On-Site Integrating Sphere Calibrations from Labsphere
May 6, 2013
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
May 6, 2013
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 [...]
May 6, 2013
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!
May 6, 2013
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 [...]
May 6, 2013
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Researchers from Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB), the U.S. Joint Genome Institute and the University of Washington have published a new method for assembling high-quality genomes from Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) DNA sequencing. Published in the May 5 edition of Nature Methods, the paper by Chin et al. describes the [...]
DNASTAR Lasergene Software Now Available on the Amazon Cloud
May 6, 2013
MADISON, Wisconsin – DNASTAR® announced the release of Lasergene 11 today. The major news in this release is that Lasergene, the most published sequence analysis software in peer reviewed journals for each of the past 28 years, is now available on the Amazon Cloud. Other significant improvements to Lasergene, which is an integrated suite of [...]
Analytik Jena AG Establishes Subsidiary in Thailand
May 5, 2013
Jena, May 3, 2013 – Analytik Jena AG, a leading manufacturer of analytical instrumentation technology, life science instruments and optoelectronics, has established a new subsidiary, Analytik Jena Far East (Thailand) Ltd., giving it a presence in the Southeast Asian market. Analytik Jena AG is using this new company to bolster its activities in the Southeast [...]
BT For Life Sciences Launches Schrodinger Into The Cloud
May 3, 2013
IRVING, Texas -- BT and Schrodinger, Inc. today announced that the two companies are now working together to accelerate the process of drug discovery and development using the BT for Life Sciences cloud platform and Schrodinger's powerful scientific software applications. As part of the joint initiative, Schrodinger becomes a Strategic Member of the BT for [...]
New SERVOTOUGH SpectraScan redefines online gas analysis for the HP industry
May 3, 2013
Crowborough, UK - Servomex has announced a breakthrough in light hydrocarbon gas analysis with the launch of the new SERVOTOUGH SpectraScan. A real time optical analyser utilising the Precisive field proven optical bench, the SpectraScan offers a breakthrough capability in the continuous analysis of light hydrocarbons C1-C5+. A faster, less complex and more reliable technology [...]
BD Announces Results for 2013 Second Fiscal Quarter
May 2, 2013
Franklin Lakes, NJ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today reported quarterly revenues of $2.0 billion for the second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2013, representing an increase of 3.7 percent from the prioryear period, or 4.1 percent on a foreign currency-neutral basis. “We continued to deliver [...]
