PerkinElmer to Serve as Exclusive Global Distributor for Sebia’s Hemoglobin Newborn Screening System
May 23, 2014
PerkinElmer Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced an agreement to become the exclusive global distributor for Sebia's CAPILLARYS™ 2 NEONAT FAST offering to newborn screening laboratories. This system enables fully automated hemoglobin newborn screening from dried blood spot samples by capillary electrophoresis. This year, [...]
Agilent Technologies Announces Addition of ILM and STM Capabilities to Atomic Force Microscope
May 22, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the availability of inverted light microscope (ILM) and scanning tunneling microscope (STM) capabilities for the recently introduced Agilent 7500 atomic force microscope platform. The Agilent 7500 system's 90?m AFM closed-loop scanner achieves outstanding low-noise performance, enabling atomic-resolution imaging. The innovative design includes a built-in [...]
Air Liquide acquires Scientific and Technical Gases Ltd.
May 22, 2014
Houston, Texas -- Air Liquide announced today the acquisition of UK-based Scientific and Technical Gases Ltd. (“StG”), a global supplier of calibration and specialty gases and equipment. StG – founded in 1996 – manufactures gases and related equipment for a variety of uses, including: gas detection and safety, laboratory and analytical, environmental monitoring, process systems [...]
Powerful Tool for Genomic Editing
May 22, 2014
AMSBIO announces the introduction of CRISPR/Cas9 - a full gene editing tool designed to produce a genetically modified cell using any mammalian cell line and targeting any gene. CRISPR/Cas9 is revolutionizing the field of genomic editing by providing scientists with a powerful tool able to change any gene, in any cell in a highly targeted [...]
May 22, 2014
The Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) is one of the world’s leading forensic laboratories. Using its expertise in more than 40 forensic disciplines, the NFI performs analyses in criminal cases, provides assistance and advice to governments and maintains close relationships with industry, knowledge institutes and universities. The mission of the NFI is to strengthen the rule [...]
New Multilayer Flask Enhances Cell Culture Production
May 22, 2014
Porvair Sciences has announced a new 5-layer cell culture flask developed to fulfil the need of the growing number of applications that require large numbers of cells. While single layer flasks are well proven for small-scale cell culture scale up, their use can become laborious and time-consuming when large numbers of cells are required. Offering [...]
May 22, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Dr. Carolyn Mountford has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in recognition of her innovative work using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy technology in cancer research. Dr. Mountford is a professor of radiology at The University of Newcastle Australia School of Health Sciences, and [...]
Profitable exit: KonTEM trade sale to FEI Company (NASDAQ: FEIC)
May 22, 2014
KonTEM GmbH, an HTGF-financed spin-off of the Max Planck Society and the research centre caesar, was taken over by FEI Company on a share deal basis. Thus the phase contrast technology developed by KonTEM is absorbed in the portfolio of a globally operating market leader in the field of high-performance microscopy workflow solutions. The phase [...]
Shimadzu Releases ChromSquare V2 Software for GCxGC(MS) Systems
May 22, 2014
Shimadzu, one of the world leaders in analytical instrumentation, has released the ChromSquare V2 software for GCxGC(MS) systems. ChromSquare V2 provides easier and more reliable data analysis from GCxGC(MS) analysis, enabling all operations from qualitative to quantitative analysis. This software was introduced at the 38th ISCC (International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography), held at Riva del [...]
Natrix Separations Names Peter Tunon as Vice President of Sales & Marketing
May 22, 2014
Burlington, Ontario -— Natrix Separations, Inc., a maker of innovative single-use chromatography products for the biopharmaceutical industry, announced today that Peter Tunon has joined the company as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. In this role, Mr. Tunon will lead all commercial activities for Natrix, including marketing, product management, channel strategy, sales support for channel [...]

