Nanotechnology leader, Ionscope Ltd, announces the appointment of Dr Ward Hills as CEO and Dr Andy Richardson as CTO. Both joined the company last month as product shipments were being made to Mexico, China and the UK. Ionscope manufactures Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopes (SICMs) for imaging living cells. SICMs are used by neurological and cardiac [...]

Cambridge, UK: Scientific Digital Imaging’s [SDI’s] Syngene Division, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions is delighted to announce the new G:BOX Chemi XRQ multi-functional image analysis system is now available.Utilising the latest imaging technology and software, the G:BOX Chemi XRQ system is ideal for scientists needing a cost-efficient system for quickly and easily imaging [...]

This week a Scanning Ion Conductance Microscope (SICM) was received by Shanghai-based Genetimes for installation in the Faculty of Basic Medicine of Zhe Jiang University in Hangzhou (China). “SICM devices allow nanoscale topographic imaging of live cells without destroying the fine structures on the cell membrane or disrupting cellular processes. No other approach can currently [...]

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today unveiled a strategic roadmap for moving next-generation sequencing (NGS) into new markets, leveraging its technology leadership and new organizational alignment around those markets to drive growth. During an investor day where executives presented plans for this growth, Illumina also shared workflow innovations designed to simplify the sequencing experience [...]

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, SAN DIEGO, California, United States -- Nicox S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris: COX), and Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM), today announced that their affiliate companies (Nicox Inc. and Sequenom Laboratories) have entered into an exclusive agreement in the age-related macular degeneration (AMD) field. As part of this agreement, Nicox has been granted the North American [...]

OMAHA, Neb. And Cambridge, UK -- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO), a global biotechnology company advancing personalized medicine in cardiology, oncology, and inherited diseases through diagnostic tests as well as clinical and research services, and Horizon Discovery Ltd. (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today [...]

Columbia, MD. W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA) announced today that the Australian Patent Office has granted a patent related to the company’s REVELERIS® flash chromatography system. The patent concerns the use of Evaporative Light Scattering Detection (ELSD) with flash chromatography, which is a key component of the REVELERIS® flash chromatography system. The technology [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has signed a co-marketing agreement with Picometrics Technologies to provide biopharmaceutical customers with combined solutions for capillary electrophoresis (CE), laser induced fluorescence (LIF) detection and mass spectrometry. In addition to classic CE-LIF analysis technology, this collection of tools provides the only online CE-LIF-MS [...]

Baltimore, MD -- METTLER TOLEDO has launched its new small-scale reaction calorimeter, EasyMax HFCal. This next-generation heat flow calorimeter provides critical process information to scientists and engineers earlier in the development process so they can shorten time-to-market, reduce development costs, and improve safety. The design of EasyMax HFCal allows it to generate reproducible results at [...]

MILPITAS, Calif. -- Biovision is very excited to introduce the Human CellExp™ Recombinant Proteins product line (https://www.biovision.com/proteins-and-enzymes-1263/human-cell-expressed-recombinant-proteins-2315/) complementing our Proteins and Enzymes (https://www.biovision.com/proteins-and-enzymes-1263/) portfolio. Proteins, especially therapeutic proteins were initially extracted from human and animal tissues or blood. However, limitations in availability of the biological material, and the potential pathogen contaminations, led to the development [...]