Bina Nets $6.25 Million Series B Financing Led by Sierra Ventures to More Than Double Headcount
March 26, 2013
Bina Technologies, the genomic big data science platform accelerating personalized medicine, today announced that it has closed a $6.25 million round of Series B financing led by Sierra Ventures. Founded in 2011 by experts in complex, large-scale genomics, big data and high-performance computing, Bina’s mission is to process and mine vast volumes of genomic information [...]
Promium Awarded National LIMS Contract from Environment Canada
March 26, 2013
Promium, L.L.C., a leading provider of laboratory software, announced today that the company has received a contract from Environment Canada, the federal department responsible for environmental protection and monitoring in Canada, to supply Element LIMS (laboratory information management system) for Environment Canada’s national network of environmental laboratories. This is the first time one uniform LIMS [...]
Markes International launches new low-flow sampling pump for thermal desorption
March 26, 2013
Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has announced the launch of the ACTI-VOC™ lowflow sampling pump specifically for thermal desorption tubes. ACTI-VOC is a robust low-flow pump for sampling vapour-phase organic compounds (VOCs) onto sorbent tubes for subsequent analysis by thermal desorption (TD)–GC(MS). Being lightweight, easy-to-use and intrinsically safe, ACTI-VOC is ideal for personal monitoring and a [...]
Renowned industry experts to advise Definiens on clinical digital pathology market
March 26, 2013
Munich, Germany, – Definiens, the global leader of image and data analysis solutions for quantitative digital pathology, today announced it has appointed an Advisory Board comprising renowned industry experts and visionaries in digital pathology. As part of its market expansion strategy, Definiens established the new Board to provide independent advice on trends and opportunities in [...]
Analytik Jena AG: Formal Inauguration of Newly Formed Subsidiary in France
March 26, 2013
founded a subsidiary in France, Analytik Jena France S.A.R.L., which has now officially begun operations within the framework of a customer event. The products of the Analytical Instrumentation and Life Science divisions are to be sold via Analytik Jena France in future. The inauguration of the office and the application laboratories took place on March [...]
March 26, 2013
Santa Barbara, CA - Anasys Instruments continues to expand the capabilities of their nanoscale materials characterization techniques with the Lorentz Contact Resonance (LCR) imaging mode. This is now available for their afm+® and nanoIR™ systems. The Lorentz Contact Resonance imaging mode further enhances the capabilities of the afm+ and nanoIR systems from Anasys. LCR allows [...]
March 26, 2013
Torrance, CA - Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces the availability of the Kinetex® Core-Shell media packed in Axia hardware for preparative HPLC and SFC in lab-scale purification. Kinetex 5-micron particles in four phases ¬- C18, XB-C18, Phenyl-Hexyl and PFP - are now [...]
PrimeraDx to Co-Develop Companion Diagnostics with Quest Diagnostics
March 26, 2013
Mansfield, MA, – PrimeraDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company, today announced it has formed a non-exclusive diagnostics co-development agreement with Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world’s leading diagnostics information services company. The intent of the collaboration is to co-develop and commercialize molecular diagnostic products and services with a focus on supporting clinical development of targeted [...]
Versatile High Performance Benchtop Freeze Dryer
March 25, 2013
The new VirTis BenchTop Pro freeze dryer range from SP Scientific have been designed to be highly affordable, yet meet the needs of the most demanding research laboratories. Each system can be configured to meet your present and future needs. Condenser refrigeration packages of -55°C, -75°C, -85°C and -105°C allow you to meet the demands [...]
Cresset announces release of forgeV10.1
March 25, 2013
Welwyn Garden City, UK -– Cresset, innovative provider of chemistry software and services, announces the release of a new version of its computational chemistry workbench forgeV10. This release is the first major update following the launch of forgeV10 in 2012 and brings new features and many improvements. New in forgeV10.1 are: • flexible handling of [...]

