Morpho Awarded Contract from Border Force in the U.K. for Trace Detectors
January 22, 2014
CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, today announced a four-year framework agreement with Border Force in the U.K. to supply the handheld Hardened MobileTrace® and desktop Itemiser® 3 Enhanced trace detection systems. Responsible for carrying out immigration and customs controls for people and goods entering the U.K., the Border Force [...]
January 22, 2014
CINCINNATI---- Meridian Bioscience, Inc.today:reported first quarter net sales of $44.8 million, a decrease of 1% from the same period of the prior fiscal year; reported first quarter operating income of $11.6 million, a decrease of 11% from the same period of the prior fiscal year; reported first quarter net earnings of $7.4 million, or $0.18 [...]
January 22, 2014
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -– At the annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) meeting Hamilton Robotics has announced a partnership with Coastal Genomics to launch the new Microlab® NIMBUS® Select workstation with Ranger Technology. The new automated workstation provides a faster and more economical automated solution to agarose gel selection of DNA fragments, generating [...]
NIH and Appistry Partner to Implement Genetic Analysis Pipeline for Undiagnosed Diseases Program
January 22, 2014
ST. LOUIS, MO – Appistry, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance computing and analytics solutions for next-generation medicine, is partnering with the Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to implement a unique genetic-analysis pipeline for patient diagnosis. Assembled by the NIH and brought into production by Appistry, the pipeline considers [...]
January 22, 2014
Markes International (Llantrisant, UK), a world leader in instrumentation for trace organic analysis, has announced the launch of a variable-energy electron ionisation source technology for GC–MS, Select-eV®. By enabling the energy of ionising electrons to be changed, Select-eV breaks new ground in the field of GC–MS. It allows the production of reference-quality electron ionisation mass [...]
January 22, 2014
Basel, Switzerland -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced that the Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology (IKP) has selected Genedata Expressionist® as the bioinformatics platform for pharmacogenomics- and oncology-related translational research. IKP, one of the premier clinical research facilities in Germany, focuses on [...]
January 22, 2014
(CHELMSFORD, MA). Spectro Inc. and Lockheed Martin Corporation have signed an exclusive licensing agreement for Lockheed Martin’s LaserNet Fines® (LNF) fluid imaging and classification technology. The agreement will enable Spectro, a leading developer and manufacturer of analytical tools and software for fluid and machine condition monitoring, to enhance its present products and develop and manufacture [...]
Artel Acquires Software to Expand Its Liquid Handler Performance Verification Capabilities
January 22, 2014
Westbrook, Maine – Artel, the leader in liquid handling quality assurance, announced today that it has acquired exclusive rights to the LabGauge product line from Louisville, Kentucky-based StackWave. The software will be used with Artel’s MVS® Multichannel Verification System to deliver increased information availability and management. The prototype technology was described in an article, “High-Throughput [...]
The New York Genome Center Purchases Illumina HiSeq X Ten Sequencing System
January 22, 2014
New York, NY. The New York Genome Center (NYGC) announced the acquisition from Illumina of a HiSeq X Ten system, which is expected to enable ultra-high throughput sequencing of whole human genomes. This advanced technology is designed to provide a prompt readout of the entire genome, dramatically enhancing the turnaround for valuable genomic information. With [...]
Microbix Finances Development of LumiSort® Prototype Instrument
January 22, 2014
TORONTO — Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX: MBX), an innovator of biological products and technologies, announced today it has signed a letter of intent to finance the development of the LumiSort® prototype instrument for its semen sexing technology. LumiSort® is a completely new instrument-based livestock sex selection technology that will significantly improve the yield and quality [...]
