A 3D InSight™ into Drug Discovery with Tecan’s Infinite® M200 PRO

Männedorf, Schlieren, Switzerland -- Dr Jens M Kelm, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of InSphero, explained: “Although classical 2D cell culture techniques are still widely used throughout the pharmaceutical industry, their limitations are becoming increasingly apparent. The efficacy of a candidate drug depends on a number of factors, including the physical and chemical environments in [...]

Simulations Plus Releases MedChem Studio™ 3.5 and MedChem Designer™ 2.5

LANCASTER, Calif -- Simulations Plus, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLP) , a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today announced that it has released Version 3.5 of its MedChem Studio™ and Version 2.5 of its MedChem Designer™ software programs for data mining and molecule design. Dr. David Miller, team leader for [...]

Pathogenica Signs Agreement with Illumina

BOSTON –– Pathogenica Inc. announced today it had entered into an agreement with Illumina(NASDAQ:ILMN), whereby the parties will co-market in the Asia Pacific region a new version of Pathogenica’s HAI BioDetection kit compatible with Illumina’s MiSeq benchtop sequencing system. The combined solution will enable users to identify an expanded panel of bacteria and drug resistance [...]

Alpha MOS launches powerful fast GC electronic nose with chemical and sensory characterization module

Toulouse,: Alpha MOS, world leader in electronic nose and tongue technology for industrial applications, introduces its latest fast Gas Chromatography electronic nose HERACLES bundled with additional AroChemBase module for chemical and sensory characterization. HERACLES combines unique technical features that make it not only a powerful fast gas chromatography instrument but also an unsurpassed electronic nose. [...]

Protochips™ Wins 2013 R&D 100 Award for In Situ Electrochemistry System for Transmission Electron Microscopy

Protochips™ (https://www.protochips.com), a company specializing in revolutionary products for in situ electron microscopy, will receive an R&D 100 award, known as the Oscar® of Innovation for scientists and engineers, for its Poseidon™ 500 in situ electrochemistry system. The award will be presented in Orlando on November 7th. “Studying materials at the atomic scale directly within [...]

California Healthcare Institute Board Elects New Members

La Jolla, Calif. -- California Healthcare Institute (CHI) announced today the election of four senior executives to serve on its board of directors: Peter Claude, partner at PwC US; Dr. Michael Marletta, president and CEO of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI); Alan Mendelson, partner at Latham & Watkins; and Dr. Marc Tremblay, president, clinical diagnostics [...]

Hamilton Scientific Continues Its Expansion to a LEED Certified Building in De Pere, Wisconsin

Hamilton Scientific, a leading manufacturer of laboratory furniture and fume hoods for the education, healthcare and industrial markets, has moved its corporate headquarters from Two Rivers, WI to a new, contemporary, 20,000 SF building in De Pere. The new facility has earned a Silver LEED Green Building System accreditation, which is the national benchmark for [...]

Ayasdi Raises $30.6 Million in Series B Funding from Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), GE Ventures, and Citi Ventures

Palo Alto, CA -- Ayasdi has raised $30.6 million in Series B venture funding, led by IVP with participation from Citi Ventures, GE Ventures, and existing investors Khosla Ventures and FLOODGATE also participated in the round. In conjunction with the financing, Steve Harrick from IVP will join Ayasdi's Board of Directors. Six months after the [...]

Nanounity Announces New Characterization Tools for the 2013 Microscopy & Microanalysis Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, August 4-8

Santa Clara, CA -- New instrumentation, tools and techniques will be featured on the Nanounity booth, #828, at this year’s annual M&M meeting being held in Indianapolis, August 4-8, 2013. The Pemtron SEMART™ PS-250 scanning electron microscope (SEM) will be making its Nanounity US debut. This compact SEM provides users with quick and easy operation [...]

Bruker Announces New ECO™ Line of X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) Instruments

MADISON, Wis. & KARLSRUHE, Germany -- Bruker today announced the launch of the ECO™ series for X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction and chemical X-ray crystallography - specifically the S8 TIGER ECO™, the D8 ADVANCE ECO™ and the D8 QUEST ECO™ instruments. The new ECO line features an innovative design enabling low cost of ownership (ECOnomical) and [...]

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