February 28, 2013
Today Roche and Hamilton Robotics jointly announced the introduction of a new, integrated platform enabling automated DNA sample enrichment for Roche’s 454 GS Junior sequencer. The platform builds on the integration of Roche’s REM e System with Hamilton’s Microlab® NIMBUS NGS workstation, resulting in reduced hands-on time, minimized operational variability and more consistent results. “This [...]
SPECTRO Presents XRF Package of Methods for Cement Industry
February 28, 2013
Kleve, — SPECTRO plans to present an elemental screening package for the cement industry at the seventh Global CemFuels Conference, March 11 to 14, 2013 in Istanbul. X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) has become especially useful for determining harmful substances in secondary fuels and has become a favorite technology, because of its ability to rapidly conduct [...]
Tecan Group AG : Tecan appoints Dr. Stefan Traeger to the Management Board
February 28, 2013
Männedorf, Switzerland, - The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) announced today that it has appointed Dr. Stefan Traeger as a member of the Management Board. As Head of the Life Sciences Business division Stefan Traeger will be responsible for the Group's global end-customer business. He will take up his new post at Tecan on [...]
BioGenes Reports Strong Growth of HCP Assay Development Business
February 28, 2013
Berlin, Germany, - BioGenes GmbH, a global leader in host cell protein (HCP) assay development, announced a strong increase in sales volume in 2012, the year of the company’s 20th anniversary, due to a high demand of specific antibodies and ELISA assays used in drug development processes. In particular, the HCP assay development business showed [...]
Spring rebate on EdU cell proliferation kits
February 28, 2013
30% spring rebate on EdU cell proliferation kits Offer ends March 31, 2013! PANATecs GmbH is once again expanding its life-science tools portfolio, placing an emphasis on mass-spectroscopy services for biopharmaceutical applications. After entering into a distribution partnership with BASF subsidiary Baseclick in December 2012, PANATecs GmbH now offers patented click chemistry products. Available beginning [...]
Certara Releases Version 7.0 of D360
February 27, 2013
ST. LOUIS -- Certara™, a leading provider of scientific software and consulting services to improve productivity and decision-making from drug discovery through clinical development, is pleased to announce the next major release of D360, version 7.0. “Through close collaboration with our clients we have been able to develop a set of features that further advance [...]
February 27, 2013
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Dr. Ronald A. DePinho, a world-renowned oncologist and researcher, has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award. DePinho is president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The award will support his research into metabolic reprogramming in the earliest stages of cancer. DePinho and his team [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Declares Quarterly Dividend
February 27, 2013
WALTHAM, Mass.--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share. The dividend will be paid on April 15, 2013, to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2013. About Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific [...]
Sartorius Stedim Biotech expands PAT portfolio by adding sensor
February 27, 2013
Goettingen, – Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, has entered into a global sales and development partnership with Aber Instruments (Aber), a Welsh company for bioprocess and brewing equipment. Aber is a highly specialized supplier of sensor technology that is used by the biopharmaceutical industry for in-line [...]
February 27, 2013
Santa Barbara, CA - Anasys Instruments reports on the NIST announcement in their Tech Beat publication which describes the work of Andrea Centrone and his colleagues demonstrating the use of AFM-IR for chemical composition studies at nanoscale resolution. The latest work from NIST researchers applying photothermal induced resonance (PTIR), a technique also referred to as [...]

