Perten’s IM 9500 NIR Grain Analyzer approved by NMI in Australia
September 20, 2012
The National Measurement Institute (NMI) has granted approval for Inframatic 9500 to be used for grain trading in Australia. Certification covers protein testing of wheat and barley. NMI is Australia's peak measurement body responsible for biological, chemical, legal, physical and trade measurement. NMI enables Australia to trade fairly and equitably in every transaction based on [...]
Innovation will make UK process industry more sustainable
September 20, 2012
Seventy UK companies, universities and research organisations are to share over £7 million of government funding to undertake research that could lead to the development and commercialisation of innovative approaches to sustainable manufacturing for the process industry. The Technology Strategy Board (www.innovateuk.org) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (www.epsrc.ac.uk) will invest the funding [...]
September 19, 2012
MENLO PARK, Calif.,- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio(R) RS High Resolution Genetic Analyzer, today announced the launch of the MagBead Station for the PacBio RS, a product enhancement that delivers more high-value long reads, enables use of small sample amounts, and makes sample preparation more robust. The MagBead Station upgrade [...]
Pall Corp. To Open Latest Life Sciences Center of Excellence in New England
September 19, 2012
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., - Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today announced it will be opening a state-of-the-art Life Sciences Center of Excellence in Westborough, Massachusetts. Strategically located in the heart of Massachusetts’ renowned life-science cluster, the new center will provide Pall life sciences customers in the northeast region of [...]
September 19, 2012
CARLSBAD, Calif. and BEIJING, -- Life Technologies Corporation — (NASDAQ: LIFE), a world-leading biotechnology company, today announced the completion of a state-of-the-art facility in Beijing where the most advanced DNA testing solutions will be manufactured and readily available to help forensics labs and law enforcement agencies solve crimes more cost effectively in China. DNA testing [...]
September 19, 2012
Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Darmstadt, Germany, today announced a donation of $5,000 to Everybody Wins! Metro Boston- the local chapter of a national literacy and mentoring non-profit organization. Their signature program, Power Lunch, provides the opportunity for EMD Millipore employees and other local professionals to read [...]
Sigma-Aldrich Elects Michael Marberry As Director
September 19, 2012
ST. LOUIS, -- The Board of Directors of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) has elected Michael Marberry as a Director of the Company. Mr. Marberry (age 54) is President and CEO of J.M. Huber Corporation, a diversified, multinational supplier of engineered materials, natural resources and technology-based services to customers spanning many industries from paper and energy [...]
September 19, 2012
Cambridge, MA -- GnuBIO www.gnubio.com announced today that it has been awarded a $4.5 million Phase II SBIR grant over the next three years through the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology Program. After a rigorous process, the grant committee at the NIH chose six projects to fund for this competitive [...]
September 19, 2012
Salt Lake City, UT, – e-SENS Corporation, based in Research Park in Salt Lake City, UT, today announced initial investments have been secured, and a new office and lab are now open and operating, as the company prepares its first product for the market, expecting to ship samples within a year. That product will be [...]
Pathogenica and Life Technologies EMEA Partner to Control Hospital Acquired Infections
September 19, 2012
Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE) announced an exclusive agreement with Pathogenica, Boston, Massachusetts, to co-market and distribute for research use, the Pathogenica HAI (Hospital Acquired Infection) BioDetection Kit on the Ion Torrent PGM[ TM ] in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Based on Pathogenica's DxSeq[ TM ] technologyand the Ion Torrent[ TM ] sequencing [...]

