Paraytec Ltd Product Launch: The PrinCE Next|800
August 18, 2014
Paraytec Ltd is pleased to announce an expansion of our successful relationship with Prince Technologies, by bringing their innovative PrinCE Next|800 series Capillary Electrophoresis Systems to the UK and Ireland. Paraytec will be the official vendor for Prince Technologies in the UK and Ireland, with Prince-trained engineers to help and support users, as well as [...]
Eureka Genomics Receives USDA Grant For Bovine Genotyping Project
August 18, 2014
HERCULES, CA -— Eureka Genomics, a leader in Next Generation Genotyping (NGG), announced that it has been awarded a $450,000 grant from The National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The Institute is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Eureka Genomics was awarded this grant to commercialize a second generation NGG assay focused [...]
GTCR COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF COLE-PARMER INSTRUMENT COMPANY
August 18, 2014
CHICAGO, IL –- GTCR, a leading private equity firm, today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Cole-Parmer Instrument Company (“Cole-Parmer” or the “Business”) from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) (“Thermo Fisher”). Cole-Parmer, headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, is a leading global manufacturer and distributor of specialty laboratory equipment, instruments and [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Sale of Cole-Parmer to GTCR
August 18, 2014
WALTHAM, Mass.-- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has completed the sale of its Cole-Parmer customer channel business to private equity firm GTCR LLC for approximately $480 million in cash. The business, which was part of the Laboratory Products and Services Segment, had approximately $230 [...]
Jenway incorporates Qualoupe Lite into more instruments for better data tracking and storage
August 15, 2014
Qualoupe Lite, Bibby Scientific's low cost, intuitive laboratory information management system (LIMS), is now available across an even wider selection of the company's laboratory equipment. The system, compatible with Jenway 7300, 7305, 67 series, Genova Plus and Genova Nano spectrophotometers, Jenway 4510 bench conductivity meter and the Stuart SMP40 automatic melting point, provides a convenient [...]
DYESOL AND SIGMA-ALDRICH SIGN GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
August 14, 2014
Queanbeyan, Australia -– Dyesol Limited (ASX:DYE), a global leader in Dye Solar Cell (DSC) materials manufacture, announced today it has signed a global distribution agreement with Sigma-Aldrich® Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading life science and high technology company, whereby Sigma-Aldrich will distribute Dyesol’s entire portfolio of DSC and solid state DSC (ssDSC) materials. The agreement [...]
Intellectual Ventures Files Patents Based Upon Visualant Technology
August 14, 2014
SEATTLE -- Visualant, Inc. (OTCQB: VSUL), a leading provider of disruptive light-based technologies, announced today that Intellectual Ventures has filed three patents focused upon unique applications of the Visualant ChromaID™ technology. Visualant and Intellectual Ventures (IV) entered into a strategic relationship late last year. Pursuant to that agreement Visualant provided ChromaID development kits to Intellectual [...]
RTI International Develops Novel Lung-on-a-Chip
August 14, 2014
Research Triangle Park, NC -- Researchers at RTI International, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have developed a new lung-on-chip microdevice for laboratory studies of respiratory challenges and therapeutics. The microdevice includes multiple vertically stacked cellular layers that mimic the structure of the airway tissue. The lung-on-a-chip model, funded by [...]
August 14, 2014
Irving, TX -- Caris Life Sciences, a leading biosciences company focused on fulfilling the promise of precision medicine, today announced a collaboration with GenoSpace, a Massachusetts-based technology company that develops robust software solutions for genomic and health data. Caris will apply GenoSpace’s population analytics offerings to uncover and better utilize key insights from the company’s [...]
Cerilliant Introduces New Certified Spiking Solutions® of 2C Amine Internal Standards
August 14, 2014
ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) is pleased to announce that the Cerilliant® brand within its Applied Diagnostics and Testing business segment now offers nine new stable isotope-labeled internal standards of 2C amines including deuterium and 13C labeling. These Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) represent the latest addition to Cerilliant's extensive CRM line of New [...]
