October 15, 2012
SAN DIEGO and ST. LOUIS, -- Assay Depot and Rare Genomics Institute have joined together in a unique partnership with 19 life science companies to launch the first Rare Disease Science Challenge: Be HEARD (Helping Empower and Accelerate Research Discoveries). Rare diseases affect over 25 million Americans, yet less than five percent of the 7,000 [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases Rheological and Spectroscopy Instruments at AAPS 2012
October 15, 2012
CHICAGO - 2012 AAPS Conference -–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, is featuring a combined FT-IR spectrometer/rheometer that provides a powerful analytical workstation for rapidly optimizing the pharmaceutical manufacturing process. The Thermo Scientific Rheonaut module enables the Thermo Scientific HAAKE MARS III rheometer to be coupled with either a Thermo Scientific [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Extends Femtogram Level Electrochemical Detection Capability to UHPLC
October 15, 2012
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific™ Dionex™ UltiMate™ 3000 Electrochemical Detector, making the benefits of UHPLC separation available with electrochemical detection. Electrochemical detection delivers: the high analytical sensitivity needed to measure neurotransmitters, the robustness for analyzing pharmaceutical compounds, and the selectivity for [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific is Featuring New Twin-Screw Extruder at AAPS 2012
October 14, 2012
CHICAGO – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will feature its new Thermo Scientific Pharma 11 parallel co-rotating twin-screw extruder at the 2012 AAPS conference. The 11 mm extruder is designed specifically for pharmaceutical applications to minimize material costs, be easier to use and optimize laboratory space. To achieve this, the [...]
Hemoglobin enrichment from dried blood spot (DBS) for hemoglobin variant research
October 14, 2012
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ.– HemoVoid™ Blood Card is developed specifically for the purification & enrichment of hemoglobin from blood for hemoglobin variant research. It is compatible with protocols which require direct surface sampling of dried blood spot (DBS) to identify intact proteins. Pharmaceutical testing of DBS samples from clinical matrices for bioanalytical applications during the drug [...]
Seahorse Introduces XFe – the World’s Most Advanced Cell Metabolism Analyzer
October 13, 2012
Billerica, MA, – Seahorse Bioscience, the world leader in instruments and assay kits for measuring cell metabolism, unveiled XFe - the world’s most advanced cell metabolism analyzer - at the Society for Neuroscience’s 42nd Annual Meeting, in New Orleans, October 13-17. The Seahorse XFe Extracellular Flux Analyzer measures the two major energy pathways of the [...]
RJ Lee Group Assists in Developing Sampler for Collection of Nanoparticles
October 12, 2012
TPS(MONROEVILLE, Pa.,-- RJ Lee Group, Inc. materials characterization laboratory and industrial forensics consulting firm joined forces with Colorado State University Associate Professor Dr. John Volckens, to help commercialize a prototype device for measuring nanoparticles in the air. RJ Lee Group’s Senior Scientist and Vice President, Mr. Gary Cassucio, Mr. John Mastovich, Project Director, and Mr. [...]
Shallow Plates Increase Stacking or Storage Capacity
October 11, 2012
Porvair Sciences has developed a range of shallow 96-well plates for storage / collection applications in the fields of cell biology, molecular biology, drug discovery, screening and genomics. The new shallow plates are available with well capacities of 350ul, 270ul and 220ul in a height of just 14.7 mm. This allows more plates to be [...]
PPO Receives FedDev IBI Funding
October 11, 2012
WATERLOO, Ontario, — P&P Optica Inc., a world leader in the design, development and manufacturing of high performance optical spectrometers, has been granted a fund of $985,000 through the Federal Economic Development Agency’s Investing in Business Innovation program. The Government of Canada investment was announced today at P&P Optica Inc. by Peter Braid, Member of [...]
Introducing: A revolution in roller rack apparatus equipment for adherent cell culture
October 11, 2012
WHEATON introduces a revolution in adherent cell culture equipment. The R2P 2.0 is the first touch screen, Ethernet network-capable roller culture device for the vaccine and biologics industry. Designed for robustness and ease of use, units are fully configurable to meet demanding biopharmaceutical process requirements. WHEATON roller apparatus are used worldwide for research and production [...]
