Battelle, Sellex Liquid Bottle Scanner Approved for Use in Europe

COLUMBUS, OH., — Battelle and its marketing partner Sellex International passed a significant milestone in steps to improve security with major European approval of a cutting-edge scanner. The European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) recently granted Battelle and Sellex final approval—Type B Standard 2 Certification—for the LS10 liquid bottle scanner, a powerful screening technology that quickly [...]

Addtech acquires the Norsk Analyse Group

The Norsk Analyse Group sells system solutions and analysers for gas- and liquid analysis as well as performs service and maintenance on delivered equipment. The Group has a strong position as supplier of complete analyser systems with own construction and production. Customers are mainly within the oil & gas- and process industries in the Nordic [...]

iCell® Neurons Enable Alzheimer’s Disease Modeling and Demonstrate Potential Use in High Throughput Screening at GlaxoSmithKline

MADISON, WIS., –Cellular Dynamics International (CDI), a leading commercial producer of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines and tissue cells, today announced the publication of research demonstrating the use of human iPSC-derived iCell® Neurons to model Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and how they may be used in high throughput drug screening. This research was performed [...]

PathoGenetix Hires Food Safety Testing Expert John W. Czajka as Vice President of Business Development

PathoGenetix, Inc., a commercial-stage developer of an automated system for rapid identification and typing of bacteria strains, today announced that John W. Czajka, Ph.D., M.B.A. has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development. Dr. Czajka will coordinate the commercial application of the company’s proprietary Genome Sequence Scanning™ (GSS™) technology for food safety testing [...]

Danaher Corporation Reaffirms 2012 Guidance and Initiates 2013 Outlook

WASHINGTON, D.C., - Ahead of an institutional investor and analyst meeting to be held in New York, Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) reaffirmed the Company's diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations guidance of $0.80 - $0.85 for the fourth quarter 2012 and $3.14 to $3.19 for the full year 2012. The Company anticipates that 2013 [...]

Notice Regarding the Scheduled Transfer of Shares of SII NanoTechnology Inc. (Update)

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech), as reported in an earlier release titled, “Hitachi High-Tech Signs Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Acquisition and Subsequent Consolidation of SII NanoTechnology Inc.,entered a basic agreement on May 24, 2012 with Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) to acquire all shares of SII wholly owned subsidiary SII NanoTechnology Inc. (SII NanoTech). [...]

Sequenom Announces Leadership Appointments

SAN DIEGO, -- Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM) announced today the appointments of William Welch as the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer and Dirk van den Boom as the Company's Executive Vice President, Research & Development and Chief Technology Officer, both effective immediately. Additionally, Ronald Lindsay has been named as the Company's Executive Vice President, [...]

Roche 454 Sequencing Systems successfully resolve genetic mutations in over 4,000 blood cancer cases

International study presented at American Society of Hematology Meeting demonstrates the potential of 454 Sequencing Systems to comprehensively characterize an individual's blood cancer type to guide personalized therapy decisions At the American Society of Hematology Meeting (ASH) Roche announced today the presentation of results from the large scale study IRON-II through an international research consortium. [...]

Sigma-Aldrich® Recognized for Commitment to Community by Bloomberg, National Conference on Citizenship and Points of Light

ST. LOUIS, -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) was recently named to The Civic 50, a national ranking that recognizes the leading community-minded companies in the U.S. Based on a survey conducted by the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), a non-profit organization that champions civic leadership, and Points of Light, a non-partisan volunteer organization, The Civic [...]

Cole-Parmer Releases Updated Symmetry® EC Toploading Balances

With an updated design, the popular Cole-Parmer® Symmetry® EC Toploading Balances are an even more exceptional choice in weighing. For general-purpose weighing applications, these laboratory balances or weigh scales offer accuracy and traceability, including a print function for GLP compliance. The balances now include a bigger screen and easier-to-use keypad. A no-hassle single-unit draft shield [...]

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