Xylem Inc. appoints H. Balasubramaniam (“Bala”) as Managing Director for Xylem India

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Xylem Inc. today announced the appointment of H. Balasubramaniam (“Bala”) as the company’s new managing director for Xylem in India. He joins Xylem from General Electric, where he spent more than 15 years, most recently as Business Director of the company’s locomotive projects business, and prior to that as Chief Executive [...]

GENEWIZ, Inc. Launches Ion Proton(TM) Services as Ion AmpliSeq(TM) Exome Certified Service Provider

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - GENEWIZ, Inc., leading global genomic service provider, has now become an Ion AmpliSeq™ Exome Certified Service Provider. Administered by Life Technologies, "[the] Ion AmpliSeq™ Exome Certified Service Provider Program is a network of validated service providers that enables any researcher to get high quality exome sequence, using small amounts of input [...]

Illumina Launches TruSight One Sequencing Panel

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the launch of the TruSight One Sequencing Panel, the industry’s broadest sequencing panel that targets 4,813 genes with known associated clinical phenotypes. Clinical research laboratories can use this panel to expand existing menus, streamline workflows, or create an entire portfolio of sequencing options, with benefits including increased [...]

Sartorius Stedim Biotech announces offer to acquire UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc

Aubagne – Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading global supplier for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, today made a cash offer to acquire the UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc (TAP Biosystems) through its wholly owned subsidiary Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH. The proposed transaction, which is subject to customary closingconditions, including the approval of TAP’s shareholders, [...]

Waters Introduces the ACQUITY QDa Detector, Bringing Push-Button Mass Detection to Chromatography

Milford, Mass. -- Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today introduced the new Waters® ACQUITY QDa™ Detector, the first mass detector to bring high-quality, mass spectral data to chromatographic separations. Waters is now shipping the new mass detector worldwide. Designed as a synergistic component of a chromatographic system, the ACQUITY QDa Detector is compatible with Waters ACQUITY® UltraPerformance [...]

Intel and Janssen Pharmaceutica to collaborate with imec and 5 Flemish universities to open ExaScience Life Lab

Intel, imec and five Flemish universities (UA, UGhent, KULeuven, UHasselt, VUB) announced the planned foundation of the ExaScience Life Lab on the imec campus in Leuven, with which Janssen Pharmaceutica will collaborate in the future. The ExaScience Life Lab will combine Intel’s supercomputing expertise with Flanders’ extensive expertise in life sciences and biotechnology. The objective [...]

Biosearch Technologies Executes Exclusive License for turboFISH™

PETALUMA, CA – Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Biosearch), a leading supplier of sophisticated oligonucleotide components to the rapidly growing molecular diagnostics industry announced today that it has acquired exclusive worldwide rights to turboFISH technology - A Method for Rapid Single Molecule RNA FISH. With this turboFISH license, Biosearch maintains exclusive access to continuing Stellaris® RNA FISH [...]

Kevin Hrusovsky Joins SynapDx Board of Directors

Lexington, MA – SynapDx Corporation, a diagnostic company developing an innovative blood test for the early detection of autism spectrum disorders, today announced that Kevin Hrusovsky has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Hrusovsky, former president of Life Sciences and Technology at PerkinElmer, has a breadth of experience in launching technologies and building fast-growing [...]

Thorlabs Adds Quantitative Imaging Cytometry Capabilities to its Portfolio

Newton, NJ and Westwood, MA – Thorlabs announced today the acquisition of CompuCyte Corporation, a developer of Laser Scanning Cytometry (“LSC”) products for high-content cellular and tissue-based analysis. Founded by Dr. Louis Kamentsky, CompuCyte introduced Laser Scanning Cytometry technology to provide an essential imaging complement to traditional flow cytometry techniques. The technology combines the advantages [...]

NEW Ultra EZpette™

Denville Scientific Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of the NEW Ultra EZpetteTM Ultra High Precision Digital Pipettors. The NEW Ultra EZpetteTM provides both accurate and precise liquid dispensing in a comfortable ergonomic design. They are available in the choice of pink or blue with 8 different models that cover volume ranges from 0.1µL [...]

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