Avantor™ Expands High-Purity Acid Line for Trace Metal Testing
July 8, 2014
Center Valley, PA -- Avantor™ Performance Materials, a global manufacturer of performance materials and chemicals, has launched a new grade of high-purity laboratory acids optimized for trace metal analysis and designed to meet the needs of customers in environmental, food, quality control and other testing applications. Marketed under the company's renowned J.T. Baker™ brand, the [...]
ATS TO ACQUIRE LEADING GLOBAL AUTOMATION SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS PROVIDER M+W PROCESS AUTOMATION
July 8, 2014
ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TSX:ATA) (“ATS” or the “Company”) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all shares of M+W Process Automation GmbH and ProFocus LLC, collectively M+W PA, a leading global provider of engineering-based automation services and solutions focused on the control, performance monitoring and measurement of critical production [...]
GE Healthcare launches SimpliNano easy-to-use, accurate low volume spectrophotometer
July 8, 2014
SimpliNano is a simple-to-use microvolume spectrophotometer for straightforward concentration and purity measurements of nucleic acids and proteins. There are no moving parts in SimpliNano, making it reliable and easy to maintain, with excellent instrument reproducibility. The fixed pathlength means samples can be added and removed without the need for time-consuming calibration. Small volumes down to [...]
Avantor™ Expands High-Purity Acid Line for Trace Metal Testing
July 8, 2014
Center Valley, PA –– Avantor™ Performance Materials, a global manufacturer of performance materials and chemicals, has launched a new grade of high-purity laboratory acids optimized for trace metal analysis and designed to meet the needs of customers in environmental, food, quality control and other testing applications. Marketed under the company’s renowned J.T.Baker® brand, the new [...]
PicoQuant releases new EasyTau software
July 8, 2014
Berlin (Germany)-– PicoQuant has released a new software version for the FluoTime 300 spectrometer. The EasyTau software now supports measurements with a recently developed integrating sphere and the Solea supercontinuum laser. The integrating sphere has been thoroughly designed and calibrated and is able to reproduce published literature data of selected quantum yield standards such as [...]
Appistry Announces Pipeline Challenge Competition to Reward Creative Solutions for NGS Analysis
July 8, 2014
ST LOUIS, MO -– Appistry, Inc., a leading provider of tools, software, and services that bring the power of genomics to next-generation medicine, today launched its inaugural Appistry Pipeline Challenge. The competition will provide $70,000 of software and hardware to aid one team in developing and executing an innovative next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis pipeline. Any [...]
StoneCalibre Acquires Nucleic Acid Purification Products Manufacturer Edge BioSystems, Inc.
July 8, 2014
Los Angeles, CA -– StoneCalibre announced today the completion of the acquisition of Edge Biosystems, Inc. (“EdgeBio”), headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Established in 1990, EdgeBio is a highly specialized manufacturer and distributor of sample preparation and clean-up products for use in DNA sequencing. EdgeBio’s consumable products are critical components in the DNA sequencing process allowing [...]
Ceres Licenses DNA Browser Software to Bayer CropScience
July 8, 2014
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. –– Ceres, Inc. (NASDAQ: CERE), an agricultural biotechnology and seed company, today announced that the company has licensed its Persephone genome visualization application to Bayer CropScience. The multi-year software license and collaboration agreement provides a non-exclusive license to Bayer as well as professional services including support, customizations and maintenance. Bayer is the [...]
PerkinElmer Launches LabChip® GX Touch and GXII TouchTM Automated Gel Electrophoresis Systems
July 8, 2014
WALTHAM, Mass. –– PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the launch of the new LabChip® GX Touch and GXII TouchTM automated electrophoresis systems. The LabChip platform’s key feature is automation of conventional gel electrophoresis, eliminating the need for manual sample preparation. The LabChip [...]
Vivione Signs Strategic Alliance Agreement with IEH and Launches New Oil and Gas Product Offerings
July 8, 2014
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. -Vivione Biosciences Inc. (the “Corporation”) (TSX:VBI), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Vivione Biosciences, LLC, announced today that it has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Institute for Environmental Health, Inc (“IEH”), a Washington-based lab service provider, to handle all laboratory testing for the Corporation’s new oil and gas service offerings. IEH is [...]
