FW Capital Partners Makes a Strategic Investment in Essen Bioscience
May 15, 2014
RYE, NY -– SFW Capital Partners, a specialized private equity firm that invests with management in mid-sized companies providing analytical tools and related services, today announced an investment in Essen BioScience, Inc. SFW is partnering in this investment with Essen’s co-founders, Kirk Schroeder and Brad Neagle, who serve as the current President and Vice-President of [...]
May 15, 2014
Gaithersburg, MD — — OpGen, Inc., a Gaithersburg based molecular diagnostics company, announced today that it has launched a new molecular-based test that can quickly and reliably identify patients at risk for harboring serious disease-causing microbes that can resist even the strongest antibiotics. The Acuitas™ MDRO Gene Test is a comprehensive molecular screening tool that [...]
High Temperature Synthesis Using Heating Blocks
May 15, 2014
The School of Chemistry at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia reports how it is using Asynt DrySyn MULTI heating block systems to support its ground breaking synthetic research in photovoltaics, water splitting and nanoimaging. In order to improve safety in his laboratories, Leone Spiccia, Professor of Chemistry at Monash University sought laboratory apparatus to replace [...]
Compact Ozone Sterilizer Eliminates Contaminants and Germs
May 15, 2014
The Ozilla™ from AMSBIO is a new high quality, purpose-built ozone gas generator. Measuring just 13 x 11 x 5 inches (32 x 28 x 13 cm), it will fit in most standard laboratory cell culture incubators, air incubators, cell culture hoods, PCR hoods, or any other environment where a sterile atmosphere is critical. Following [...]
BaseHealthTM Adds Illumina CTO To Board Of Directors
May 15, 2014
Redwood City, CA -- BaseHealth, the maker of the integrated health management platform GenophenTM, today announced the addition of Dr. Mostafa Ronaghi to the company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Ronaghi is the current Chief Technology Officer of Illumina, Inc., the leader in next-generation sequencing technologies. He is also a serial life sciences entrepreneur with a [...]
Bruker Wins Two Significant Orders for FT-NIR Spectrometers in China
May 15, 2014
BILLERICA, Mass.-- Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced that it recently has received two significant orders of TANGO and MATRIX-I FT-NIR (Fourier transform near infrared) spectrometers from leading animal nutrition companies in the People’s Republic of China. The agricultural high-tech company Da Bei Nong Science and Technology Group (DBN), a leading feed and seed products [...]
Horizon Discovery Group plc to Acquire CombinatoRx Service Business and Assets from Zalicus Inc.
May 15, 2014
Cambridge, UK and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA –- Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or the “Company”), the international life science company supplying research tools and services to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has agreed to acquire the CombinatoRx service business (known as the combination high [...]
Agilent Technologies Introduces New SureDirect Blood PCR Kit
May 15, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the new SureDirect Blood PCR Kit for amplification of DNA directly from blood and blood derivatives, without the need for nucleic acid extraction and isolation. This kit simplifies the DNA amplification workflow and decreases turn-around time by enabling PCR (polymerase chain reaction) directly from fresh, [...]
BIO-TECHNE ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF HAROLD WIENS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
May 15, 2014
Minneapolis -- Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH), (d/b/a Bio-Techne) announces that Harold Wiens, a 30+ year veteran of 3M company, has joined the board of Bio-Techne, adding additional seasoned global business experience to a well-established team. Harold graduated from Michigan Technological University with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1968. He began working for 3M in [...]
BaseHealthTM Adds Illumina CTO To Board Of Directors
May 15, 2014
Redwood City, CA -- BaseHealth, the maker of the integrated health management platform GenophenTM, today announced the addition of Dr. Mostafa Ronaghi to the company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Ronaghi is the current Chief Technology Officer of Illumina, Inc., the leader in next-generation sequencing technologies. He is also a serial life sciences entrepreneur with a [...]
