April 28, 2014
Singapore -- "We are confident that the combination of NUS capabilities and our technical platform expertise will pave the way to shape discoveries that contribute to making people’s lives better." Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and the National University of Singapore (NUS) today announced that they have inked a Memorandum [...]
Agilent Technologies Expands Trade-In Program for ICP-MS Platinum Cones
April 28, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the expansion of the company’s platinum cone trade-in program for ICP-MS users. Under the expanded program, Agilent will accept cones from competitor Glass Expansion in North America, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. “Agilent is pleased to offer [...]
What’s in the bottle? We can tell you in 5 seconds without opening it.
April 28, 2014
A new machine which can identify the chemical composition of liquids sealed within non-metallic containers without opening them is one of three candidates announced today as in the running to win the UK’s premier engineering prize, the MacRobert Award. Already being deployed in 65 airports across Europe, this innovation can protect travelers by screening for [...]
Battelle Introduces Next Generation, Smart Technology for Biodefense and Hazard Avoidance
April 28, 2014
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Battelle, the world’s largest independent research and development organization, today announced production of the next generation chemical and biological hazard sensor system that operates at a fraction of the cost of current technologies. Battelle is offering the technology, known as the Resource Effective BioIdentification System (REBS), for U.S. Department of Defense, homeland [...]
GE Healthcare Life Sciences and Promosome sign licensing agreement
April 28, 2014
CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and NEW YORK, NY – GE Healthcare Life Sciences, (NYSE: GE), and Promosome LLC announced today that the companies have signed a licensing agreement, granting GE Healthcare exclusive rights to an innovative suite of mammalian cell line development technologies, developed by Promosome, for increasing protein expression in mammalian cell culture. Under [...]
Agilent Technologies Expands Availability of Chromosorb GC Packings
April 28, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the availability of Chromosorb W support materials for packed GC columns. Chromosorb W is a solid support used in the separation of polar and a-polar compounds. With the addition of the Chromosorb W materials, Agilent now supplies the full line of Chromosorb W, P, [...]
Clarity newly supports Advion’s Line of expression Compact Mass Spectrometers
April 28, 2014
Prague -- DataApex announced the release of a control driver for Advion’s expression compact mass spectrometers (CMS). The control module includes both digital control of the detector and digital data acquisition of the detector signal. It also allows performing all service operation necessary for the detector from the Device Monitor software window. Clarity Chromatography Software [...]
Tepnel Pharma Services Achieves Certification for Ion Torrent PGM Sequencing
April 28, 2014
Hologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostic products, medical imaging systems and surgical products, with an emphasis on serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced that its subsidiary, Tepnel Pharma Services (Tepnel), has successfully achieved authorised customer service provider (CSP) status in the Ion Torrent Service [...]
Transposagen’s NextGEN™ CRISPR Technology Promises Clean Genome Editing Without Off-Target Mutations
April 26, 2014
Lexington, KY -- Altering the genome with targeted nucleases is powerful and increasingly necessary for research and drug discovery. The CRISPR-Cas9 system has gained popularity due to its simplicity and high efficiency. However, the CRISPR technology has been plagued by problems with off-target mutations, a concern for research and drug discovery applications as it may [...]
Illumina Files New Patent Infringement Suit Against Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc.
April 25, 2014
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced today that the company has filed a new patent infringement suit against Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. Illumina is seeking all available remedies, including injunctive relief. The new suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is based on Ariosa’s infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,955,794, [...]
