Introducing the Thermo Scientific TRACE 1300 Series GC
April 4, 2013
Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce that its family of gas chromatography (GC) instrumentation can now be controlled by Agilent Technologies’ OpenLAB® CDS EZChrom® Edition and EZChrom Elite® chromatography data systems. Systems that can be controlled by the CDS software include: Thermo Scientific TRACE 1300 Series GC, TRACE GC Ultra system, AI/AS 1310 Autosampler, [...]
April 4, 2013
NEW YORK, NY -- Applied Minerals, Inc. (OTCQB: AMNL), the leading global producer of Halloysite Clay solutions, today announced the signing of an agreement with Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and High Technology Company, to market and distribute Dragonite™ Halloysite Clay to researchers worldwide through the Aldrich Materials Science initiative. Dragonite Halloysite [...]
Jurong Aromatics Corporation Selects PAC Lab Instruments
April 3, 2013
Houston, TX., USA – Jurong Aromatics Corporation (JAC), a major aromatics and oil products manufacturer in Singapore, recently chose PAC as its provider for lab instruments in its new complex on Jurong Island. PAC will supply several laboratory analytical instruments for Petroleum Testing application (Gas Chromatography, Elemental and Physical Properties) to JAC site, which is [...]
New system to improve DNA sequencing
April 3, 2013
Dr Ulrich Keyser of the University’s Cavendish Laboratory, along with PhD student Nick Bell and other colleagues, has developed a system which combines a solid-state nanopore with a technique known as DNA origami, for use in DNA sequencing, protein sensing and other applications. The technology has been licensed for development and commercialisation to UK-based company [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Test Method Detects Dangerous Phenylbutazone in Horsemeat
April 3, 2013
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, recently mobilized its Food Safety Response Center (FSRC) to develop a method to test for the presence of the veterinary drug phenylbutazone in horsemeat. Phenylbutazone, also known as “bute,” is a potent painkiller banned in any horsemeat intended for human consumption. [...]
Hurel Receives $9.2 Million Series A Funding From Spring Mountain Capital
April 3, 2013
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ, – Hurel Corporation (“Hurel”), a worldleading provider of advanced artificial tissue constructs and microfluidic cell-based assay platforms that improve the predictive reliability and over-all efficiency of preclinical drug development, today announced that Spring Mountain Capital has organized and closed a $9.2 million Series A private equity financing facility for the Company. Funds [...]
ViroCyt Completes Second Close of Growth Capital Financing
April 3, 2013
DENVER, CO – ViroCyt, LLC, the leader in the field of rapid virus quantification, today announced the addition of new investors to its most recent round of funding. This financing was an extension of the initial close, which occurred on November 14, 2012, resulting in a total raise of approximately $5 million. Investors include High [...]
Beckman Coulter Enlists ServiceSource to Support Growth Strategy for Life Sciences Business
April 3, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO -- ServiceSource® (NASDAQ: SREV), the global leader in recurring revenue management, today announced a multi-year agreement with the Life Sciences business of Beckman Coulter, Inc. ServiceSource will support Beckman Coulter Life Sciences in the U.S., working with the group to optimize the renewal of maintenance services business with existing customers. Beckman Coulter Life [...]
SRA Selected to Modernize and Support CDC Laboratory Information Systems
April 3, 2013
FAIRFAX, Va.-- SRA International, Inc., a leading provider of IT solutions and professional services to government organizations, today announced it has been selected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Infectious Diseases (OID) to provide IT-related support services for its Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). The CDC Information Management Services [...]
T2 Biosystems Announces Issuance of Patent Covering T2Candida®
April 3, 2013
Lexington, MA, – T2 Biosystems, a company developing direct detection products enabling superior diagnostics, today announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent, number US8,409,807 (the ‘807 patent), covering T2Candida®, the Company’s flagship diagnostic test. T2Candida identifies sepsis-causing Candida species directly from whole blood at ~1CFU/mL sensitivity in approximately three hours compared [...]
