September 25, 2013
Santa Clara, CA -- Park Systems, a leading manufacturer of Atomic Force Microscopy systems since 1997 announced PinPoint Conductive AFM, an extremely accurate conductive measurement technology at nano-scale resolutionfor failure analysis (FA) in the semiconductor industry. The PinPoint Conductive technology provides on-location electrical conductivity data at specific points on sample to researchers and failure analysis [...]
September 25, 2013
Moorestown, NJ -- IonField Systems, the pioneer in plasma cleaning treatment for life science applications, announced today that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant totaling $148,850, by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to develop an automated instrument to clean microtiter [...]
Sigma-Aldrich® Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
September 25, 2013
ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and High Technology Company, was recently named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), a list of corporate sustainability leaders from around the globe. Companies listed in the DJSI have demonstrated best-in-class performance against numerous sustainability metrics. Sigma-Aldrich is the only St. Louis-based company [...]
American Chemical Society Presents Certara Chief Scientific Officer With 2013 Herman Skolnik Award
September 25, 2013
ST. LOUIS, MO –– Certara™, a leading provider of software and scientific consulting services to improve productivity and decision-making from drug discovery through drug development, today announced that its Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Richard D. Cramer III was presented with the 2013 Herman Skolnik Award by the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Information at [...]
September 25, 2013
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Labcyte Inc. today announced a collaboration with AstraZeneca to use acoustic dispensing combined with mass spectrometry to greatly advance drug discovery applications. Labcyte, who developed and commercialized acoustic liquid handling, recently developed techniques for the direct loading of samples into mass spectrometers. This capability creates the potential for high throughput, low cost, [...]
Biosearch Technologies Acquires Majority Stake in LightSpeed Genomics
September 25, 2013
PETALUMA, CA – Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Biosearch) is a leading supplier of sophisticated oligonucleotide components to the rapidly growing molecular diagnostics industry. Biosearch has acquired a majority stake in LightSpeed Genomics, Inc. (LSG), a Santa Clara, California-based company developing an innovative optical detection solution for the life science and diagnostics industry based on its proprietary [...]
BiOptix announces expansion of Innovators Program into Europe
September 25, 2013
Boulder, Colorado and Basel Switzerland — BiOptix formally announced the European expansion of the BiOptix Innovators Program at MipTec & BioValley Life Sciences Week, being held in Basel, Switzerland from September 24 – 26, 2013. During the event, the company is launching the BiOptix Innovators Program into Europe, with an emphasis on partnering with key [...]
September 25, 2013
CHELMSFORD, MA – Spectro Inc. has introduced a rugged, portable expeditionary fluid analysis system that gives field operators the capacity to perform comprehensive, laboratory quality, lubricant analysis. The multipurpose Q5800 combines the ability to perform abnormal wear metals analysis, particle counting, viscosity and lubricant condition and contamination tests in a compact, field-based system. The battery-powered [...]
Illumina Applies CE Mark to Expanded MiSeqDx™ System
September 25, 2013
SAN DIEGO - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it declared conformity with the requirements of the IVD Directive and has applied the CE mark to expand the use of the MiSeqDx system in clinical laboratories. These laboratories are now able to develop diagnostic tests using Illumina’s new MiSeqDx Universal Kit on the MiSeqDx. The [...]
September 24, 2013
München -- The brand-new SyncroPatch 384 Patch Engine (PE) now released by Nanion Technologies propels ion channel drug discovery to a new level. Designed for seamless integration into process-automated drug screening environments, the Patch Engine is equipped with 384 patch clamp amplifiers and an advanced 384 channel liquid handling robot. The SyncroPatch 384PE is the [...]
