Teledyne Acquires Photon Machines, Inc.
March 31, 2014
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 [...]
Rubicon Genomics Adds New Distributors Globally for Its DNA Library Preparation Kits
March 31, 2014
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 [...]
New Instrument Offers Fast Transfer of Proteins for Western Blot Detection
March 31, 2014
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 [...]
Sony DADC and Singulex Announce Strategic Partnership for Proprietary Detection Vessels
March 31, 2014
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, [...]
New ATR Accessory Enables Cost Effective Analysis of Materials and Mixtures in Minutes
March 31, 2014
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 [...]
Polysciences, Inc. Appoints New Product Manager for Life Sciences Division
March 31, 2014
Warrington, PA -- Polysciences, Inc., an award-winning company specializing in the development and manufacture of high purity chemicals and reagents for laboratory research, announced the appointment of Kimberly Glover as new Product Manager of its Life Sciences Division. In this role, Ms. Glover will assume responsibility of Polysciences’ Life Sciences product lines, including: histology, light [...]
Promega Introduces Maxwell 16 LEV RNA FFPE Kit for Automated RNA Isolation
March 31, 2014
MADISON, WISCONSIN -- Promega Corporation announced today the launch of the Maxwell® 16 LEV RNA FFPE Kit for RNA isolation from mammalian FFPE (formalin fixed paraffin embedded) tissue samples. The new kit is designed to rapidly extract pure, high yield RNA from thin sections of FFPE tissue samples, with consistency and time saving provided by [...]
Genedata Biologics 4.0 Enables Large-scale Design, Synthesis, and Testing of Bispecific Antibodies
March 31, 2014
Vienna, Austria -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced the release of Genedata Biologics™ 4.0, the latest version of its enterprise workflow support and data management solution for biologics R&D. This major new release provides novel tools for systematically designing, cloning, expressing, purifying, and [...]
ACEA Biosciences Offers Scientists Cost Savings With the New E-Plate View PET Product Line
March 31, 2014
San Diego, CA -- ACEA Biosciences, Inc. the manufacturer and developer of xCELLigence® Real-Time Cellular Analysis (RTCA) instruments, is excited to announce the global launch of the E-Plate VIEW PET product line which will bring significant cost savings to the users of the xCELLigence® system. “We are constantly striving to make advances and improvements. Built [...]
ChromoTek Introduces a New Kit for Protein-Protein Interaction Analysis
March 31, 2014
ChromoTek GmbH (Martinsried, Germany) announces the launch of a new research assay for protein-protein interaction (PPI)analysis in live mammalian cells, the Fluorescence Two-Hybrid (F2H®) Kit. This new product is the result of Chromotek's long experience with applying the F2H technology in PPI compound screening for pharmaceutical and biotech customers. The new kit format overcomes limitations [...]

