Axio Imager Vario from ZEISS with New Hardware Auto Focus and Cleanroom Kit

Jena/Stuttgart, Germany,- At the 2013 Control international trade fair for quality assurance, ZEISS presented its new Hardware Auto Focus and cleanroom kit for the proven Axio Imager Vario microscope system. An integratable autofocus system ensures fast and precise focusing. The Hardware Auto Focus is ideal for surface inspections on reflective, low-contrast samples. In transmitted and [...]

AMRESCO’s New Fluorescent DNA Quantitation Kit Uses a Highly Specific DNA-binding Dye that Allows Accurate Quantitation Even in Crude Extracts

Solon, Ohio -- DNA quantitation is crucial to experimental design and interpretation of results, especially in sensitive molecular biology applications such as PCR, or for any comparative analysis of multi-source DNA samples. Although UV spectrophotometric measurement at 260 nm is the most widely practiced method of DNA quantitation, it is limited by high background interference [...]

Logos Biosystems Launches Luna-FLTM Fluorescence Cell Counter

Logos Biosystems, a provider of innovative life science research tools, today announced the introduction of a next generation automated cell counter, Luna-FL TM "Luna-FLTM fluorescence cell counter is a breakthrough for life science researchers", said Neon Jung, CEO of Logos Biosystems. "We integrated dual fluorescence and bright field optics in one instrument to provide researchers [...]

IntelliCyt Corporation Closes $8 Million in New Financing

Albuquerque, New Mexico -- IntelliCyt Corporation, a leading provider of assay screening solutions for phenotypic drug discovery, antibody discovery and in vitro toxicity testing, today announced it has completed an $8 million financing round. The financing was led by new investor Arboretum Ventures with participation from existing investors Prolog Ventures, Verge Fund, and New Mexico [...]

Phenomenex Serves Growing Korean Market with Translated Website

Torrance, CA - Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces a new, fully functional Korean-language website. In addition to a wide range of web-based tools, including the company's unique Structure Search capability, the site introduces a new industry-focused interface to help customers quickly find [...]

Real Time Genomics and Knome Ink Deal to Integrate and Sell the RTG Variant Platform on knoSYS100 System

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Real Time Genomics, Inc., the genome analytics company, and Knome, Inc., the human genome interpretation company, today announced that the Real Time Genomics (RTG) Variant platform will be integrated into every shipment of the knoSYS™100 interpretation system. The agreement enables customers to easily purchase the RTG analytics engine as an upgrade [...]

On-Site Integrating Sphere Calibrations from Labsphere

North Sutton, N.H. – Labsphere can now perform on-site calibration services directly at customer facilities for all brands of integrating sphere Uniform Source Systems. The cost-effective service includes a professional assessment of the overall system condition, re-lamping the sphere with before and after measurements, optional power supply calibration and Labsphere’s certified calibration with National Institute [...]

Scientists at UCSF Set New Cryo EM Resolution Benchmark in Structural Biology

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- In a recent article in (Li X. et. al. Nature Methods advance online publication, 5 May 2013 doi:10.1038/nmeth.2472) researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) report on the use of a breakthrough new camera and associated methods in the near-atomic-resolution reconstruction of the 700 kDa 20S proteasome protein complex using [...]

Transgenomic Signs Collaboration Agreement with Amgen for Development of CE-IVD CRC RAScan™ Mutation Detection Tests for Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

OMAHA, Neb. -- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO) today announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) to develop a CE-IVD test to screen patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) for RAS mutations (KRAS and NRAS). These RAS mutations, identified using the CE-IVD CRC RAScan™ kits which use Surveyor®-Wave® technology, provide [...]

Come Visit the New Hoefer Website!

Hoefer, Inc., a leading global manufacturer and supplier of electrophoresis and related laboratory products for more than 40 years, announced the release of a new web experience at www.hoeferinc.com. The NEW Hoefer website has been designed to create a more positive experience with improved navigation, more product information, an enhanced storefront, and greater technical literature [...]

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