Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Cryopreservation Reagents for Cell Culture

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE --Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today expanded its suite of cryopreservation reagents with the introduction of the Thermo Scientific HyClone HyCryo and HyCryo-STEM cryopreservation media, enabling researchers to maximize the preservation, recovery and growth of post-thaw cells for general cell culture and stem cell applications. The new [...]

HighRes Biosolutions announces brand new products to be released at SLAS2013

HighRes Biosolutions announced today that it will release two new products at the upcoming Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening show in Orlando in January: SampleVault, a modular automated sample store; and MicroSpin, an automated microplate centrifuge. SampleVault is a modular sample store that research laboratories can use to store either biological samples or compounds [...]

Oxford Instruments plc Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high-technology tools and systems for industry and research, is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Geitner as an Independent Non-Executive Director. The appointment will take effect from 15th January 2013, replacing Bernard Taylor who retired as a Non-Executive Director in September 2012. Thomas has extensive international experience [...]

Labcyte Inc. Closes $5.3 Million Financing

Sunnyvale, CA –– Labcyte Inc., a privately-held company advancing acoustic liquid handling, today announced it has closed a Series D financing led by the healthymagination fund, a part of GE Ventures. The $5.3 million round also included current Labcyte investors: Abingworth, Alloy Ventures, Cross Atlantic Partners, Delphi Ventures, H&Q Healthcare Investors (NYSE:HQH) and H&Q Life [...]

David Tran Joins PAC as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing

Houston, TX., USA –– PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, is pleased to announce that David Tran has now joined the growing PAC team as the Vice President of Product Management & Marketing. David has over thirty years of experience both within the petroleum industry and [...]

Cepheid Announces Update On Xpert® Test Availability

SUNNYVALE, Calif., --Ahead of its presentation at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco later today, Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) this morning shared an update on Xpert test availability, highlighting that significant progress towards a return to normal manufacturing operations was achieved despite higher than anticipated demand for a number of Xpert test products during [...]

Oxford Nanopore announces further collaborations for nanopore sensing technology

Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the leading developer of nanopore sensing technology for the analysis of DNA, RNA, proteins and other single molecules, announces that it has completed a series of agreements with leading academic research institutions including University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Brown University, Stanford University, Boston University, University of Cambridge and University of Southampton. Oxford [...]

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Features Genomic, Cellular Solutions at SLAS2013

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. –– Bringing together genomic and cellular sample preparation with integrated solutions to highlight their Automation with a Human Touch theme, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences will offer two workshops and present workstations addressing a range of applications in booth 921 when SLAS2013 convenes in Orlando, Fla., from January 12-16. Workshops offered by the company [...]

Illumina Announces Sequencing Technology Innovations

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced a series of product and technology innovations for its powerful sequencing ecosystem – from sample preparation to system enhancements to data analysis –– that will enable the next breakthroughs in understanding the genome. “Illumina has consistently led the market in conceptualizing, developing, and executing on industry-changing sequencing [...]

HighRes Biosolutions delivers state-of-the-art ultra-high-throughput drug screening system to Pivot Park Screening Centre, The Netherlands

Pivot Park Screening Centre (Oss, Netherlands) has recently taken delivery of a flexible laboratory automation system from HighRes Biosolutions, forming the core of its newly implemented ultra-high-throughput screening (uHTS) facility. Pivot Park Screening Centre will use the uHTS system to perform biochemical and cell-based screening assays to support research programs across public and private partnerships. [...]

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