Sartorius appoints internationally experienced laboratory manager to join its top management team
February 12, 2014
Goettingen – Effective April 1, 2014, Michael Melingo will head marketing, sales and services of the Lab Products & Services Division at Sartorius. He will therefore succeed Dominique Baly, who will retire from the company as planned after reaching retirement age. Michael Melingo will report to CEO and Executive Board Chairman Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg and [...]
Andor Technology joins Oxford Instruments to drive growth
February 12, 2014
Oxford Instruments, a leading provider of high-technology tools for industry and research has recently acquired Andor. Andor is a market leading supplier of high performance cameras, microscope systems and software for the physical science and life science industries. Andor will continue to focus on growing their existing core markets and will spearhead Oxford Instruments strategic [...]
Denton Vacuum Upgrades Gold Standard in SEM Sample Preparation
February 12, 2014
Moorestown, NJ--Denton Vacuum, a leading designer and manufacturer of systems that deposit ultra-thin metallic and dielectric coatings, has announced the upgrade of its Desk V sputter deposition system, the industry’s gold standard for electron microscopy sample preparation. Compact, capable and versatile, the Desk V has been a stable workhorse used worldwide by corporations, universities, and [...]
Vivione Biosciences Inc. forms strategic alliance with AriBio, Inc.
February 12, 2014
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (TSX-V:VBI) - Vivione Biosciences Inc. (“Vivione”) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with South Korean biotech company, AriBio, Inc. (“AriBio”). This strategic alliance is anticipated to combine the strengths of Vivione in the areas of rapid diagnostics and its new in silico compound modeling technology (“Molecular [...]
February 12, 2014
MARCO ISLAND, Florida, and HILDEN, Germany — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the launch plans of several novel products designed to significantly reduce the challenges of the most significant bottlenecks in next-generation sequencing (NGS): sample preparation and bioinformatics. The solutions will enable NGS users to generate more valuable insights from [...]
TeraView Supplies Two Terahertz Systems to Leading Research Institutes in China
February 12, 2014
Cambridge, UK –-The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, and The National Institute of Metrology have both recently installed TeraView’s TPS Spectra 3000 spectrometers. The systems were selected due to their superior performance, ease of use and the Company’s track record with its existing customers in Asia. The system at UESTC will [...]
AOAC Certifies InstantLabs E. coli O157 Test Kit
February 12, 2014
BALTIMORE, MD – via eTeligis - InstantLabs® announced today that the company has completed AOAC certifications for Food Safety Kits designed to detect the most important food pathogens -- Salmonella, E. coli O157, Listeria species and Listeria monocytogenes. The AOAC's certification of InstantLabs Food Safety Kit for E. coli O157 (including O157), was awarded on [...]
Sage Science Launches Unique Tool to Maximize Value of DNA and Protein Samples
February 12, 2014
BEVERLY, Mass.—— Sage Science, a developer of products for improving sample preparation processes in life science applications, today announced the release of its new SageELF technology for DNA and protein fractionation. This sample prep instrument will be especially useful for preserving precious samples and has applications in next-generation sequencing as well as bottom-up or top-down [...]
Polysciences, Inc. President, CEO and Owner Joins SOCMA’s Board of Governors
February 12, 2014
Warrington, PA – Polysciences, Inc. announced today that Michael H. Ott has joined the Board of Governors of the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA), the leading U.S.-based trade association representing the batch, custom and specialty chemical industry. SOCMA supports chemical manufacturers with commercial and networking opportunities, advocates for the passage of rational laws [...]
February 12, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced SureCall version 2.0 software, expanding the capabilities of the company’s current market-leading, next-generation sequencing target-enrichment solutions. The newly upgraded software features compatibility with SureSelect custom target-enrichment and Human All Exon panels. One of the biggest challenges faced by clinical research labs when adopting next-generation sequencing methods [...]
