PHILADELPHIA, PA –– Xylem’s OI Analytical brand 5380 Pulsed Flame Photometric Detector (PFPD) has aided researchers in the differentiation of sulfur volatiles in ripening strawberry crops. Xylem’s OI Analytical brand will be exhibiting in booth # 1449 at Pittcon 2013, March 18-21 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Strawberries are the second most important commercial fruit product in [...]

Philadelphia, PA — Excellims, world innovator in Ion Mobility solutions for chemical detection in industry and research, announces the IA3100, the latest addition to its line of High Performance Ion Mobility (HPIMSTM) Instruments. This game-changing technology will debut at the 2013 Pittcon Conference and Expo Booth No.2007. High performance ion mobility spectrometry (HPIMSTM) offers high [...]

PHILADELPHIA – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it will feature its new Thermo Scientific Dionex UltiMate 3000 Electrochemical Detector during Pittcon 2013. This detector makes the speed and resolution of UHPLC separation available with electrochemical detection. Electrochemical detection offers: the high sensitivity needed to measure neurotransmitters, the [...]

PHILADELPHIA – Pittcon 2013 – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific TriPlus 300 Headspace Autosampler, designed for fast start-up, high productivity, and flexibility for analyzing organic volatiles. Thermo Fisher will showcase the new instrument within booth 1835 during Pittcon 2013, being held in Philadelphia March 17-21, [...]

PHILADELPHIA – Pittcon 2013 – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific TSQ 8000 Pesticide Analyzer system, a complete solution to facilitate multi-residue pesticide analysis. The system is built around the popular Thermo Scientific TSQ 8000 triple quadrupole GC-MS system, configured for pesticide analysis to help users [...]

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania – At Pittcon 2013, Bruker today announced numerous new product introductions for research, industrial and applied markets, designed to deliver more confident analyses with increased sensitivity, specificity and productivity, as well as novel scientific capabilities which expand the boundaries of molecular and materials research. The new Bruker products introduced at Pittcon 2013 include: [...]

CINCINNATI -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has re-categorized Meridian’s illumigene® Group A Streptococcus and illumigene® Group B Streptococcus tests as “Moderate Complexity” under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). Moderately complex tests are assays that are considered to be simple and easy to [...]

Schwerzenbach, Switzerland.-- METTLER TOLEDO provides a new, compact and affordable family of titrators- The EasyPlusTM. The leading provider of precision instruments has created a compact and simple titrator specifically designed for basic requirements and first time users of automatic titrators in the food and chemical industries. Drawing upon extensive knowledge and experience of hard- and [...]

Boston, MA -- Today the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Sony DADC announced a collaboration that will harness Sony DADC's global manufacturing expertise to further advance the Institute's Organs-on-Chips technologies. Human Organs-on-Chips are composed of a clear, flexible polymer about the size of a computer memory stick, and contain hollow [...]

Shenzhen, China and Mountain View Calif. – BGI-Shenzhen (“BGI”), a leading international genomics organization based in Shenzhen, China, today announced that through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Beta Acquisition Corporation, it has successfully completed the acquisition of Complete Genomics, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: GNOM) (“Complete”), an innovative leader in accurate whole human genomic sequencing. BGI accomplished the acquisition [...]