ViroCyt Strengthens Management Team
June 11, 2014
BOULDER, CO –- ViroCyt, LLC, the leader in rapid virus quantification, announced today that Michael Olszowy, PhD, has joined the team as Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Olszowy is a formally trained cellular and molecular immunologist with 16 years of experience developing and commercializing life science technologies. Most recently, he held a number of increasingly senior [...]
With the new XploRA Nano, TERS mapping is made easy
June 11, 2014
EMRS conference Lille, France -- Nano-Raman performed with tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS), and especially nano-Raman imaging, still has the reputation of being a difficult measurement. Last week, to demonstrate that this can now be performed under regular conditions, the HORIBA team has set up a Raman-AFM system “the XploRA Nano” on a standard optical table [...]
Promega Cell Viability Assay Designed Specifically for 3D Microtissue Culture
June 11, 2014
MADISON, WISCONSIN -- Promega Corporation launches a new assay validated for assessing the viability of cells in three-dimensional (3D) microtissue model systems. CellTiter-Glo® 3D Cell Viability Assay penetrates large 3D microtissue samples to provide more accurate determination of viable cells. The assay has been validated on a range of 3D microtissue model systems, generated using [...]
New Screening Library Offers Exceptional Chemical Diversity to Increase Hit Probability
June 11, 2014
LOUGHBOROUGH, UK –– A new highly diverse library of screening compounds is designed to maximize efficiency and productivity for researchers in early phase small molecule drug discovery. By delivering exceptionally diverse coverage of the space spanned by all possible drug-like molecules and associated characteristics, the Maybridge HitCreator library provides a greater hit probability than larger, [...]
ETTLER TOLEDO Launches New Thermomechanical Analyzer for Outstanding Measurement Performance
June 11, 2014
METTLER TOLEDO has released a new line of Thermomechanical Analyzers that provide users the capability for length measurements over a wide temperature range with nanometer resolution while workflows are kept easy, ergonomic and efficient. The new TMA/SDTA 1 allows easier handling of sample supports and probes and has advanced intelligent features with the One ClickTM [...]
June 11, 2014
RYE BROOK, N.Y.-– Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, announced today that its Vice President of Strategy and Business Development Albert Cho has been selected to join the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program’s sixth class of First Mover Fellows. Individuals chosen [...]
June 11, 2014
SAN JOSE, Calif. –– Scientists at Thermo Fisher Scientific and BioAnalytix, Inc., of Cambridge, MA, are combining their expertise to develop advanced analytical profiling platforms and applications to characterize biologic and biosimilar drugs. Biologic drugs, such as therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, are extremely large and complex biomolecules, and represent one of the most significant areas in [...]
Nanoscience Instruments Announces Exclusive New Line of Scanning Probe Microscopes
June 11, 2014
Phoenix, AZ -- The new lines of atomic force microscopes (AFM) and scanning tunneling microscopes (STM) are available exclusively from Nanoscience Instruments. The traxAFM and traxSTM systems provide an affordable solution for routine AFM and STM imaging. They are ideally suited for teaching environments where a portable, easy to use, and lower priced system is [...]
908 Devices Announces Completion of Successful Testing for M908
June 11, 2014
908 Devices, a pioneer of purpose-built analytical devices for chemical analysis, announces the successful completion of performance testing for the M908TMhandheld mass spectrometer. MRIGlobal, a not-for-profit leading contract research and test facility for government and industry, carried out testing at its independent test facility in Kansas City. M908 performance was tested using chemical warfare agents [...]
June 11, 2014
Gardner, MA.-– Today, New England Peptide, Inc. (NEP) and SISCAPA Assay Technologies, Inc. (SAT) announced a collaboration for the manufacture and sale of Stable Isotope Standard (SIS) peptides for use in SISCAPA® protein quantification assays. Under the terms of the agreement, NEP will manufacture peptide standards suitable for use with SAT’s SISCAPA assays. The peptides [...]
