PNNL recognized for transferring innovations to the marketplace

RICHLAND, Wash. – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been recognized for creating technologies or processes that can store large amounts of renewable energy until it's needed, fight cancer and detect explosives, and then moving the innovations to the marketplace. The Federal Laboratory Consortium announced today that the Department of Energy national laboratory in Richland is [...]

ImmunoReagents Signs Swiss Distributorship Agreement with LabForce Ag

Raleigh, NC, -- ImmunoReagents, a manufacturer of high quality polyclonal antibodies and reagents used by researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, has announced the appointment of LabForce as its new distributor in Switzerland. ImmunoReagents and LabForce will partner to distribute top quality antibodies and reagents to the Swiss biotech, life science, and medical communities. The Swiss [...]

Hitachi and Hitachi Plant Technologies initiate Joint Research with King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia on Water Quality Monitoring Technology for Seawater Desalination Facilities

Tokyo, --- On November 14, Hitachi Ltd. (TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) and Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd. (“Hitachi Plant Technologies”) signed an agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz University (KAU) (President, Prof. Osama S. Tayek) for joint research on water quality monitoring technology to be used in seawater desalination facilities. The joint research will [...]

Transmitter Displays and Controls Conductivity, Resistivity or Salinity for Process Monitoring

Garden Grove, California – Sensorex’s CX-3000 Transmitter monitors changes in process fluids, displaying conductivity, resistivity or salinity, along with temperature, for process control in water, chemical, electronics, food production, environmental and wastewater applications. The CX-3000 measures one of three critical process parameters: conductivity, resistivity or salinity. A simple push button interface enables user-programming on-site for [...]

Industry Veteran Hank Struik Appointed As LABSCO’s Chief Executive Officer

LABSCO, a leading distributor of innovative diagnostic technologies and laboratory products to hospitals, physician office laboratories and alternate healthcare settings, has appointed Hendrik “Hank” Struik as its new chief executive officer (CEO) to take the Company through its next growth phase. Struik will succeed Steve Nielsen, who will be transitioning from his role as chairman [...]

Whole Genome Maps to Aid in Outbreak Management and Surveillance of Food Borne Illnesses

Gaithersburg, Md.— OpGen, Inc. today announced the company has entered into a scientific and technical partnership with the University of California, Davis, (UC Davis) in cooperation with the FDA supported 100K Genome Project to create high resolution microbial genetic maps. The 100K Genome Project is a collaboration that was initiated by the U.S. Food and [...]

Life Technologies 400 base-pair Sequencing Kit for Ion PGM™ Sequencer delivers reads 60 percent longer than comparable high-throughput benchtop sequencers

CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) announced today a new 400 base-pair sequencing kit for the Ion PGM™ Sequencer. The kit produces reads 60 percent longer than comparable high-throughput benchtop sequencers, generating more complete bacterial de novo assemblies with longer contiguous sequences. To see a video about the 400 bp kit and other [...]

Sartorius Stedim Biotech Expands Portfolio by Adding Cell Culture Media

Goettingen, – Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharmaceutical and biotech supplier, today announced a substantial expansion of its product array in the cell culture range. The company signed a cooperation agreement with the Swissbased life science group Lonza on long-term, global collaboration in the field of cell culture media. Cell culture media are [...]

Fluidigm Introduces mRNA Sequencing Application for the C1™ Single-Cell Auto Prep System

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. –– Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today introduced the mRNA sequencing application on its C1™ Single-Cell Auto Prep System. With this new C1 system application, researchers have an easy, end-to-end workflow for detailed transcriptome analysis of 96 single cells to rapidly study differential expression profiles of diverse cell populations. The C1 mRNA Seq [...]

Now Make Rapid Viscosity Measurements with Precise Temperature Control

Temperature dependence is one of the most important factors in determining viscosity so a minute variation can possibly lead to significantly erroneous results. With the advent of microVISC TC, microVISC is now capable of offering accurate viscosity measurement which would eliminate any uncertainty and allow users to adhere to the most stringent requirements. The Peltier-based [...]

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