Mercury Monitoring System Enhancements Designed to Assist Users with Meeting EPA Standards
February 4, 2014
PHOENIX--Environmental managers and equipment engineers at industrial facilities--including utilities, industrial boilers and cement kilns--now have a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) traceable quality control method designed to help them meet EPA standards. The new Thermo Scientific Model 84i Mercury Permeation Source provides a NIST-traceable quality control method for customers who are seeking to [...]
February 4, 2014
Santa Barbara, CA - Anasys Instruments reports on the publication in Nature Photonics from Prof. Belkin (The University of Texas at Austin) demonstrating the use of resonance-enhanced AFM-IR with unprecedented sensitivity. Researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (UT ECE) have demonstrated the ability to perform [...]
February 3, 2014
GenCell Biosystems has signed an agreement with the Fiocruz Public Health Foundation and the Institute of Molecular Biology of Paraná (IBMP) in Brazil to partner in the development of new clinical screening systems to address Brazilian Ministry of Health needs. The systems will use GenCell’s patented genetic analysis technologies and perform IVD diagnostics across a [...]
VWR International, LLC Signs Agreement to Acquire Peqlab Biotechnologie GmbH
February 3, 2014
RADNOR, PA - VWR International, LLC, a global solutions provider of laboratory supplies, equipment and services announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Peqlab Biotechnologie GmbH, including its subsidiaries and operations in the U.S., UK and Austria and manufacturing operation Clemens GmbH in Germany. The agreement is subject to customary closing conditions [...]
February 3, 2014
BPS Bioscience, Inc. (“BPS”) announces the availability of an assay kit specific for the C-terminal region of HSP90? and screening services for both inhibitors of HSP90? and domain-specific inhibitors of HSP90?. The two isoforms of the 90 kDa heat shock protein (HSP90? and ?) are chaperones that direct proper protein folding, cellular transport, and degradation. [...]
Ocean Optics Launches QE Pro Spectrometer
February 3, 2014
Dunedin, Florida, USA – The QE Pro from Ocean Optics is a high-sensitivity, back-thinned CCD array spectrometer with outstanding quantum efficiency, wide dynamic range and extremely low noise operation for applications with low light levels and where wide concentration ranges are measured. The QE Pro‘s optical design maximizes performance for a range of application needs. [...]
Rigaku Launch New X-Ray Microscope at ACMM23/ICONN2014
February 3, 2014
Sydney, Australia – Rigaku and AXT are pleased to announce the simultaneous release of the nano3DX x-ray microscope in Australia and America. In Australia this new product was launched at ACMM23/ICONN2014 (the 23rd Australian Conference on Microscopy and Microanalysis and the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology) which is currently being held in Adelaide. The [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Life Technologies Corporation
February 3, 2014
WALTHAM, Mass.--Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) for $76.13 ($76.1311786) in cash per fully diluted common share, or approximately $13.6 billion, plus the assumption of $1.5 billion in net debt. The completion of the transaction follows [...]
Refurbished Lab Equipment Sale Announced by Organomation
February 1, 2014
From: Tanya Samazan [mailto:tsamazan@strategic-directions.com] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 3:02 PM To: Gina Ragus Subject: For IBO under Lab PRod and Sample Prep Berlin, MA-- Organomation announces a sale on a wide variety of newly refurbished laboratory evaporators and extractors in the company's official online store. The evaporator manufacturer fully stands behind the quality of [...]
January 31, 2014
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Thermo Fisher), a leading manufacturer of products used in scientific research, has agreed to sell assets to GE Healthcare to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its proposed $13.6 billion acquisition of Life Technologies Corporation (Life) would likely substantially lessen competition. The FTC complaint challenging the transaction alleges that the deal, [...]
