Avantor™ Experts to Show Pharmaceutical and Lab Capabilities at CPhI India

Avantor Performance Materials will display its capabilities as a high-quality chemical solutions provider for the pharmaceutical industry from drug discovery through production in booth E10 at the Convention on Pharmaceutical Ingredients (CPhI) in Mumbai, India November 30 through December 2, 2011. Members of the global Avantor team will be available to talk with attendees and [...]

Software Tool Enables Easy Pipette Management

INTEGRA has announced VIALINK – a new pipette management tool that allows users to simply create and manage custom programs, maintain a service history and transfer firmware upgrade details between VIAFLO electronic pipettes* and your PC. VIALINK can be used to securely manage and productively organise all pipettes in your lab. Personnel can keep track [...]

Terso Solutions Launches New RFID-Enabled Ultra Low Temperature (ULT) Freezer

Madison, WI - Terso Solutions Inc. has expanded its line of RFID-enabled enclosures with the addition of an RFID enabled Ultra Low Temperature (ULT) freezer that is well-suited for research labs, healthcare providers, manufacturers and distributors, and forensic facilities. The new freezer makes better use of freezer space, eliminates manual processes, lowers maintenance costs, and [...]

Affymetrix Enables Analysis of Challenging Sample Types Through Exclusive Agreement With Genisphere

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Affymetrix®, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement with Genisphere®, LLC, for RNA amplification and labeling technology to address challenging sample types including formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples for GeneChip® Arrays. These FFPE samples, common in cancer and translational research, are an untapped resource of valuable [...]

Xylem Inc. to Ring New York Stock Exchange Opening Bell in Celebration of Launch as Independent Company

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Xylem, Inc. a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, announced that its leadership team and representative employees will ring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) opening bell today. The bell ringing comes two weeks after Xylem successfully spun off from ITT Corporation. On [...]

BioSurplus Launches New Website

SAN DIEGO - BioSurplus announced today that it has launched its new website at www.biosurplus.com. The site offers a greatly improved user experience with its streamlined customer-focused interface and improved back-end functionality. Among the features rolling out are a powerful new search function, improved category and product descriptions, and an easy-to-use and intuitive user interface. [...]

DiscoveRx(R) Corporation’s KINOMEscan Technology Reveals Kinome-Wide Fingerprints Against Diverse Set of Mature Kinase Inhibitors and FDA Approved Therapeutics

FREMONT, Calif. - DiscoveRx announced today the release of the most detailed comprehensive assessment of interaction profiles of known kinase inhibitors across the kinome published to date in the November 2011 issue of Nature Biotechnology, titled "Comprehensive analysis of kinase inhibitor selectivity." This seminal publication utilizing the KINOMEscan platform, wholly-owned by DiscoveRx Corporation, in collaboration [...]

Olympus Confocal/Multiphoton Microscope Enhancements Provide Faster Scanning and Focus, Higher Sensitivity, and Ability to Acquire Ultra-Large Images

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Three enhancements to the well-respected and widely used Olympus FluoView® FV1000 laser scanning confocal and multiphoton microscope research imaging system make it more powerful than ever, providing new speed, sensitivity and direct file access for ultra-large file acquisition and viewing. Researchers will benefit from a gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) detector, updated [...]

Sparton Corporation Appoints Charles R. Kummeth to its Board of Directors

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Sparton Corporation announced that its Board has appointed Mr. Charles R. Kummeth as an Independent Director, effective November 11, 2011. Mr. Kummeth was appointed after a search that was announced earlier this year. Mr. Kummeth is president of the Global Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Division of Thermo Fisher Scientific. Previously since 2009, [...]

Zwick USA Names New National Service Manager

KENNESAW, Ga.--Zwick USA, a subsidiary of Zwick/Roell AG, a leading global supplier of static and dynamic materials test equipment to the automotive, metals, plastics aerospace and medical industries, has expanded its North American service team. The expansion of the field service team, including the addition of National Service Manager Chip Hayward and two service engineers, [...]

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