PG&E Showcases Gas Safety Vehicles In Sacramento
February 20, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today hosted a Gas Safety Fleet Expo at its service center in Sacramento, Calif., for employees and the community to experience three of the new or redesigned vehicles in use across its service area. Each of the vehicles allows PG&E crews to better assess where improvements [...]
February 20, 2013
In a paper published today in the journal PLOS ONE, scientists from Biolog, Inc. reported on the use of Phenotype MicroArray technology as a general method that enables the determination of environmental signals that can activate or repress production of toxins by pathogenic microorganisms. This technological achievement has important applications ranging from health care to [...]
New High-Throughput Spectrometers from Ocean Optics
February 20, 2013
Dunedin, Fla. – Ocean Optics has expanded its Elite Series of high-performance modular spectrometers (www.elitespectrometers.com) with the introduction of the Ventana line of high throughput spectrometers. Ventana spectrometers combine an optical bench configuration with very high collection efficiency and a high-efficiency volume phase holographic (VPH) grating to provide unprecedented throughput and sensitivity for low light [...]
Quartz Imaging Introduces Enterprise Service and Assurance Program (ESAP)
February 20, 2013
Quartz Imaging is pleased to introduce and offer its new Enterprise Service and Assurance Program (ESAP) to all of its LIMS and FA-LIMS customers. Customers who subscribe to ESAP will receive all minor and major upgrades free of charge. This is especially important as web based systems need to be kept up to date with [...]
Redd&Whyte Appoints New UK Sales Manager
February 20, 2013
Bury St Edmunds, UK: Redd&Whyte, an expert supplier of liquid handling automation for drug discovery and life science research applications, today announced that it is strengthening its UK presence with the appointment of Sarah Chaudhry as its new UK sales manager. Sarah comes with specialist knowledge of life science laboratory equipment, making her well placed [...]
GoLIMS Technology Speeds and Safeguards Alltech’s Global Research
February 20, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. – With three major bioscience centers on two continents and 150 researchers globally, data sharing could easily prove to be a challenge for Alltech. However, a new technology partnership between the top ten animal health company and GoLIMS utilizes a cloud storage system and electronic laboratory notebook platform to establish a secure and [...]
Organovo Partners With ZenBio to Create 3D Tissue Models
February 20, 2013
SAN DIEGO, -- Organovo Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: ONVO) ("Organovo"), a creator and manufacturer of functional, three-dimensional human tissues for medical research and therapeutic applications, and ZenBio Inc., a leading provider of advanced cell-based solutions and services, are partnering to produce three-dimensional human tissues for drug discovery and advanced tissue therapies. ZenBio will provide unique, validated [...]
Quest Diagnostics to Provide Nationwide Access to Natera’s New Non-Invasive Prenatal Test
February 20, 2013
Madison, N.J. and San Carlos, Calif., Feb. 20, 2013 – Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX), the world’s leading diagnostic information services company, and Natera, a leading innovator in prenatal genetic testing, today announced that Quest Diagnostics will offer physicians access to Panorama™, a new noninvasive prenatal test developed by Natera. Panorama uses cell-free fetal DNA in circulating [...]
Major investment in new microscope technologies
February 20, 2013
A project to drive forward the understanding of key biological processes by developing new microscope technologies has received a £2m funding boost. The new technologies will allow researchers to answer previously inaccessible questions related to cell biology, cancer, learning and memory, and molecular/cellular microbiology. Led by the University of York and the Cancer Research UK [...]
February 20, 2013
Hercules, California, and Lugano, Switzerland — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, and Inpeco, a leading company in the field of laboratory automation, today announced that they have entered into a development agreement to build interfaces between Bio-Rad’s clinical diagnostics platforms [...]
