January 15, 2014
Asylum Research, an Oxford Instruments company, announces Scanning Microwave Impedance Microscopy (sMIM), an atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique that enables nanoscale mapping of permittivity and conductivity with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution on any material including conductors, semiconductors and insulators. sMIM is the latest tool in Asylum’s “Beyond Topography” initiative which seeks to provide valuable nanomechanical [...]
Portable, Cost Effective Flexible Film Isolator
January 15, 2014
Air Science provides containment solutions to meet any analytical need. The NEW Purair Flex provides numerous performance advantages over the competition, including: *More Volume - The Purair Flex Film Isolator features an innovative curved film design that provides more working volume than any other Glove Bag on the market. *Versatile Tapered Sleeve / Glove Options [...]
New KRÜSS website with emphasis on applications and knowledge transfer
January 15, 2014
Hamburg – KRÜSS GmbH has completely revamped its website www.kruss.de. With the relaunch, the Hamburg-based manufacturer of measuring instruments in the field of surface and interfacial chemistry is focusing on industrial applications for tensiometry, contact angle measurement and foam analysis. In addition to information on products and services, the KRÜSS homepage displays completely new content [...]
January 15, 2014
CINCINNATI -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced weaker than expected preliminary operating results for the first quarter ended December 31, 2013. Fiscal 2014 First Quarter Preliminary Outlook Due to factors including reduced hospital admissions and declining C. difficile incidence rates in hospitals putting further pressure on an already competitive market, Life Science shipments [...]
January 15, 2014
SEATTLE, WA – NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that it has secured an exclusive option from Massachusetts General Hospital to license intellectual property related to a novel approach for multiplexed protein analysis using the company’s nCounter Analysis System. The method was [...]
Amgen and Illumina Enter Agreement to Develop Oncology Companion Diagnostic Test
January 15, 2014
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it has entered into an agreement with Amgen Inc. to develop and commercialize a multigene, NGS-based test as a companion diagnostic for Vectibix (panitumumab), a fully human anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody therapeutic for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer approved in the US and EU. Under the terms [...]
January 15, 2014
Sunnyvale, CA -- Freeslate, Inc., the leading provider of high throughput research solutions, today announced that Lupin Limited, one of India’s top five pharmaceutical companies, has received delivery of Freeslate’s CM Protégé PharmD System for high throughput solid form screening. Lupin, headquartered in Mumbai, India, is focused on a wide range of quality, affordable generic [...]
Cole-Parmer Begins 2014 with the Release of Preferred Solutions
January 15, 2014
Vernon Hills, IL -- Look inside the new Preferred Solutions® catalog from Cole-Parmer to find hard-working items for the lab, from fluid handling to instruments to supplies. Many items are designated as Guaranteed-in-Stock (GIS)—ready to ship when you order. Preferred Solutions features a full selection of Masterflex® Peristaltic Pumps, from the L/S® model for precise [...]
PerkinElmer Introduces INconXTM Mobile Status App for Optima® ICP-OES Instruments
January 14, 2014
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, announced today that its new INconX™ Mobile Status Application for Optima® ICP-OES spectrometers is now available as a free download from the Apple® App Store. Once installed on iOS 7-enabled Apple devices, INconX will enable users to remotely monitor [...]
JPK reports on the use of the NanoTracker™ Optical Tweezers system at Norway’s NTNU Trondheim
January 14, 2014
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how the NanoTracker™ Optical Tweezers system is being applied in the study of biomacromolecules at NTNU in Trondheim. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology at Trondheim is Norway’s second largest university. Dr Marit Sletmoen is an [...]

