Roche Applied Science Launches the Ultracompact LightCycler® Nano System Worldwide

Penzberg, Germany - With “Size: Reduced. Fun: Amplified.”, Roche Applied Science (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) launched its new real-time PCR system on June 27th, 2011. The small, silent, sleek LightCycler® Nano Instrument supports state-of-the-art technology for fast PCR protocols featuring leading edge thermal resolution and reproducibility. This powerful newcomer to the LightCycler® family offers [...]

Analyzer Development Center Established in Dalian

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) established a development center for analyzers at Hitachi Instruments Dalian Co. Ltd., a local production subsidiary in Dalian, China. The new center is Hitachi High-Tech’s first development site outside of Japan. On June 23, 2011, Hitachi High-Tech held an opening ceremony to mark the start of operations at [...]

Board Member Resigns at CLEMEX

MONTREAL - Clemex Technologies Inc. (TSXV: CXG.A), announces today the resignation of Mr. Erik Grandjean, a Director of the Board of the Company since 2007. This resignation takes effect immediately. The entire Board and management would like to thank Mr. Grandjean for his contribution and commitment to the Company during the last four years. His [...]

William A. Sanger Joins Carestream Health’s Board Of Directors

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - William A. Sanger recently joined the Board of Directors of Carestream Health, Inc., an international healthcare imaging and IT company with more than 7,200 employees worldwide. Mr. Sanger is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Emergency Medical Services Corporation, a leading provider of emergency medical services in the U.S. The company operates [...]

CLC bio Collaborates with RIKEN to Offer Free Sequencing Analysis Software to Japanese Academic Institutions

Tokyo, Japan - Today CLC bio Japan announced that they're expanding their Japanese outreach program in collaboration with RIKEN Omics Science Center to deliver free licenses for CLC Main Workbench to all academic organizations in the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami disaster area. Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Director of the OSC, explained the motivation for the project "Compared [...]

Boval Company, LP, a Texas-based Manufacturer of Cell Culture and Diagnostic Biological Raw Materials Announced Acquisition of Colorado based Chata Biosytems, Inc.

Chata is a leading supplier of custom solutions and instruments to the pharmaceutical analytical laboratory industry and pilot plants, specializing in HPLC media, IC media, dissolution solutions, buffer solutions and HPLC water. Cody Yarborough, Boval President, stated, “We are in the middle of building a really dynamic company with a diversified portfolio of offerings for [...]

Avantor Performance Materials Completes Acquisition of POCH S.A., Polish Leader in Laboratory and Pharmaceutical Chemicals Manufacturing

Phillipsburg, New Jersey – Avantor™ Performance Materials has completed its acquisition of POCH S.A. from Kulczyk Holding S.A. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The POCH acquisition complements Avantor’s strategy of growing into new markets and geographies, both organically and through acquisition. Avantor announced its intent to acquire POCH S.A. in April, 2011. Avantor, [...]

ConfoMap® Surface Analysis Software for ZEISS Microscopes

Jena, Germany / Besançon, France - Carl Zeiss and Digital Surf announce the signing of an agreement enabling Carl Zeiss to provide ConfoMap® software. ConfoMap® is a surface imaging and analysis software for confocal microscopes and compound microscopes for topographical research. “Carl Zeiss confocal microscopes provide strong support for the development of new materials and [...]

Nanoscience Instruments Announces a New Integrated AFM & Optical Profiler System

Phoenix, AZ - Nanoscience Instruments announces an integrated 3D optical microscope and atomic force microscope (AFM) system. The new system combines a compact Nanosurf LensAFM with an advanced Zeta Instruments optical profiler. This unique pairing provides an extremely wide range of metrology capabilities, unmatched by any other instrument. The LensAFM builds on Nanosurf’s long history [...]

Stuart® Shakes up Microtitre Plate Incubation

Stuart® announces the SI505, a combined incubator shaker specially designed to reduce sample evaporation and provide fast, optimised mixing of very small sample volumes in microtitre plates and microfuge tubes. The chamber of the Stuart® SI505 can accommodate up to four standard microtitre or deep-well plates, or two racks holding 0.2, 0.5 or 1.5ml micro [...]

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