May 15, 2013
Mannheim, Germany. The Department of Biology at New York University has been equipped with the 100th Leica TCS SP8 X, a state-of-the-art confocal laser scanning microscope with a white light laser. The system offers complete spectral freedom for fluorescence experiments. For live cell imaging, the combination of high sensitivity and low laser power provides better [...]
May 15, 2013
Milford, Massachusetts,– SeraCare Life Sciences, a provider of high quality biological materials that help optimize diagnostic performance, reliability and repeatability across the IVD lifecycle, announced it has launched three new ACCUVERT™ seroconversion panels and one new ACCUSET™ performance panel. These product additions expand the company’s offerings that assist in vitro diagnostics manufacturers in challenging new [...]
Illumina Announces Partnerships to Automate TruSeq® and Nextera® Sample Preparation Kits
May 15, 2013
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it is collaborating with leading providers of liquid handling robotic platforms to develop automation methods for its best-in-class TruSeq and Nextera Sample Preparation kits. Initial partners in this effort are Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, Eppendorf, Hamilton Robotics, PerkinElmer, and Tecan. These partnerships, and the resulting methods, reflect [...]
BioTime Appoints Franklin Berger to Board of Directors
May 14, 2013
ALAMEDA, Calif.-- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) today announced that Franklin M. Berger, CFA, 63, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. “We are pleased to welcome a recognized biotechnology industry expert of Franklin's caliber to BioTime's Board,” said Alfred D. Kingsley, Chairman of the Board of BioTime. “Franklin adds to our Board a [...]
PrimeTime® qPCR Assay Plates Streamlines High Throughput qPCR Analysis
May 14, 2013
CORALVILLE, IA – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, has announced the launch of PrimeTime® qPCR Assay Plates, for high throughput qPCR analysis. Primers and probes for 5’-nuclease and intercalating dye assays (e.g., SYBR®) can now be directly ordered online in a 96 well plate format, eliminating the time-consuming transfer of [...]
Natera and Echevarne Collaborate to Launch New NIPT, Panorama™
May 14, 2013
Natera, a leading innovator in prenatal genetic testing, and Echevarne, a leading clinical analysis laboratory in Spain, today announced the signing of a distribution agreement for Echevarne to offer Natera’s non-invasive prenatal screening test (NIPT), Panorama™ through its facilities in Spain. Panorama was launched in March 2013 for the detection of trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), [...]
Charm Sciences Announces Six WET® (Water Extraction Technology) Mycotoxin Tests
May 14, 2013
A breakthrough Charm® technology, WET, has been expanded to include the following ROSA mycotoxin tests: aflatoxin (USDA GIPSA approved), vomitoxin (DON or deoxynivalenol), fumonisin, zearalenone, ochratoxin, and T-2/HT-2 toxin. For the first time, mycotoxins in grain and feed can be safely and rapidly tested without the use of ethanol and methanol. Testing can now be [...]
May 14, 2013
Santa Barbara, CA - Anasys Instruments reports on the announcement from the University of Illinois which describes the effect of nanometer-scale heating on semiconductor plasmonic microparticles which reveal surface plasmon resonance. The work is described in a paper published in Applied Physics Letters. Recent progress in the engineering of plasmonic structures has enabled new kinds [...]
Perfinity Biosciences names Robert Ellis as president and CEO
May 14, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Perfinity Biosciences Inc., a biosciences company based in the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette, announces Robert H. Ellis as its new president and CEO. Ellis has 39 years of experience in analytical and biotechnology instrumentation, including 26 years of experience in the field of life sciences. "I am excited about [...]
Stirling Ultra-Low Freezer Wins 2013 New Product of the Year Award
May 14, 2013
Sydney, Australia; Athens, Ohio USA,-- The Stirling Ultracold Model SU780U ultra-low temperature freezer won the Outstanding New Product of the Year Award presented on May 8, 2013 by the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) at their annual meeting in Sydney, Australia. The award, given to one product annually, recognizes the company’s development [...]

