Repligen Hires Former Life Technologies Executive Tony J. Hunt as Chief Operating Officer
May 6, 2014
WALTHAM, Mass.-- Repligen Corporation, a life sciences company focused on the manufacture and commercialization of bioprocessing products, today announced the appointment of Tony J. Hunt to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Hunt was most recently President, BioProduction at Life Technologies, a global life sciences company whose acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific [...]
May 6, 2014
SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ:NSTG) a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that it has received a Class III Medical Device License from Health Canada, clearing the company to market its Prosigna® Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay for assessing a woman's 10-year risk of distant [...]
Endress+Hauser is paving the way for the future
May 6, 2014
The Endress+Hauser Group increased its net sales by more than 7 percent to over 1.8 billion euros last year. While foreign exchange rates slowed growth, acquisitions, particularly in the field of analytics, provided a boost. Besides venturing into new markets, the change at the head of the Group was the dominant feature of 2013. The [...]
May 6, 2014
ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced the availability of high-fidelity Sigma® CRISPR paired nickases, a novel patent-pending gene editing tool that can be easily and inexpensively employed in academic, agricultural, pharmaceutical, human health and other applications. The high-fidelity CRISPR technology has been designed to reduce unintended off-target gene modifications, providing the research [...]
Brookfield Celebrates 80th Anniversary!
May 6, 2014
Middleboro, MA - In 2014 Brookfield Engineering is celebrating 80 years of innovation and customer service. It began in 1933 when Donald Brookfield, Sr. envisioned a new, unconventional approach to measuring viscosity. His experimentation with motors and springs in the basement of his family’s home resulted in the creation of a single-speed instrument that would [...]
EMD Millipore Expands Provantage® Upstream Bioproduction Services to the North American Market
May 5, 2014
Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announces the expansion of its upstream services into North America as part of its Provantage® Biodevelopment and Clinical Supply offering. The company’s Massachusetts facilities will now offer upstream capabilities including media and feed screening, small-scale material production, and optimization of [...]
System’s Innovative Design and Ease-of-Use Will Streamline Laboratory Workflow
May 5, 2014
AUSTIN, Texas -- Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) announced it will unveil its new sample-to-answer system for infectious disease testing, ARIES™ at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). ARIES' scalable throughput, easy to use design, and networked data management software will deliver rapid results with a simple workflow. The five assay launch [...]
CiDrep Announces New Member to Its Advisory Board
May 5, 2014
ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- CiDrep Informatics, Inc. (www.cidrep.com), an integrative informatics consulting firm that focuses exclusively on high-quality clinical and bio-informatics consulting services, software registries, research informatics products and solutions for life sciences and healthcare delivery organizations announced today the addition of one new member to its Technical Advisory Board. This esteemed individual will provide expertise [...]
Sphere Fluidics and The Dolomite Centre Sign an Exclusive Distributor Agreement
May 5, 2014
Sphere Fluidics and The Dolomite Centre Ltd. have now signed an exclusive distributor agreement for Sphere Fluidics' trademarked range of unique biochips, surfactants and other specialist chemicals for picodroplet applications. These will be promoted and sold via Dolomite’s worldwide sales channels. Dr Robert Marchmont, Commercial Director of Sphere Fluidics, stated: “We are very impressed with [...]
May 5, 2014
CREEDMOOR, NORTH CAROLINA -- The AC600 Series of ductless chemical workstations are designed to provide a low cost solution for protection of the operator and environment from toxic vapors, gases, fumes and particulate when performing low-volume applications with known chemicals. While smaller and more mobile than a traditional or ductless fume hood, AC600 Series chemical [...]
