Successful Introduction of a Novel Patch Clamp-Based HTS-System Through Collaboration Between Nanion and Beckman Coulter

Munich, German -- Nanion recently introduced the SyncroPatch 384 Patch Engine (PE), an instrument for HTS-compatible ion channel screening. As a modular part of the Biomek FX, a state-of-the-art liquid handling robot from Beckman Coulter, the SyncroPatch 384PE allows stable and reliable recordings and ensures swift setup and integration into existing HTS-environments. Patch clamp is [...]

Porvair Expands Its Operations at New Milton

Porvair Filtration Group, specialists in filtration and separation technologies, has announced the expansion of its UK facilities in New Milton near Christchurch. The new factory purchased this month will allow a consolidation of Porvair’s business in the UK and provides much needed manufacturing capacity to support the future growth of the business. Porvair Filtration Group, [...]

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation Declares Increased Quarterly Dividend

ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and High Technology company (the "Company"), announced an increase of 7% in its quarterly cash dividend to $0.23 per share. The increased dividend was approved by the Company's Board of Directors on February 11, 2014 and is payable on March 14, 2014 to shareholders [...]

GenomOncology Collaborates With Roswell Park Cancer Institute on Informatics Solution for Next-Generation Sequencing

Westlake, OH. – GenomOncology today announced a collaboration with Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) to develop an informatics solution that enables the association of Next Generation Sequencing results with knowledge resources to define actionable mutations. “The challenges of translating the vast amounts of data from next-generation sequencing into a resource that can be easily and [...]

New SERVOPRO NanoChrome Ultra-trace Gas Analyzer Revolutionizes UHP Gas Analysis for Semiconductor industry

Crowborough, UK- Servomex, the world leader in gas analysis has launched the SERVOPRO NanoChrome, revolutionizing ultra-trace purity measurements for UHP gases by incorporating the latest advances in gas sensing technology and signal processing methodology. Designed specifically for the measurement of contaminant gases and hydrocarbons that can be present at ultra-trace levels in semiconductor manufacture, the [...]

New Chlorine Analyzer Delivers Multi-parameter Online Water Quality Measurements with Single Unit

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--A new online process analyzer that measures chlorine and other key water quality parameters is designed to deliver high performance and cost of ownership savings in drinking water, industrial, and wastewater treatment applications. The Thermo Scientific Orion Chlorine XP analyzer uses colorimetric DPD chemistry to provide accurate measurements of free, total residual and combined [...]

High throughput nanoliter pipetting with Tecan’s MCA 384

Männedorf, Switzerland- Scientists working at the Leibniz-Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) in Berlin, Germany, are benefitting from the low volume pipetting capability of a MultiChannel Arm™ (MCA) 384 for siRNA and small molecule screening. Martin Neuenschwander, an automation scientist working in Dr Jens Peter von Kries’ Screening Unit at the FMP, explained: “We have been [...]

Agilent Technologies, Cell Line Genetics Collaborate on High-Throughput Cell-Line Characterization

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced a collaboration with Cell Line Genetics, Inc., a leading provider of cell-line characterization and quality assurance services. CLG will develop high-throughput, genomic characterization workflows to confirm and monitor the integrity of cell lines for translational and regenerative medicine research. The workflows will be based upon Agilent’s [...]

Vitro Biopharma Revenues Increase in Early 2014: Plans Trials of Endogenous Stem Cell Activation for Therapeutic BenefitPosted

Golden, Colorado——Vitro Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCQB: VODG), dba Vitro Biopharma, announced that its revenues increased substantially (78%, unaudited) in its first 2014 fiscal quarter due to its growing and expanding business relationship with Neuromics, Inc. Vitro has now commercialized bio-analytical services as the initial stage in its expansion as a Contract Research Organization (CRO). The services [...]

BioDiscovery Releases Nexus Copy Number Version 7.5 for DNA Copy Number and Sequence Variation Analysis and Visualization

Hawthorne, CA -- BioDiscovery, Inc. a leader in integrated software solutions for genomics data analysis from high-throughput microarray and Next-Gen sequencing technologies, announced today the release of version 7.5 of Nexus Copy Number software, the leading platform for analysis of sequence and structural variation from microarray and NGS platforms. Version 7.5 introduces a new NGS [...]

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