Sartorius Stedim Biotech expands PAT software portfolio for optimization of biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing processes

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharmaceutical and biotech supplier, has entered into a global sales partnership with Umetrics AB, a Swedish software manufacturer. Umetrics is a highly specialized, leading provider of chemometrics software worldwide for modeling and optimizing biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing processes. The cooperation agreement provides that SSB will assume global marketing [...]

David A. Zapico Named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

BERWYN, Pa., -- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced the election of David A. Zapico as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective January 1, 2013. "I am very pleased to announce Dave Zapico's appointment to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Dave has played an instrumental role in the success of AMETEK [...]

BioTime Reports Isolation of Seven Diverse Cartilage and Bone Cell Types From Human Embryonic Stem Cells

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of regenerative medicine, and its subsidiaries OrthoCyte Corporation and LifeMap Sciences reported today a means of manufacturing seven distinct types of cartilage, bone, and tendon cells from human embryonic stem cells. The paper, scheduled to be [...]

Cellectis: an innovative anti-cancer approach

Paris, France, - Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), the genome engineering specialist, announces today the signing of a broad collaboration agreement with the University College of London (UCL) on the development of a therapy program to fight leukemia. This agreement builds on Cellectis’ therapeutic strategy to treat patients with B-cell leukemias. This therapy uses Cellectis’ proprietary genome [...]

Abcam Signs Licence With The University Of Bari To Offer Lp-44 – A Novel, Selective 5-Ht7 Agonist

Abcam today announced signing a licence with the University of Bari to offer LP-44 – a novel, selective 5-HT7 agonist. This life sciences tool, new to the Abcam Biochemicals range, is set to aid neuronal research into various neuropsychiatric diseases. 5-HT7 receptors are present in various regions of the central nervous system indicating a potential [...]

Pall Corporation Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Officer

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.,- Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) today announced that Lisa McDermott, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will be leaving the Company effective March 10, 2013, in order to pursue other interests. While an external search is underway, Ms. McDermott will continue to serve the Company as CFO until her departure on March 10, 2013 [...]

1st Detect Delivers Miniature Mass Spectrometer to NASA/Johnson Space Center

Austin, Texas, - 1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC), announced today that it has completed the delivery and installation of a miniature mass spectrometer (MMS-1000™) to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston TX. "Delivery of the MMS-1000™ unit to NASA represents a significant milestone for 1st Detect. The Company was formed many [...]

Small Footprint, Modular Raman Spectrometer from Ocean Optics

Dunedin, Fla. – Ocean Optics has introduced the Apex 785 Raman Spectrometer – the first in the Elite Series of high-performance spectrometers, light sources and accessories (www.elitespectrometers.com). Apex is a modular, small-footprint spectrometer that rivals bench-top instruments. Apex provides maximum resolution and exceptional sensitivity that combine to create superior performance. Apex eliminates the compromise typically [...]

Arlington professor’s research yields new ion analyzing technique

A University of Texas at Arlington chemist’s work to develop a more efficient, effective way of measuring ions in solution has led to a new device in the scientific marketplace that could improve water quality testing and manufacturing methods. Purnendu “Sandy” Dasgupta invented the charge detector for ion chromatography, along with Bingcheng Yang, a member [...]

1DegreeBio Expands its Product Review Platform Across Life Sciences

1DegreeBio, the largest database of antibody products and reviews announced a significant extension of its ground-breaking community review web platform from antibodies to include all biological reagents. 1DegreeBio’s Biological Reagents Division, launching today at the Association of Cell Biology Meeting (ASCB) in San Francisco, currently offers more than one million products from over 180 leading [...]

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