Teledyne Announces Executive Change
June 17, 2014
THOUSAND OAKS, California -- Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced today that Anna Segobia Masters will become its Vice President-Human Resources and Deputy General Counsel, effective July 7, 2014, reporting to Robert Mehrabian. Robyn E. McGowan, Teledyne’s current Vice President-Administration and Human Resources and Assistant Secretary, will be leaving the company effective July 31, 2014, for health [...]
Diamond Light Source Purchases Multiple Electron Microscopes From FEI
June 17, 2014
HILLSBORO, Ore. and OXFORDSHIRE, U.K.-- FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC) today announced its largest order for Life Sciences -- Diamond Light Source, one of the most advanced synchrotron light sources in the world, has ordered two Titan Krios™ cryo transmission electron microscopes (TEMs), a Scios™ DualBeam™ FIB/SEM (focused ion beam/scanning electron microscope) and a Talos™ cryo-TEM. These microscopes [...]
RURO Solutions Gain ISBT 128 Certification
June 17, 2014
Frederick, Maryland -- RURO, Inc., with its solutions in use in more than 1000 laboratories around the world, today announces its recent certification from ICCBBA for ISBT 128. From ICCBBA website (https://www.ICCBBA.com): “ICCBBA enhances safety for patients by managing and promoting the ISBT 128 international information standard for use in transfusion and transplantation.” Today, several [...]
Agilent Technologies Introduces Innovative LC Columns, Biocolumns
June 17, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -— Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced new columns in both the small-molecule ultra-high performance liquid chromatography and biopharma (large molecule) categories. The AdvanceBio Glycan Mapping Column is the latest addition to the AdvanceBio family of columns; it is specifically designed to deliver fast, high resolution glycan separations. Poroshell HPH-C18 and [...]
MTS SYSTEMS BUYS ROEHRIG ENGINEERING, INC.
June 17, 2014
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
June 17, 2014
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
June 17, 2014
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
June 17, 2014
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 [...]
June 17, 2014
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 [...]
June 17, 2014
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. [...]

