Emerson wins $21 million contract to modernize Europe’s largest thermal power plant
November 12, 2013
PITTSBURGH — Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), has been awarded a $21 million contract to modernize control and monitoring systems and electrical systems on Unit 2 of the Belchatów power plant in Poland. Owned by PGE Górnictwo I Energetyka Konwencjonalna SA, the 13-unit, 5,354-megawatt Belchatów plant produces nearly 20 percent [...]
Unique Partnership Lights Up a Parkinson’s Disease Research Tool
November 12, 2013
New York -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF), Thomas Jefferson University (Jefferson) and Taconic have collaborated to create, validate and distribute a valuable pre-clinical research tool: a genetically engineered rat with fluorescent dopamine-producing neurons - neurons that are affected in Parkinson's disease. This unique nonprofit, academic and industry partnership provides easy [...]
PHASEFOCUS STRENGTHENS BOARD WITH NEW CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS
November 12, 2013
SHEFFIELD, UK: Phase Focus Ltd (Phasefocus), the company that is revolutionising microscopy and imaging with the lens-free Phasefocus Virtual Lens® technology, today announced the changes to its board of directors: • Paul Atherton and Charles Holroyd appointed as Chairman and Non-Executive Director • Martin Humphry appointed director and Chief Technology Officer Phase Focus Ltd (Phasefocus), [...]
Micro Photonics, Allentown PA – Announces the Release of Skyscan 1272 Micro-CT
November 12, 2013
Allentown PA - Micro Photonics, Inc., the leading source of advanced instrumentation for scientific and industrial research, announced today the release of the SkyScan-1272 Micro-CT. The SkyScan 1272 represents a new generation of bench top Micro-CT from Bruker MicroCT, featuring for the very first time a 16 position sample changer. This advanced system uses newly [...]
Tosoh Launches Manufacturing and Sales of Separation Media Toyopearl AF-r Protein A HC-650F
November 12, 2013
Tokyo, Japan—Tosoh launched in November 2013 worldwide sales of its newly developed separation media Toyopearl AF-r Protein A HC-650F. Production is taking place at its Nanyo Complex in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Toyopearl AF-r Protein A HC-650F will meet a crucial need within the biopharmaceutical industry. The biopharmaceutical industry is growing rapidly in Japan, in the [...]
November 12, 2013
CARLSBAD, Calif. and UTRECHT, The Netherlands –– One of the most comprehensive studies of genetic mutations in ovarian cancer was published today, demonstrating an unprecedented level of genetic variation that exists in both primary tumors and metastatic lesions of ovarian cancer. The study highlights potential new pathways for therapeutic intervention and suggests that sampling and [...]
Now Available from Salimetrics: SalivaBio High Quality Cryostorage Boxes
November 12, 2013
State College, PA -- Salivary bioscience is emerging as a scientific field which is centered in the space between multiple disciplines. The number of analytes that can be measured in saliva is increasing rapidly. As measurement capabilities advance, more information can be gained from samples that are archived. Archiving saliva samples using the right tools [...]
Cincinnati Children’s Joins Boston Children’s to Establish the Claritas Pediatric Genomic Network
November 12, 2013
Pediatric hospitals to share data and genomic testing infrastructure for the benefit of patients Cambridge, Nov 12— Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center has partnered with Claritas Genomics, a company formed by Boston Children’s Hospital and Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), to provide genomics-based diagnostics for pediatric patients. Cincinnati Children’s will work with Claritas and Boston Children’s [...]
Pioneering publication locates origin of Autophagosomal Membranes
November 12, 2013
Belfast -- The location of the site where autophagosomal membranes are created within the cell has been the subject of two competing models for many years. Now, a group of researchers from Osaka University led by Prof. Maho Hamasaki has located the origin of autophagosomes within the cell and shown that neither model is correct. [...]
NanoString Launches the nCounter Dx Analysis System for U.S. Market
November 12, 2013
SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: NSTG) a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced the availability of the nCounter® Dx Analysis System for high-complexity, CLIA-certified laboratories. The nCounter Dx Analysis System is the only platform 510(k) cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to run the [...]
