Cole-Parmer Introduces Innovative Laboratory Instruments from VELP Scientifica
December 17, 2013
By enhancing its offerings from Italian innovator VELP® Scientifica, Cole-Parmer is responding even more to customers’ laboratory needs. The expanded line of vortex mixers, shakers, stirrers, and hot plates from Cole-Parmer features precision and performance for optimal lab functioning. VELP® Scientifica’s attention to detail is evident in each new product. The VELP® Scientifica ZX4 Advanced [...]
Sartorius closes acquisition of TAP Biosystems Group plc
December 17, 2013
Goettingen – Sartorius, a leading international laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment provider, successfully completed its acquisition of UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc last Monday. The cash offer made through Sartorius’ wholly owned subsidiary Sartorius Stedim Biotech valued TAP Biosystems Group plc at approximately €33 million and had been approved by TAP Biosystems’ shareholders on November [...]
December 17, 2013
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has introduced an Aggregates Sizer Aggregation Analysis System, the first commercially available tool to provide real-time quantitative evaluation of 100nm to 10?m sub-visible particle (SVP) aggregates. By screening and identifying aggregation-prone proteins in early stage drug development, manufacturers can save time and reduce costs. Sub-visible particle aggregates in biopharmaceuticals are an unintended [...]
Horizon Discovery and Desktop Genetics Collaborate on CRISPR Design Platform
December 17, 2013
Cambridge, UK -- Horizon Discovery (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Desktop Genetics for development of a CRISPR design platform. The platform will be used by Horizon to quickly identify the best guide-RNAs in [...]
Green Chemistry hits full flow with China UK partnership
December 17, 2013
Vapourtec (Suffolk, UK) has recently signed a pioneering, 3 year agreement with Nanjing University of Technology (NJUT) in China to establish a joint operation in the fast growing, hi tec field of flow chemistry. The partnership involves the establishment of a dedicated flow chemistry research lab at the Chinese university officially named 'Vapourtec and Tegent [...]
Disclosure according to Art. 4 Para. 2 of the Regulation (EC) No. 2273/2003
December 17, 2013
The share repurchase program, announced by QIAGEN N.V. in an ad hoc announcement dated July 30, 2013, will continue on December 18, 2013. In the time period until March 14, 2014, a third tranche of common shares of the Company having a total purchase price of up to the EUR equivalent amount of USD 45 [...]
Rapid Pathogen Identification System Evaluated for Food Industry Testing
December 17, 2013
Woburn, MA and Marshfield, WI. PathoGenetix, Inc., a developer of an automated system for bacterial strain typing, and Marshfield Food Safety, LLC, a full service microbiology and chemistry contract testing laboratory, have signed an agreement to evaluate PathoGenetix’s RESOLUTION™ Microbial Genotyping System. Under the agreement, Marshfield will conduct independent testing of the RESOLUTION instrument, assays [...]
384-well 3D Cell Culture Plate Previews at SLAS 2014
December 17, 2013
AMSBIO, specialists in 3D cell culture technology, has announced the launch of a 384-well version of the popular Alvetex®Scaffold cell culture plates. The new Alvetex®Scaffold 3D cell culture plates provide biopharmaceutical companies with a new tool to improve the predictive accuracy, productivity and biological relevance of their cell based high throughput testing. The new 384-well [...]
Curie-Cancer And Strand Scientific Intelligence, Inc. Launch Curie Image Database
December 17, 2013
Curie-Cancer, the body responsible for developing Institut Curie's industry partnership activity, and Strand Scientific Intelligence, Inc. (Strand) announce the launch of the Curie Image Database (CID), a breakthrough image analysis and management platform that they developed jointly over the last two years at the Cell and Tissue Imaging Core Facility of the Institut Curie (PICT-IBiSA). [...]
December 17, 2013
WILMINGTON, Mass. Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB:IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, announced today it has sold over $600,000 worth of its QS-B220 and QS-H150 explosives trace detectors (ETDs) to customers across five different continents. The handheld and desktop ETDs, which offer the benefit of not using [...]
