Wilmington Massachusetts -- Kapa Biosystems, Inc., a leading supplier of reagents for the life science market, today announced that its KAPA Library Preparation Kits have been selected for use in the 100K Foodborne Pathogen Genome Project, an innovative collaboration between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the University of California, Davis, Agilent Technologies Inc., [...]

Uppsala, Sweden: Gyros AB, a leader in utilization of microfluidic technologies to miniaturize and automate immunoassays, announced today that it has appointed Tekon Biotech as exclusive distributor of its nanoliter-scale immunoassay platform Gyrolab™ xP in China, Taiwan & Hong Kong. Tekon Biotech is a leading distributor to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and academic laboratories. Gyros’ immunoassay platform [...]

PLEASANTON, California –– IntegenX Inc., the market leader in Rapid Human DNA identification, announced today that it has earned ISO 9001:2008 certification for its quality management system for the design, development, manufacture and distribution of automated DNA identification systems. IntegenX manufactures the RapidHIT® System for human identification and is the first company in the rapid [...]

MUNICH -- Scientists working on cancer research are now able to use a new non-adherent cell culture surface to support the formation of consistent cancer spheroids in vitro, simulating the three-dimensional (3D) structures of tumor growth and providing a better model system for studying tumor cell progression and the efficacy of anticancer agents than two-dimensional [...]

MUNICH -- High-throughput laboratories, including biotechnology and pharmaceutical labs, have a new electronic pipetting system designed to maintain precise sample volumes on every channel with fewer repetitions and reproducible results for multiple application types. Thermo Fisher Scientific will showcase these solutions during Analytica 2014 (Hall B1, Booth #101) being held at Messe München in Munich [...]

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. –– Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne Instruments, Inc., has acquired Photon Machines, Inc. (“PMI”). Headquartered in Bozeman, Mont., PMI is a leading designer and manufacturer of laser-based sample introduction equipment for laboratory instrumentation. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. PMI’s laser ablation systems allow elemental analysis when [...]

Ann Arbor, MI – Rubicon Genomics, Inc., today announced that it has partnered with additional distributors globally to expand availability of its DNA library preparation products, including its ThruPLEX®-FD Prep Kits and PicoPLEX™ DNA-seq Kits for use with Illumina® next-generation sequencing (NGS) systems. The new distributors include GenoMax Technologies for Singapore and Malaysia, BioChemMack for [...]

A new instrument is now available that offers fast transfer of proteins from polyacrylamide gels to typical Western blot membranes, for subsequent antibody detection, speeding up Western blot methods. Thermo Fisher Scientific will showcase these solutions during Analytica 2014 (Hall B1, Booth #101) being held at Messe München in Munich from April 1-4. The Thermo [...]

Salzburg, Austria, and Alameda, Calif., USA —– Sony DADC Austria AG and Singulex, Inc. today announced an exclusive multi-year supply agreement covering customized detection vessels designed and manufactured by Sony DADC BioSciences for the Sgx ClarityTM System, an ultrasensitive in vitro diagnostics (IVD) platform currently in development. Utilizing Singulex’s proprietary single molecule counting (SMCTM) technology, [...]

Industrial, government and academic laboratories operating on a limited budget can now quickly obtain high-quality spectroscopic data and perform complete mixture analyses using a new attenuated total reflectance (ATR) accessory and accompanying FT-IR spectrometer. Thermo Fisher Scientific will debut the iD7 ATR accessory during Analytica 2014 (Hall B1, Booth #101) being held at Messe München [...]