Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Three New High Content Analysis Products

PITTSBURGH -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today expanded its high content analysis portfolio with three new solutions designed to revolutionize cell biology by quickly generating more knowledge about the cell. The Thermo Scientific ArrayScan XTI High Content Analysis (HCA) Reader, Thermo Scientific CellInsight NXT High Content Screening (HCS) Platform, [...]

NDIS Approval of the Promega PowerPlex® Y23 System Enables More Usable Profiles in Less Time

The Promega PowerPlex® Y23 System is now approved for use in laboratories that generate DNA records for the National DNA Index System (NDIS). NDIS is the US national database containing over ten million offender profiles used to help authorities in solving criminal investigations nationwide. Launched in July 2012, the PowerPlex Y23 System is a rapid [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Executive Lisa Witte Recognized with Women in Manufacturing STEP Award

WALTHAM, Mass. --Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that The Manufacturing Institute, Deloitte, University of Phoenix and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers recently recognized Lisa Witte, VP/GM of its Portable Analytical Instruments business, with a Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Award. Lisa Witte joins 121 [...]

Productive Solvent Removal from HPLC Vials

Porvair Sciences has announced a new version of its MiniVap™ Blowdown Evaporator able to quickly and safely remove solvent from up to 48 vials in parallel. Made from solvent resistant black polypropylene the new MiniVap Vial Holder has been designed to accommodate up to 48 vials* in a standard SLAS / ANSI format. Incorporating advanced [...]

Implant Sciences’ Desktop Trace Detector Purchased by Asian Postal Service for Explosives & Drugs Screening

WILMINGTON, MA -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced it had received an order for its Quantum Sniffer™ QS-B220 desktop explosives and drugs trace detector from the national postal service of an Asian nation. The QS-B220 will be used to [...]

More weighing reliability in regulated areas: Sartorius presents new Secura laboratory balance

Goettingen, – The new Secura laboratory balance developed by Sartorius for applications in regulated areas such as pharmaceutical labs fulfills particularly high reliability requirements. The balance monitors its ambient conditions automatically, thereby preventing handling errors. This increases the reliability of weighing procedures in pharmaceutical labs and helps users to achieve even better measurement results. Nine [...]

Certara Establishes KSU College of Veterinary Medicine as Latest Phoenix Center of Excellence

ST. LOUIS, MO –– Certara™, a leading provider of software and scientific consulting services to improve productivity and decision-making from drug discovery through clinical development, announced that the Institute of Computational Comparative Medicine (ICCM) at Kansas State University has been named a Phoenix® Center of Excellence. Certara has developed Phoenix, the leading PK/PD modeling and [...]

Softberry Releases 80 Free Bioinformatics Programs for Immediate Download by Academic Users

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Softberry, Inc. announces release of a comprehensive set of biomedical research-oriented software applications for academic users to install and run locally on a limited basis. The programs, already cited in thousands of scientific publications, are available for Linux and Mac OS platforms and focus primarily on genomic and proteomic research. They [...]

ScatterX78 for nanomaterials analysis – a new SAXS/WAXS attachment to Empyrean

On the 15th International Small-Angle Scattering Conference (SAS-2012) that took place in Sydney (Australia) during Nov. 18-23 2012, PANalytical launched ScatterX78, the latest add-on to its Empyrean multi-purpose XRD platform. ScatterX78 is a compact and ergonomic SAXS/WAXS attachment based on patented technology. It consists of a chamber that houses advanced modules for the conditioning of [...]

Optibrium and Lhasa Limited Collaborate to Bring High Level, Expert Toxicity Prediction to Chemists’ Desktops

CAMBRIDGE and LEEDS, UK, – Optibrium and Lhasa Limited, providers of software for compound design, selection and property prediction,today announce a technology collaboration agreement. Lhasa’s Derek Nexus™ platform for knowledge-based prediction of compound toxicity will be integratedas an optional plug-in module for Optibrium’s StarDrop software, that guides the design and selection of high quality compounds [...]

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