Gyros Immunoassay Platform Selected by BioAgilytix Labs to Support Bioanalysis Services
November 11, 2013
Uppsala, Sweden: Gyros AB, a leader in utilization of microfluidic technologies to miniaturize and automate immunoassays, announced today that BioAgilytix Labs, a contract research organization (CRO) specializing in immunoassays and cell-based assays, based in Durham, North Carolina, has invested in two Gyrolab™ xP workstations to support its bioanalysis services. Dr. Afshin Safavi, Founder and Chief [...]
ZEISS Introduces New Technology for 3D Superresolution Microscopy
November 11, 2013
Jena/Germany, San Diego/USA -- Expanding its 3D microcopy portfolio, ZEISS is introducing superresolution photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) in 3D at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. With a new module, ELYRA P.1 now enables superresolution photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) in 3D for endogenously-expressed photo-switchable fluorescent proteins. Users can capture highly resolved [...]
Illumina Names Francis deSouza as President
November 11, 2013
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it has appointed Francis deSouza to the role of President. Mr. deSouza will report to Chief Executive Officer Jay Flatley and will lead Illumina's business units and the core functions responsible for envisioning, developing and producing the company’s products. He will also become part of Illumina's executive [...]
Australia is Newest Country to Deploy Battelle, Sellex Liquid Bottle Scanning Technology at Airports
November 11, 2013
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No more pouring expensive liquor or pricy perfume down the drain in frustration while traveling through world airports and taking advantage of duty-free shops. Australian air travelers are joining other world airports using a new technology that will allow them to start bringing some liquids through security screenings and onto airplanes, knowing [...]
November 11, 2013
Baltimore, MD – BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, announced today the availability of the CE-marked BD MAX MRSA XTassay in Europe for use on the BD MAX™ System. The assay uses eXTended detection technology to accurately identify a broad range of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [...]
November 11, 2013
TUSTIN, Calif. – Axiom Analytical, Inc. has announced its FPT-850EL “Extended Length” Near-Infrared Transmission Probe. The new probe is available in lengths to 1.2 meters with a diameter of 27 mm. It features sufficiently high optical transmission for remote sensing using a standard process Near-IR analyzer. In common with the Company’s existing FPT-850N Near-IR and [...]
November 11, 2013
CARLSBAD, Calif. –– Life Technologies Corporation and The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) announced today an agreement enabling JAX to use Life’s Transcription Activator-Like Effector technology (TALs) to generate and market novel mouse disease models. Jackson Laboratory will also establish a program to maintain and distribute TAL-modified mice developed by researchers in pharma and academic labs. Life [...]
Heating & Chilling Laboratory Equipment
November 11, 2013
CARLSBAD, CA - Torrey Pines Scientific, Inc. announces its NEW EchoTherm™ Digital Stirring Hot Plate for use in chemical, pharmaceutical, environmental, biochemical, and other laboratories where simple, reproducible, and accurate sample preparation and experimentation are a must. With the easy to use EchoTherm™ Model HS30, all functions are set through the front panel membrane keypad [...]
November 11, 2013
HORIBA, Ltd. has released a new portable sulfur analyzer, the SLFA-60. Sulfur analyzers are used to measure sulfur compounds present in heavy oil, gasoline, diesel oil etc. as impurities that convert to toxic gases. Shale oil, a promising alternative to crude oil, can contain high concentrations of impurities, including sulfur. Sulfur analyzers thus serve in [...]
Establishment of the Center of Trade in Central and South America in Uruguay
November 11, 2013
Shimadzu Corporation (head office: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, President: Akira Nakamoto) established a wholly owned subsidiary Shimadzu Latin America S.A. (SLA) in the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Uruguay hereinafter) in order to strengthen the company's sales and distribution of analytical and measuring instruments and medical systems and also provide better support for customers and distributors in [...]

