Taconic Launches CRISPR Gene Editing Technology for Mouse and Rat Models
May 28, 2014
Hudson, New York – Taconic announced that it has officially launched CRISPR gene editing technology after receiving a license under certain patents from The Broad Institute. The Broad Institute patent represents the first granted patent for use of CRISPR technology in eukaryotic cells and is based on work by Dr. Feng Zhang in a paper [...]
Meridian Bioscience Receives Canadian Licenses for illumigene® Mycoplasma and illumigene® Pertussis
May 28, 2014
CINCINNATI -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced that it has received medical device license approval from Health Canada to market two additional assays for use on their illumigene® molecular diagnostic platform. With the addition of illumigene Mycoplasma and illumigene Pertussis, Meridian continues to expand its position in the Canadian market by [...]
May 28, 2014
Santa Clara, CA -- Park Systems, a leading manufacturer of atomic force microscopy (AFM) products, proudly introduces itsnext generation NX-PTR, a fully automated system for hard disk drive slider manufacturing. Newly developed in collaboration with leaders in the hard disk drive (HDD) production, Park’s NX-PTR increases production yield by 200% with an enhanced automation routine, [...]
May 27, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif., and WASHINGTON, D.C. -— Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and SISCAPA Assay Technologies (SAT) today announced they have signed a non-exclusive agreement to enable SAT to provide an end-to-end solution for multiplexed protein quantitation using a highly automated workflow for SISCAPA LC-mass spectrometry. This solution will combine SAT’s reagents for targeted protein [...]
GE Healthcare launches Cytiva™ Plus cardiomyocytes
May 27, 2014
GE’s most biologically relevant human cell model for improved compound safety profiling Identifying potential cardiotoxicity as early as possible in the drug development process can reduce the risk of costly program failures and minimize health risks. Cytiva™ Plus provides a high fidelity human heart cell model that is available in quantities compatible with screening, enabling [...]
May 27, 2014
San Diego, CA -- Rancho BioSciences, the scientific data consulting company, announced today that it is now an affiliate member of the tranSMART Foundation, a non-profit organization providing a global, open-source knowledge management platform for scientists to share pre-competitive research data. Rancho BioSciences has donated 11 manually curated data sets to be used for testing [...]
May 27, 2014
Wellington, New Zealand -- Magritek, a leading worldwide provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, have launched the first six in a series of laboratory experiment manuals to help teach undergraduate students about the practical benefits of using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, NMR. In collaboration with the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at Victoria University [...]
Yokogawa Releases Plant Resource Manager (PRM®) R3.12
May 27, 2014
Tokyo, Japan -- PRM is a software package that is capable of centrally managing large amounts of data from plant monitoring and control devices and manufacturing equipment, thereby allowing their status to be monitored and diagnosed online. With PRM R3.12, self-diagnostic information is now displayed in a more intuitive, easy-to-understand format based on the NAMUR [...]
The Rigaku BioSAXS-2000 brings a beamline experience to home lab SAXS experiments
May 24, 2014
The Woodlands, TX.-- Rigaku Corporation introduces the BioSAXS™-2000 system, an updated version of its popular 2D Kratky system for small angle X-ray scattering of biological samples. The BioSAXS-2000 includes the new OptiSAXS optic, which captures a larger angle of the X-ray source to provide more than double the flux at the sample position. With the [...]
SP Scientific Invests In Training & Demonstration Laboratory Facility
May 23, 2014
SP Scientific has announced further investment into its state-of-the-art training and demonstration laboratory facility at its Warminster, PA site. The demonstration laboratory will now be able to offer customers and potential clients the opportunity to book an appointment to test / demo SP Scientific’s latest products including the AdVantage Pro, Benchtop Pro and LyoStar 3 [...]
