Covaris introduces a novel FFPE DNA extraction kit at AGBT 2013
February 25, 2013
WOBURN, Mass. – Covaris, Inc. introduced the single-tube FFPE DNA Extraction Kit at the 2013 Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting held recently in Marco Island, Florida. This newest innovation from Covaris provides an optimized reagent and protocol for high-yield DNA extraction from Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) tissue samples. Adaptive Focused Acoustic™ (AFA) [...]
LECO Launches Redesigned Website
February 25, 2013
St. Joseph, Mich.— LECO Corporation has introduced a new and improved website (located at www.leco.com) aimed at helping customers more easily find products, application notes, and other resources related to their market areas of interest, such as food, life sciences, energy and fuels, mined materials and metals, and environment and agriculture. The new site is [...]
U.S. CPSC Approves New Method for Testing Lead in Substrates of Children’s Products
February 24, 2013
East Greenbush, NY - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) approved High-Definition X-Ray Fluorescence (HDXRF) technology for lead in substrate testing of children’s products via test method ASTM F2853-10. HDXRF technology, used to detect regulated elements, had previously been approved by the CPSC for testing of lead in paint and other surface coatings of [...]
Edinburgh Instruments Ltd acquired by Techcomp Group Ltd
February 23, 2013
Edinburgh Instruments, Livingston, UK, : Techcomp (Group) Ltd is pleased to announce the acquisition of the majority holding of shares in Edinburgh Instruments Ltd (EI) with immediate effect. EI is the world’s leading manufacturer of Lifetime Fluorescence Spectrometers, Lasers and Gas Sensors for scientific research and industrial markets. The business is based in Livingston, Scotland [...]
Emerson wins record-setting orders for gas-leak detection technology
February 22, 2013
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), has received orders totaling approximately $5.8 million for ultrasonic gas detection technology that will be used to monitor for leaks at onshore and offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Australia. The offshore application is believed to be the world’s largest single [...]
February 22, 2013
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that a consortium consisting of researchers from Penn State University, the National Center for Biotechnology Information, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute and Roche 454 Life Sciences is working on a new comprehensive de novo assembly of a human genome to augment and supplement the current human reference [...]
Innovative IONICON PTR-ToF-MS technology deployed on NASA atmospheric research aircraft
February 22, 2013
The innovative instrument made by the Austrian high-tech company IONICON Analytik GmbH detects organic trace gases in the atmosphere in split-seconds of measurement time. Analysis with a new time-of-flight mass analyzer combines measurement speed, sensitivity and selectivity in an unprecedented manner. The instrument was deployed for the first time onboard the NASA P-3B research aircraft [...]
SPECTROLAB Determines Inclusions in Steel Spectroscopically
February 22, 2013
Kleve, Germany, — With the SPECTROLAB stationary metal analyzer and Single Spark Evaluation (SSE), SPECTRO Analytical Instruments now offers a real alternative to microscopic determination of inclusions in steel. Inclusions in steel greatly influence its mechanical properties. In free-cutting steel, for example, inclusions of manganese sulfide (MnS) are desired, as they ensure that filings break [...]
Mark McDonough to Assume CEO Role at CombiMatrix
February 22, 2013
IRVINE, Calif., -- CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX), a molecular diagnostics company performing DNA-based testing services for cancer and developmental disorders, today announced that Mark McDonough, currently the Company's Chief Commercial Officer, will become Chief Executive Officer following the retirement of CEO R. Judd Jessup, who has announced his retirement, effective March 15, 2013. McDonough, a resident [...]
February 22, 2013
Billerica, MA, – Seahorse Bioscience, the world leader in instruments and assay kits for measuring cell metabolism, announced a new milestone: the 500th journal reference including XF assay data. The paper, titled BCL-2 Inhibition Targets Oxidative Phosphorylation and Selectively Eradicates Quiescent Human Leukemia Stem Cells, will be published in the March 7, 2013 issue of [...]
