BINDER GmbH celebrates its 30th anniversary

BINDER GmbH is looking back at its 30 years of success. Raised in a family of entrepreneurs, the course of the company founder Peter Michael Binder was set from early on. From a grandfather's shoe factory once run by the Binder brothers, an aspiring company has emerged 120 years later with the potential of becoming [...]

Launching of CanCELL™ cell lines, featuring knock-out of the major cancer relevant oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes

Paris (France)- CanCELL™ cell lines are featuring gene knock-outs of the major cancer relevant oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. This new product line answers identified market needs in oncology research and drug discovery. CanCELL™ cell lines were generated by applying Cellectis bioresearch proprietary TALEN™ technology on the most commonly used cell lines for colorectal and [...]

BINDER-Innovation Prize 2013 awarded to Dr. Stephan Grill of the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Germany

As is tradition, the German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ) in Heidelberg has recognized outstanding research in the field of basic cell biology this year with the BINDER Innovation Prize with a 4,000 Euro endowment. Among the many scientific papers, the work from Dr. Stephan Grill of the Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex [...]

Appistry Releases New Version of the GATK

St. Louis, MO -- Appistry, a leading provider of big-data software solutions, announced today the availability of the first fully supported commercial release of the Broad Institute's industry-standard NGS analysis software, the Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK). The release marks the first official release of the software by Appistry, following the announcement last October that the [...]

PI hires William Culpi as Engineering Chief – PI miCos USA Products by PI USA

William Culpi will be working on custom designs and on the integration of complex precision positioning systems for OEMs and research customers among other responsibilities. Before joining Physik Instrumente, William who holds several US patents, was VP of Engineering at MICOS USA where he developed a line of piezo positioning systems. Prior to MICOS USA, [...]

Smiths Detection Opens New Training & Service Center for the Americas

Edgewood, MD, - Smiths Detection has completed a new Training & Service Center for the Americas at its U.S. headquarters in Edgewood, Maryland. This major facility will greatly improve product training and service capabilities for customers throughout both continents, helping them maximize the use of Smiths Detection systems as part of an overall layered approach [...]

GE Healthcare Launches its First “Next-Generation” Sequencing Assay

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-- GE Healthcare announced today that Clarient Diagnostic Services, Inc., a GE Healthcare company, will begin offering a next-generation sequencing assay focused on solid tumor targets for use in clinical trials. This assay will empower researchers to perform prospective and retrospective analysis to better understand which patients will respond to particular therapies, to [...]

Reaxys® Significantly Expands Its Content and Interface to Deliver Chemistry Information to Researchers across Disciplines

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced a significant content expansion and an improved and enriched user interface for Reaxys, a unique chemistry workflow solution. With this interface and content update Reaxys now supports the entire chemistry workflow resulting in a faster and more efficient research process. [...]

Blue I Water Technologies Expanding Global Operations in China

Tel Aviv, Israel, -- China’s Guangdong Province water company is currently in the process of installing 75 water analyzing and control units supplied by global water quality control systems provider Blue I Water Technologies, further increasing Blue I’s presence in the Chinese market. The units will accurately measure a range of parameters for municipal potable [...]

Spectro Introduces Advanced Oes Technology For More Accurate Carbon Analysis In Cast Iron

KLEVE, GERMANY - SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has introduced optical emission spectrometry (OES) technology that offers greater carbon measurement accuracy and speed in cast iron production applications. The technology debuts at the Cast Expo and Metal Casting Congress, April 6-9, 2013, in St. Louis. “Our new analytical solution combines the performance of the traditional combustion analyzer [...]

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