IMSTAR presence at Japan Tobacco Inc. (JTI) Science Research Center in Yokohama, Japan
March 7, 2014
Paris (France), -– IMSTAR is pleased to announce the recent collaboration with Japan Tobacco Inc. (JTI) following the set-up of its Pathfinder™ Screentox Auto Micronucleus Image Cytometer System for in vitro/in vivo genetic toxicology studies at JTI’s Research Center near Tokyo. Japan Tobacco Inc. (JTI) will apply Pathfinder™ Screentox technology for automated scoring of micronucleus [...]
Finesse Solutions announced a partnership agreement with Spectra Automation
March 7, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Finesse Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life sciences process applications, announced a partnership agreement with Spectra Automation, a leading control system integrator in Massachusetts. This agreement will allow both companies to offer customers a novel and cost effective data/reporting solution geared towards process development laboratories. Spectra’s [...]
HANDHELD LIBS INSTRUMENT EXPANDS TSI’S CHEMLOGIX™CHEMICAL ANALYSIS PRODUCT LINE
March 7, 2014
TSI, a global precision instrumentation provider, and the leader in Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) technology, introduces a ruggedized, handheld LIBS elemental analyzer for field research, quality control, and mobile lab markets. The ChemLogix™ Handheld LIBS instrument features an eye-safe IR-B, Class 1 laser that is powerful enough to remove surface contamination for representative sampling, yet [...]
New England Biolabs® announces supply agreement with Lumora
March 6, 2014
(Ipswich, MA, USA) New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB®), a world leader in the production and supply of recombinant enzymes and related reagents for the life science industry, has strengthened its position as a key supplier to the fast-growing molecular diagnostics market by signing an agreement to manufacture and supply critical reagents to Lumora, a provider [...]
BellBrook Labs Partners with Lucerna-Chem for Distribution of Transcreener HTS Assays in Switzerland
March 6, 2014
Madison, WI - BellBrook Labs has partnered with Lucerna-Chem for distribution of their Transcreener® HTS Assay products in Switzerland as of January 2014. The partnership leverages Lucerna-Chem’s existing supply arrangements with pharma and biotech companies in Basel and key academic centers focused on drug discovery. Lucerna-Chem will distribute BellBrook’s full product line of Transcreener HTS [...]
METTLER TOLEDO Sheds New Light on Compliance and Regulatory Challenges
March 6, 2014
COLUMBUS, Ohio – In today's highly regulated laboratory environments, auditors are increasingly more vigilant of daily compliance concerns that can evade the day-to-day users, and in the long run can cause serious compliance issues in GMP regulated laboratories. The key point to demonstrate to any compliance inspector is that you are in control—this starts with [...]
BioTime Raises $3.5 Million Through Preferred Stock Offering
March 5, 2014
ALAMEDA, Calif.-- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) today announced it has sold 70,000 shares of a newly authorized Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for $3.5 million. The Series A Preferred Stock carries a cumulative annual 3% preferred dividend or $1.50 per share, in preference to BioTime common shares. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock [...]
Shimadzu Releases the Crude2Pure Automated Purification/Powderization System
March 5, 2014
Shimadzu announces the release of its Crude2Pure (C2P), the world's first automated purification/powderization system. Incorporating automated purification and powderization technology, using trap concentration*1, this system can purify target compounds from synthetic products consisting of low molecular weight organic compounds and complicated natural substances, and recover them as highly pure powders. It is intended for use [...]
SEQUENOM ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN COMPANY LEADERSHIP
March 5, 2014
SAN DIEGO-- Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative diagnostic testing and genetic analysis solutions, today announced that Harry F. Hixson, Jr., Ph.D., will retire as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective as of the Company's 2014 Annual Meeting on June 10, 2014. William J. Welch, the Company's current President and Chief Operating [...]
Chiral Technologies Announces New i-CHIRAL 6, the Advanced Screening Set
March 5, 2014
WEST CHESTER, Pa. -— Chiral Technologies has announced the availability of i-CHIRAL 6, a set of six Daicel 3-µm immobilized CSPs packed in columns of 4.6 mm internal diameter and 150 mm long. This combination of columns, which includes CHIRALPAK® IA, IB, IC, ID, IE and IF, raises method development success rates to greater than [...]
