December 20, 2012
Hackensack University Medical Center is now the first hospital in the nation to receive state approval to report microbiological clinical results using the bioMérieuxVITEK® MS device. “We are excited to be the first medical center in the nation approved to report such important clinical data obtained through the VITEK MS platform,” said Robert C. Garrett, [...]
Implant Sciences Expands Global Aviation Security Presence as It Ships More Quantum Sniffers to Asia
December 20, 2012
Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced it has sold three Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detectors to a customer in Asia for deployment in aviation security. "Our made-in-the-USA Quantum Sniffers have a growing reputation throughout Asia for accuracy and [...]
WHEATON® Acquires Chromatography Vial Supply Company, MicroLiter
December 20, 2012
Millville, NJ – WHEATON announced that it has acquired MicroLiter Analytical Supplies, Inc., of Suwanee, GA, a leading supplier of pre-cleaned chromatography sample vials and accessories for use with autosamplers. Founded in 1996 to provide high-quality consumable products to the autosampler market, MicroLiter is recognized for its focus on supplying pre-cleaned, sample containment products processed [...]
PNNL recognized for transferring innovations to the marketplace
December 20, 2012
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
December 20, 2012
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 [...]
December 20, 2012
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
December 20, 2012
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
December 19, 2012
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
December 19, 2012
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 [...]
December 19, 2012
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 [...]
