BALTIMORE -- Laboratories analyzing food, the environment, and biological samples for compounds like dioxins, PCBs, pesticides, steroids and other challenging analytes now have access to a new generation of GC-MS/MS from Thermo Fisher Scientific, designed to deliver more sensitivity at faster speeds than its predecessor. The new Thermo Scientific TSQ 8000 Evo triple quadrupole GC-MS [...]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced the release of Xpert? Carba-R, an on-demand molecular test for rapid and accurate detection of carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria, to be marketed as a CE IVD product under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. The test runs on Cepheid's GeneXpert? System, the world's leading molecular [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the 7010 Triple Quadrupole GC/MS System featuring a totally redesigned ion source that is a radical departure from the conventional ion sources currently on the market. The new high-efficiency electron ionization (EI) source enables attogram detection limits–a first for any EI GC/MS/MS system. Along [...]

Baltimore, MA, USA -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced that the latest version of Genedata Expressionist for Mass Spectrometry (MS) will be showcased at the 62nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. Developed in collaboration with leading mass spectrometry labs, the [...]

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today introduced the TripleTOF 6600 system with SWATH Acquisition 2.0 – the company’s revolutionary solution for quantitative proteomics. This high-resolution, accurate-mass system, combined with the new SWATH Acquisition 2.0, brings new power to proteomic data challenges for advanced biomarker discovery and systems biology. As the [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-— Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a new flagship triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for LC/MS applications requiring the highest sensitivity and robustness. The Agilent 6495 LC/MS Triple Quadrupole system is fully integrated with Agilent’s 1200 series UHPLC systems to deliver turnkey performance. The newest addition to the 6400 LC/MS Triple Quadrupole [...]

Newark, DE -- B&W Tek, Inc., an advanced instrumentation company that delivers lab quality Raman spectroscopy solutions through user-friendly mobile platforms, is proud to announce the enhanced TacticID handheld Raman spectrometer, featuring new functionality and safety. The TacticID has been enhanced in three significant areas; user safety, mixture analysis, and library volume. With safety as [...]

LUXEMBOURG -- Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL), S.A., announces the signing of a licensing and collaboration agreement with Tute Genomics. ABL is also pleased to announce the commercial launch of OncoChek™ for managing and analysing genomics data in the field of oncology. “With the continuous pipeline of new features appearing in the Tute Genomics platform including [...]

Baltimore, Maryland -- Shimadzu Corporation announced today the release of the new mutual support between the Skyline quantitative proteomics software and Shimadzu's high sensitivity triple quadrupole LC/MS/MS platform. As mass spectrometry-based proteomics technologies continue to play an ever-increasing role in biomarker discovery, validation and translation for biological and clinical applications, advances in throughput and multiplexing [...]

Brisbane, CA -- CareDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on the development and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high value, non-invasive surveillance solutions for transplant recipients,today announced that it has entered into a multi-year supply agreement with Illumina, Inc. that will provide access to next generation sequencing, microarray equipment and consumables to the CareDx reference [...]