Ion Torrent Gets Better Faster With 4th Qtr New Product Releases
October 12, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Life Technologies Corporation today announced eight innovative new research products, including the Ion Sequencing 200 Kit, which enables 200 base pair reads. The Ion Personal Genome Machine™ sequencer is now the only next-generation sequencer that can deliver millions of highly accurate long reads in a single day. "Nine months after our launch, [...]
Roche Diagnostics Introduces Ultracompact LightCycler Nano Real-Time PCR System in US
October 12, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS and MONTREAL -- Roche announced today the U.S. launch of the latest addition to the company's real-time PCR portfolio of LightCycler® instruments for use in research, the LightCycler Nano real-time PCR system. Roche Applied Science made the announcement in conjunction with the start of the 61st annual meeting of the American Society of Human [...]
Lucigen Corporation Awarded $350k in SBIR Grants.
October 12, 2011
Lucigen Corporation is pleased to announce that it has recently been awarded two separate SBIR Phase I grants to fund additional research and development. The National Institutes of Health has awarded Lucigen a total of $350,000 in Small Business Innovation Research grants to be used to develop research tools with the potential to improve human [...]
Spectro Incorporated Introduces the SpectroVisc Q3000 Portable Kinematic Viscometer
October 12, 2011
Beijing – Spectro Inc. today announced the introduction of SpectroVisc Q3000, the world's first truly portable, solvent-free, temperature-controlled kinematic viscometer at the BCEIA instrumentation exhibition in Beijing. SpectroVisc Q3000 uses a patented split cell capillary (SCC) technique which allows the user to measure kinematic viscosity from only a few drops of oil, and no solvents [...]
October 12, 2011
Munich, Germany - Definiens®, the leading Health Image Intelligence™ company, today announced the release of its new Quantitative Digital Pathology portfolio, designed to advance translational research in pathology, specifically in biomarker development. The new portfolio will offer updated versions of Definiens Tissue Studio®, Definiens Developer XD™ as well as the introduction of a novel component, [...]
NanoString Announces Launch of Second Generation nCounter Analysis System
October 12, 2011
SEATTLE & MONTREAL--NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced the launch of its second generation nCounter® Analysis System. The new system features improvements that enable more ambitious translational research studies than have been previously possible, and lays the groundwork for future [...]
ITT Announces Board Members for Xylem and ITT Exelis
October 12, 2011
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-- ITT Corporation today announced the members of the boards of directors for Xylem Inc.and Exelis Inc., which will also be known as ITT Exelis, the two new publicly traded companies that will result from the previously announced separation of ITT, expected to occur on October 31, 2011. To comply with certain laws [...]
October 12, 2011
North Sutton, NH - Labsphere, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of goniophotometers to its light measurement product line. As part of a cooperative agreement with UL Verification Services Inc. of Northbrook IL, Labsphere will now promote and sell high quality Type C goniophotometers, a product which completes the company’s full range of IES [...]
Implant Sciences Receives Orders for the QS-B220 Bench-Top Explosives and Narcotics Trace Detectors
October 12, 2011
WILMINGTON, MA - Implant Sciences Corporation, a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced it has received its first orders for the recently introduced Quantum Sniffer™ QS-B220 bench-top explosives and narcotics trace detector from China. With over 800 units installed in numerous locations, the Company's QS-H150 portable explosives trace [...]
October 12, 2011
MCLEAN, VA - Northrop Grumman Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army BOSS-U (Biometrics Operations and Support Services - Unrestricted) program to further develop and supply the IntegenX RapidHIT™ 200 Human DNA Identification System. Previously, IntegenX participated in an invited US Department of Defense (DOD) exercise where the [...]