance Center In Denver to increase awareness of how the cutting edge Virus Counter system can be used to dramatically accelerate the creation of life-saving products. According to Paul Bergman, Director [...]
Summer Intern gains Valuable Collaboration for work on Toxins in Food
August 27, 2014
Salem, NH -- Horizon Technology (USA) is pleased to work with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an undergraduate summer intern, Elizabeth Krantz, to put coursework theory into practice with current laboratory automation, consumables, and techniques. Food safety is an increasingly important initiative around the world, with specific attention to mycotoxins in food and agriculture products. [...]
LABSMITH Products Now Distributed in South Korea by Revodix, Inc.
August 27, 2014
Livermore, CA -– LabSmith,Inc., a leading microfluidics lab equipment manufacturer, has formalized an agreement with Revodix, Inc. to distribute LabSmith’s products within South Korea. This partnership gives South Korean scientists in engineering, chemistry, and life sciences access to an expansive range of tools for lab-on-chip experiments. Revodix, headquartered in Gyeonggi-do, is a distributor providing end-to-end [...]
Lightweight Electronic Pipette Offers Enhanced Ease of Use
August 27, 2014
INTEGRA has announced a software update for its VIAFLO II electronic pipette range that now features a full-text, multilingual user interface in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. Combining ultra lightweight ergonomic design with a highly intuitive user interface – VIAFLO II electronic pipettes are as easy to use as a single channel manual [...]
Ocean Optics Launches New Website
August 26, 2014
Dunedin, Florida, USA -– Ocean Optics has launched a redesigned website at oceanoptics.com. The all new site design helps users more easily navigate through spectroscopy product and educational information with an interactive product selector, spectrometer range and resolution calculator, applications section, measurement techniques section, and a new search function that groups results by type. The [...]
August 26, 2014
Toronto -- AB SCIEX and Dalton Pharma Services (Dalton) announced today a research collaboration to develop Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) analysis capabilities. This will include development of more definitive and comprehensive method for the identification of drug loading and position of conjugation on macromolecules. This collaboration is part of AB SCIEX's commitment to support the growing [...]
Tecan and RECIPE announce co-marketing agreement for automation of LC-MSMS IVD kits
August 26, 2014
Männedorf, Switzerland -- With clinical laboratories increasingly turning to high throughput LC-MSMS analysis, laboratory automation specialist Tecan and RECIPE Chemicals and Instruments GmbH, a leading manufacturer of IVD/CE diagnostic products, have announced a co-marketing agreement for automation of LC-MSMS IVD kits. Visitors to Booth #1 at MSACL 2014 EU in Salzburg, Austria, from the 2nd [...]
August 26, 2014
Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced the opening of a new Biomanufacturing Sciences Training Center (BSTC) facility in Tokyo. The state-of-the-art facility is designed to help biopharmaceutical companies develop manufacturing processes and find solutions to processing challenges in collaboration with engineers from EMD Millipore. “We [...]

