MTS SYSTEMS BUYS ROEHRIG ENGINEERING, INC.

Eden Prairie, Minn. –– MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, today announced that it has acquired 100% of the shares of Roehrig Engineering, Inc. (REI), the leader in testing systems utilizing electric and electromagnetic actuation technology, for approximately $15 million. The purchase price may increase [...]

Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry’s First Exact Mass Pesticide Library for GC/Q-TOF

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -– Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a new Personal Compound Database and Library for use with gas chromatography/hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight (GC/Q-TOF) mass spectrometers. Part of Agilent’s full line of pesticide monitoring and analysis solutions, the full-spectrum Pesticide PCDL--combined with high-resolution accurate mass technology--enables clear and decisive identification of even the [...]

Bio-Rad Launches the First Fully-Automated 5th Generation HIV Test

Hercules, CA — — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of its BioPlex® 2200 HIV Ag-Ab kit, the company’s 5th generation HIV test for markets outside the U.S. Similar to 4th generation assays, the BioPlex 2200 HIV [...]

New 1 mL ISOLUTE® SLE+ 48-well Plates from Biotage – Extract Larger Sample Volumes, Faster

Uppsala, Sweden -– Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical, medicinal and peptide chemistry, announces the launch of the new ISOLUTE® SLE+ 1 mL Supported Liquid Extraction 48-well plates, enabling the extraction of larger sample volumes (1 mL total load volume) than presently possible in the microplate footprint. The [...]

Fluxion Biosciences Announces Collaboration with Stanford University School of Medicine for New Circulating Cancer Biomarkers

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine focused on developing tests to help deliver more effective therapies to cancer patients. The laboratory of Dr. James Brooks is utilizing Fluxion’s IsoFlux System to isolate, recover, and analyze rare circulating cancer [...]

OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE SIGNS CONTRACT WITH GENALICE FOR ITS BREAKTHROUGH SEQUENCED DNA DATA PROCESSING SOLUTION

GENALICE today announced that the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre’s Molecular Diagnostics Centre has signed a contract for a larger model of the GENALICE VAULT, GENALICE’s Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data processing appliance. This all-in-one bioinformatics appliance is preloaded with the ultra-fast and highly accurate NGS data processing software, GENALICE MAP. [...]

Tecan offers Dual Z arm for Cavro® Omni Robot

Männedorf, Switzerland -– Tecan has introduced a Dual Z arm for the popular Cavro® Omni Robot. Available with a broad choice of lengths, orientations and options for all three axes, the Cavro Omni Robot is designed to combine precision OEM liquid handling with straightforward integration, and the launch of the Dual Z option provides instrument [...]

Agilent Technologies Thought Leader Award Supports Professor John A. McLean, Vanderbilt University Award Recognizes Pioneering Developments in Ion Mobility Q-TOF Technology for Lipidomic and Metabolomic Analysis

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that professor John A. McLean has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in recognition of his contributions to ion mobility mass spectrometry (IM-MS) focused on advanced applications, including comprehensive biomolecular systems analysis and synthetic and chemical biology. Dr. McLean is a Stevenson Professor of [...]

Nanion And Axion Biosystems Announce Strategic Distribution Partnership In Europe And China

Munich, Germany -- Nanion Technologies, a leading provider of automated patch clamp platforms, and Axion Biosystems, originator of the first high throughput microelectrode array system, today announce a distribution partnership in Europe and China. Nanion will immediately carry Axion’s MEA-products, supporting a broad range of biomedical applications. Axion Biosystems provides state-of-the-art, high resolution, MEA based [...]

BIO-TECHNE ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE PROTEINSIMPLE

Minneapolis -- Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) (d/b/a Bio-Techne) announced today that it has agreed to acquire ProteinSimple for $300 million in cash. The closing of the acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including the expiration or early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The [...]

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