TAL-effector nuclease: The USPTO issues a fourth patent licensed to Cellectis
May 19, 2014
NEW BRIGHTON -- CELLECTIS (NYSE PA: ALCLS), THE GLOBAL GENOME ENGINEERING SPECIALIST, ANNOUNCES THE ISSUANCE BY THE USPTO OF A 4TH US PATENT (US 8,697,853) DIRECTED TO TAL-EFFECTOR NUCLEASES. On April 15, 2014, the USPTO issued a fourth patent to the University of Minnesota and the Iowa State University for the TALENTM technology developed by [...]
Hamilton Scientific Introduces Mistral, the Next Generation in Fume Hoods
May 19, 2014
De Pere, Wisconsin -- Hamilton Scientific, a global leader of laboratory workstations and fume hoods for the education, healthcare and industrial laboratory markets, introduces the new Mistral fume hood. The Mistral product line provides a wide variety of sizes and options to meet all of your laboratory needs. Available in bench, high-line, floor-mounted, perchloric, radioisotope [...]
3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System Receives First AOAC Official Methods of Analysis Validation
May 19, 2014
ST. PAUL, Minn.-- 3M Food Safety announced today that its 3M™ Petrifilm™ Salmonella Express System has been validated through AOAC INTERNATIONAL as a First Action Official Method of Analysis (OMA method number 2014.01) for the detection of Salmonella in raw ground beef, cooked breaded chicken nuggets, raw ground chicken, raw ground pork, pasteurized liquid whole [...]
May 19, 2014
CARLSBAD, Calif.-- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), has been formed to develop rapid methods to detect E. coli in food. The collaboration was undertaken with the aim of [...]
May 19, 2014
Owlstone have been awarded an SBRI Healthcare development contract, which will fund in-house development and testing of Owlstone’s Lonestar Analyzer, for use in the diagnosis of lung cancer. Following the Nokia Sensing XChallenge distinguished award secured in 2013, this funding will further efforts to apply Owlstone’s chemical sensing technology in the medical sector. Owlstone’s medical [...]
PathoGenetix Protocol Enables Bacterial Identification from Clinical Samples
May 16, 2014
Woburn, MA -- PathoGenetix, Inc. has developed and validated a protocol for the identification and subtyping of bacteria directly from human clinical stool samples without prior cultural isolation. The protocol, which runs on the RESOLUTION™ System, enables public health and microbiome research laboratories to determine serotype and strain type information for multiple bacteria directly from [...]
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 [...]
