February 14, 2014
Geneva, Switzerland--Andrew Alliance releases Andrew Assistant 2014, the free general purpose software for liquid handling protocol design. Just one year ago Andrew Alliance launched Andrew, the anthropomorphic liquid handling robot that manipulates a complete set of manual pipettes, unattended (see video). In the meanwhile, Andrew has received the New Product Award at SLAS2013 and MIPTEC2013, [...]
DR. MICHAEL JOST APPOINTED AS NEW SR. VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER FOR MTS TEST
February 14, 2014
Eden Prairie, Minn. –- MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-precision test systems and position sensors, today reported that Dr. Michael (Mike) Jost has been appointed as the new Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Test business. He will be based in Eden Prairie and will assume his new [...]
BD Onclarity™ HPV Assay on the BD Viper™ LT System Achieves CE-IVD Mark
February 14, 2014
Baltimore, MD -– BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, announced today that the company has achieved CE/IVD marking for the BD OnclarityTM HPV Assay on the new BD ViperTM LT System. The BD Onclarity HPV Assay targets E6/E7 DNA oncogenes and is designed to provide [...]
ACQUISITION OF OPUS INSTRUMENTS
February 14, 2014
The Board of Scientific Digital Imaging plc, the AIM quoted group focused on the application of digital imaging technology to the needs of the scientific community, announces the acquisition of Opus Instruments Limited ("Opus") from its founder shareholders for consideration of up to £1,325,000 payable in cash and shares. Opus is the manufacturer of the [...]
February 14, 2014
Atlanta, GA--Adrian Treverton COO of Xstrahl Life Sciences commented, “We are pleased to carry the market leading PET/CT systems in our product portfolio. Sedecal devices complement our SARRP irradiation platform that can deliver pinpoint radiation beams to orthotopic tumor models. Working with Sedecal allows us to not only make this pioneering imaging technology available to [...]
IonSense Introduces Rugged Direct Sample Analysis by Mass Spectrometry with the DART®-QS Source
February 14, 2014
Saugus, MA-- IonSense, Inc. today announced the introduction of the DART®-QS Source for rugged direct sample analysis using its Direct Analysis in Real Time –Mass Spectrometry technology, which can detect a range of materials from drugs of abuse to adulterated products in as little as 10 seconds per sample. Both qualitative and quantitative results can [...]
February 14, 2014
BEVERLY, Mass. & MARCO ISLAND, Fla.-- Enzymatics, Inc., a leading producer of molecular biology reagents, kits, assays and software, today unveils Archer™ Targeted Sequencing technology, which dramatically enhances gene mutation identification and discovery with high sensitivity and reduced costs. The technology is being announced during the Advances in Genome Biology & Technology (AGBT) conference, which [...]
BD Onclarity™ HPV Assay on the BD Viper™ LT System Achieves CE-IVD Mark
February 14, 2014
Baltimore, MD -– BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, announced today that the company has achieved CE/IVD marking for the BD OnclarityTM HPV Assay on the new BD ViperTM LT System. The BD Onclarity HPV Assay targets E6/E7 DNA oncogenes and is designed to provide [...]
Rigaku wins order for a TXRF 450mm Spectrometer from a global Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturer
February 13, 2014
The Woodlands, TX -- Rigaku Corporation, a world leader in X-ray metrology has been selected by a global Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturer as their supplier of a TXRF-V450 Total-reflection X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer, for contamination measurement on 450mm diameter Silicon Wafers. Mr. Yoichi Yokomizo, Executive VP and GM of Rigaku’s International Sales and Marketing Division said: “We [...]
Synthesis & Evaporation In Pear Shaped Flasks
February 13, 2014
Asynt has developed a version of DrySyn heating block purpose designed to allow scientists to perform safe, productive heating and stirring experiments with pear shaped flasks commonly used with rotary evaporators. Pear shaped flasks are popular with organic chemists as concentrated samples can be removed much more easily than from a round bottom flask. Pear-shaped [...]

