VICAM’s New Afla M1-V Provides Rapid Detection of Aflatoxin M1 for Dairy Industry
July 1, 2014
Milford, Mass. – – Waters Corporation (WAT: NYSE) today announced VICAM®, A Waters® Business, introduced a new, lateral flow strip test for the rapid detection of aflatoxin M1 in raw milk at the processing facility or in the dairy laboratory. Afla M1-V™ provides rapid food safety data for raw milk using a lateral flow strip [...]
Expansion of Bioanalytical Capabilities
July 1, 2014
Cyprotex PLC (AIM:CRX), a specialist ADME-Tox Contract Research Organisation (CRO), today announces the expansion of their bioanalytical capabilities within the BioHub site at Alderley Park in the UK to increase its offering to both existing customers and new customers in new markets. The new instruments include a Waters Xevo® G2-S QTof high resolution accurate mass [...]
Enzo Biochem Added to Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 Indexes
June 30, 2014
NEW YORK, NY -- Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) announced today the company was added to the Russell 2000® and Russell 3000® Indexes following the reconstitution of Russell Investment Group's family of US indexes after the market closed on June 27, 2014. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style [...]
June 30, 2014
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it has entered into separate agreements with Biomnis, Genoma, and the Center for Human Genetics and Laboratory Diagnostics Martinsried, under which they will use the HiSeq 2500 and consumables from Illumina to develop and perform non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). Biomnis plans to make NIPT available in [...]
Qbic invests in VUB start-up Pharmafluidics
June 30, 2014
Brussels – Ghent -- Qbic and SOFI invest seed capital in VUB start-up in column chromatography Qbic Arkiv Fund and SOFI each invest 250.000 EUR in the VUB start-up Pharmafluidics NV. The company offers a new generation of high-performance columns for chromatographic, molecular separations. Pharmafluidics will use the invested capital for developing a set of [...]
Torch V10.3 delivers intuitive visualization and analysis tools for multiple parameter optimization
June 30, 2014
Cambridge, UK – – Cresset, innovative provider of computational chemistry software and services, announces the release of Torch V10.3. This version includes significant new science enabling medicinal chemists to visualize and optimize multiple activities to make the best molecular design decisions. “An important part of modern medicinal chemistry is to understand how improving one property [...]
June 30, 2014
Huntsville, AL -- Lawrence (Larry) Smith has joined Eurofins MWG Operon, Inc., a Eurofins Genomics company, as their new Chief Operations Officer. New COO Smith is excited about the challenges of this position. “I am thrilled to join the Eurofins Genomics team and build upon our excellent performance and reputation for providing our customers with [...]
June 30, 2014
The new row dilution plate holder adds the functionality to perform serial dilutions in rows. Serial dilutions are often carried out in row format because it allows experimenters to dilute more samples (12 instead of 8 in a 96-well plate). The plate holder can easily be adapted to work with either 96 or 384 well [...]
Sphere Fluidics Trademarks Cyto-Mine
June 30, 2014
Sphere Fluidics has filed a Trademark for Cyto-Mine, its new single cell analysis instrument, in Europe. "We are also trademarking this novel, brand name in the US and will consider other regions shortly." said Dr Frank F. Craig (CEO). "Sphere Fluidics believes that this technology will be breakthrough for biopharmaceutical discovery and development. To date, [...]
Microbiologics Introduces New Line of Water QC Kits, EZ-Hydro Shot™
June 30, 2014
Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA -- Microbiologics, Inc., a leading global producer of quality control microorganisms, announces EZ-Hydro Shot™, a product designed for water testing. Ready-to-use EZ-Hydro Shot™organisms have been validated for membrane filtration and enzyme substrate methods and can be used for a variety of other test methods as well. Microbiologics® EZ-Hydro Shot™ comes in [...]

