May 24, 2013
SUZHOU, China, and HILDEN, Germany, - QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and SIP Biotech Development Co., Ltd. (BioBAY) today announced the opening of QIAGEN (Suzhou) Translational Medicine Center, a translational medicine R&D Corporation which aims to accelerate the discovery and validation of biomarkers, and to create companion diagnostics for the Chinese market. [...]
Asylum Research Announces Ben Ohler as AFM Business Manager
May 24, 2013
Asylum Research, an Oxford Instruments company, announces the appointment of Dr. Ben Ohler to the new position of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Business Manager. Ohler will oversee the Asylum MFP-3D family of products as well as manage the strategic direction, new product development, and product marketing for the entire line. “We are very excited that [...]
May 23, 2013
BEDFORD, Mass., -- Hologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company) (NASDAQ: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products, with an emphasis on serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced that the first large-scale observational study in a U.S. clinical practice comparing breast cancer screening with Hologic's [...]
State Licensure Expands For BRAF Assay From Beckman Coulter Genomics
May 23, 2013
DANVERS, MASS. – The BRAF assay from Beckman Coulter Genomics has been granted clinical laboratory licenses in four states, expanding the availability of the offering that last year received CLIA Certificates of Registration and Compliance. Pennsylvania, Maryland and Rhode Island, three of the seven states that require statewide licensure in addition to CLIA certificates, have [...]
New showcase for Malvern Instruments’ extensive range of GPC/SEC systems and detectors
May 23, 2013
Malvern, UK. New pages on the Malvern Instruments website provide information that enables scientists to make informed choices about detector configurations for their specific GPC/SEC applications. Showcasing the company’s comprehensive range of Viscotek systems and detectors for gel permeation/size exclusion chromatography (GPC/SEC) these pages help analysts to identify high productivity configurations for polymer, macromolecule and [...]
Tecan appoints Dr. Klaus Lun to the Management Board
May 23, 2013
Männedorf, Switzerland,- The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) announced today that Dr. Klaus Lun has been appointed Head of Corporate Development and a member of the Management Board. He will take up his new post at Tecan on June 4, 2013. Tecan CEO David Martyr commented: "Our strategic goal is to evolve Tecan in [...]
hte and JGC C&C announce Research Project in High Throughput Testing of Hydrocracking Catalysts
May 23, 2013
HEIDELBERG, Germany hte – the high throughput experimentation company and JGC C&C announce a research project in the field of hydrocracking catalyst activity testing. In this collaboration hte used its in-house developed X4500 – trickle-bed catalyst testing system for hydroprocessing applications. The research project allows JGC C&C to use hte’s X4500 testing system in order [...]
Singulex Names Guido Baechler President and Chief Executive Officer
May 23, 2013
ALAMEDA, CA.-- Singulex, Inc., a privately held commercial-stage company committed to improving patient care and enabling the reduction of healthcare costs by providing high-value, advanced tests and systems for the diagnosis and monitoring of chronic diseases, today announced that Guido Baechler has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the company effective immediately. Baechler, [...]
SIMS System Family Trio from Hiden
May 23, 2013
Secondary ion mass spectrometry(SIMS) is a versatile, highly-sensitive technique for surface analysis and surface depth profiling of diverse materials. Hiden Analytical expands their primary system options to offer the choice of three initial equipment levels to suit a broad spread of budget capacities. All systems offer full UHV operation and expandability to the top-level specification. [...]
AB Enzymes Chooses Genedata Selector for Production Strain Development and Optimization
May 22, 2013
Basel, Switzerland, - Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for industrial biotechnology, drug discovery, and life science research, today announced AB Enzymes will use Genedata Selector™ as its bioinformatics platform for strain genome data management on all its production-relevant organisms. Genedata will provide AB Enzymes, one of the world’s oldest and best-known enzyme [...]

