908 Devices Introduces World’s First Handheld Mass Spectrometer
March 10, 2014
Boston, MA: 908 Devices, a pioneer of purpose-built analytical devices for chemical analysis, is delighted to introduce M908™, the world’s first truly handheld tool utilizing high-pressure mass spectrometry™ (HPMS). Specifically engineered for civilian users, first responders, and military teams, M908 provides accurate, immediate detection and identification of trace level chemical and explosive hazards at the [...]
March 10, 2014
Promethera® Biosciences, a company that develops innovative therapies for the treatment of liver diseases, today announces a collaboration with EMD Millipore to develop an improved ready-to-use microfluidic perfusion liver assay. This new product is designed to perform more robust studies in pre-clinical toxicity and drug metabolism. Early availability of reliable human liver-based assays is critical [...]
March 10, 2014
Xuri™ MSC Medium is a versatile and reliable cell culture product that enables the safe and efficient expansion of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) without the use of animal derived components or undefined serum. It can be used to culture hMSC from a range of sources, including bone marrow, umbilical cord, or adipose tissue. Compared [...]
Phenomenex Expands Selectivity of Kinetex Core-Shell Line with New Biphenyl Columns
March 10, 2014
Torrance, CA -– Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces new Kinetex Core-Shell Biphenyl HPLC/UHPLC columns, giving researchers the ideal orthogonal selectivity to traditional C18 phases. This new phase is excellent for a broad range of complex-mixture analyses in clinical research and forensic toxicology, [...]
March 10, 2014
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -– At the annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) meeting Hamilton Robotics has announced a partnership with Coastal Genomics to launch the new Microlab® NIMBUS® Select workstation with Ranger Technology. The new automated workstation provides a faster and more economical automated solution to agarose gel selection of DNA fragments, generating [...]
Bioo Scientific Launches Rapid Tests for EHDV Detection in Deer
March 10, 2014
Austin, TX-- Bioo Scientific is offering a new set of ELISA tests for the detection of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV), an orbivirus that infects most wild and domestic ruminants. EHD is endemic in many countries, particularly affecting white-tailed deer in North America. Two kits are currently available; the NovareDx™ - EHDV Detection Kit for [...]
Ultra Low Adhesion Delivers Superior 3D Spheroid Cell Culture
March 10, 2014
AMSBIO Lipidure®-Coat low adhesion plates and dishes are shown in cited research to be one of the most effective tools for state-of-the-art 3D spheroid cell culture. These new plates and dishes are available in 384-well format optimised for drug screening or other high throughput applications. Spheroid cell culture is based on the spontaneous formation of [...]
New Ultra-Sensitive Amp’d™ HSP70 ELISA Kit for Detection of Baseline & Upregulated Levels of HSP70
March 10, 2014
Strengthening our leadership position in heat shock and stress related products, Enzo Life Sciences now offers Amp'd™ HSP70 High Sensitivity ELISA Kit – the most sensitive ELISA for Hsp70 detection. This kit enables detection of both baseline and upregulated levels of Hsp70 (Hsp72) and relies on small amounts of starting sample. Hsp70, a major molecular [...]
WuXi PharmaTech Purchases an Illumina HiSeq X Ten Sequencing System
March 10, 2014
SAN DIEGO & SHANGHAI -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) and WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE:WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device R&D outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today announced that the WuXi Genome Center has purchased an Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing system. This new investment will enable WuXi’s clinical [...]
Simon Fraser University Completes Installation of Electron Microscopes from FEI
March 10, 2014
Hillsboro, Ore. — FEI (NASDAQ: FEIC) announced today that it has completed the installation of a suite of high-end electron microscopes at Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) new Centre for Soft Materials. The systems installed include the Tecnai Osiris™ transmission electron microscope (TEM) and Helios™ DualBeam™ (scanning electron microscope/focused ion beam). These systems join several other [...]

