Männedorf, Switzerland -– Tecan has launched the TouchTools™ PCR Wizard, an easy-to-use Freedom EVOware® add-on offering straightforward automation of PCR reaction set-up on Freedom EVO® platforms. This new tool simplifies the set-up of applications – including end-point, real-time and multiplex PCR, sequencing, genotyping and gene expression, as well as pathogen and mutagenesis detection – helping [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio -– METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to introduce Easy Na™, a new Sodium Analyzer for sodium content measurement in the food and beverage industry. Knowing the salt content in food products is important not only for taste, but also for health and compliance with recognized standards. By directly measuring sodium concentration rather than chloride [...]

SAN DIEGO-- Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management solutions, announced today the release of Accelrys Notebook 5.0, a flexible, multi-discipline electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) with significant new capabilities for customizing work environments and connecting to existing laboratory software without complex integration and advanced programming support. As an easy-to-use ELN [...]

CHELMSFORD, MA - Spectro Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of analytical tools and software for industrial fluids analysis, has strengthened its senior management team with the addition of Mark Spillane as Vice President of Operations and Bob Wopperer as Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Spillane most recently served as Director of Manufacturing at [...]

Zürich (Switzerland) and Beijing (China):CovalX AG and ASPEC Technologies Limited today announced a new agreement that will allow the CovalX products for high mass detection and characterization of protein interactions to penetrate the greater China markets. This agreement draws upon CovalX´s experience as a leader in providing novel tools and unique applications for intact protein-protein [...]

TSI, a global leader in precision instrumentation, today announced that it has acquired the business assets and Raman Spectroscopy Technology from Enwave Optronics, Inc. (Irvine, CA). “We are excited to welcome the Enwave team to TSI and to incorporate the company’s portfolio of high precision instruments to TSI’s current chemical analysis business. Raman technology expands [...]

London, UK, Boston, US and Aachen, Germany -– Today at Smartlab Exchange 2014, IDBS and Osthus have announced a strategic partnership. The new alliance will provide end-users with improved research and development (R&D) efficiency and workflow support across all of IDBS’ current products including its E WorkBook Suite. The German-based firm and IDBS will develop [...]

St. Louis, MO--MOgene LC announced today that it has successfully completed Illumina CSPro™ certification for sequencing on HiSeq and MiSeq, gaining entry to an elite group of Illumina genomics service providers globally. Illumina Inc., a San Diego-based company, provides leading-edge genetic analysis tools to genomics centers worldwide. Illumina CSPro is the collaborative service provider partnership [...]

BOTHELL, WA —— BioLife Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB: BLFSD), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary clinical grade hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media and precision thermal shipping products for cells and tissues (“BioLife” or the “Company”), today announced that Natick, Massachusetts-based Parcell Laboratories has adopted BioLife’s CryoStor clinical grade cell and tissue freeze media [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the 1260 Infinity Multi-Detector Bio-SEC Solution, the latest innovation in its complete line of Infinity liquid chromatography systems. This new size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) system features advanced light-scattering detection capabilities, fully bio-inert instrumentation, high-resolution columns and intuitive software. These features take SEC—the gold standard in protein [...]