VWR’s West Coast Distribution Center Receives LEED Silver Certification
October 2, 2013
RADNOR, PA - VWR International, LLC, a global solutions provider of laboratory supplies, equipment and services, has received LEED Silver Certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for its West Coast Distribution Center located in Visalia, California. VWR focused on sustainability throughout the planning, design, and construction of the new facility. As a [...]
Cresset’s New Activity Miner for Lead Optimization Highlights and Explains Key Activity Insights
October 2, 2013
Cambridge, UK – Cresset announces the release of the Activity Miner module for Torch and Forge. Activity Miner is a new intuitive SAR interpretation tool that identifies the key 3D structural and electrostatic changes impacting biological activity. Activity Miner employs new science to calculate and compare the structural and activity differences between each pair of [...]
October 2, 2013
BONADUZ, Switzerland, and IPSWICH, Mass. -- Hamilton Robotics and New England Biolabs®, Inc. (NEB®) announced today that the companies are collaborating to develop automated solutions for NEB's NEBNext® reagent line for NGS sample preparation, including a fast and robust low-input option for high-throughput Illumina® library preparation. The jointly developed solutions will also enable scientists to [...]
WaferGen Bio-systems Reports Completion of $15 Million Private Placement Transaction
October 2, 2013
FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCQB: WGBS) announced today that it has completed a private placement to accredited investors of $15,037,500 of units consisting of shares of common stock, shares of Series 1 convertible preferred stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock. As previously announced, at the initial closing of the offering [...]
METTLER TOLEDO Launches New Analytical Balance Line
October 2, 2013
Greifensee, Switzerland – METTLER TOLEDO has released a new line of Excellence Analytical Balances focused on providing users with a high level of process security whilst making weighing workflows error-free, ergonomic, and efficient. The new balances ensure worry-free weighing for users, with advanced intelligent features that secure reliable weighing results and also support quality assurance [...]
October 2, 2013
Toronto, Canada -- TellSpec today announced the launch of its Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for the development and manufacture of its handheld device, which scans and analyzes the composition of food so consumers know the real ingredients before they buy or eat food. TellSpec is a reliable and accurate personal device that detects nutrients, [...]
BioTekkers Join Vermont Heart Walk in Remembrance
October 2, 2013
WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek employees raised over $17,000 through fundraising and donations, and walked a brisk 3 miles with hundreds of other Vermonters on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in Burlington, VT as part of the 2013 Vermont Heart Walk to benefit the American Heart Association. The event was especially poignant for the Company as [...]
October 1, 2013
Madison, WI USA. -- Promega Corporation announced today the launch of the ROS-Glo™ H2O2 Assay. A non-horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-dependent, plate-based bioluminescent assay for detecting reactive oxygen species (ROS), ROS-Glo H2O2 Assay is designed to specifically detect hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in both enzyme and cell-based applications. The ROS-Glo H2O2 Assay measures the activity of enzymes that [...]
Online Peptides Company Extreme Peptide’s New Website Design Takes Effect This Week
October 1, 2013
Los Angeles, CA -- Extreme Peptide, an online company that specializes in providing researchers with high quality custom peptides, protein expressions, and chemicals, recently announced that its newest website changes are now in effect. The company’s website upgrades include the creation of a simpler navigation system and the addition of detailed company and product descriptions. [...]
Lasers offer an automated way to test drinking water
October 1, 2013
To keep drinking water clean, experts are constantly monitoring our supply to check it for contaminants. Now laser technology will give them a helping hand: a new system automatically analyzes water samples at the waterworks itself. In today’s world, we simply cannot do without lasers. We use them to print out documents, play CDs or [...]
