Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Library and Language Update for Narcotics Analyzer
November 15, 2012
TEWKSBURY, Mass., – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a software and library update for Thermo Scientific TruNarc, a handheld narcotics analyzer that is designed to provide reliable drug identification for law enforcement personnel in the field. TruNarc software version 1.2 doubles the number of synthetic cathinones in the [...]
November 15, 2012
Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced the launch of Eshmuno® CPX media, a strong cation exchanger optimized for intermediate or polishing purification of monoclonal antibodies. Built on EMD Millipore’s proven Eshmuno® resin technology, the new media offers high aggregate removal efficiency and high dynamic binding [...]
Tecan and Promega offer variable volume DNA isolation
November 15, 2012
Männedorf, Switzerland, – Tecan and Promega have developed a turnkey workstation for fully automated extraction of gDNA from whole blood samples. Designed to meet the needs of biobanks and high throughput genomic laboratories, the Freedom EVO® ¬ HSM workstation provides reliable walkaway extraction of gDNA from large volume blood samples using Promega’s proven ReliaPrep™ Large [...]
MO BIO Laboratories, Inc. Launches the PowerFecal™ DNA Isolation Kit
November 15, 2012
CARLSBAD, Calif., -- MO BIO Laboratories, Inc., the leader in soil, stool and microbial nucleic acid purification, announces the launch of the PowerFecal™ DNA Isolation Kit. The kit is optimized for isolation of high quality DNA from stool, gut material and biosolids, and provides high quality DNA for use in characterizing the human microbiome. The [...]
November 15, 2012
Dubai and Woburn, MA USA, -- Courtagen Life Sciences Inc. announced today they have signed an exclusive strategic distribution agreement with the Alliance Global Group (AGBL) to help clinicians in emerging markets diagnose and manage a number of genetically based disorders. Courtagen’s test menu currently offers clinical tests for mitochondrial disorders (mtSEEK™ and nucSEEK™) and [...]
Accelrys Materials Studio Release 6.1 Speeds Innovation with Enterprise Capabilities
November 15, 2012
SAN DIEGO, -- Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, today announced release 6.1 of the Accelrys Materials Studio® modeling and simulation environment, providing seamless integration with the Accelrys Pipeline Pilot scientific authoring application, the scientifically aware Accelrys Enterprise Platform and Accelrys Materials Studio Collection. This newly integrated offering [...]
bioMérieux and Quanterix Sign Strategic Partnership in Ultrasensitive and Multiplex Immunoassays
November 15, 2012
Marcy l’Etoile (France) and Lexington, MA (U.S.) –— bioMérieux and Quanterix announced today that they have entered into a strategic agreement that gives bioMérieux worldwide exclusive rights to Quanterix’s Simoa technology in clinical laboratories and for industrial applications. Under the agreement, Quanterix will deliver a new instrument and consumables based on its Simoa technology. bioMérieux [...]
November 15, 2012
LEXINGTON, Mass. –– RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ Company, today announced that the University College London (UCL) Cancer Institute has adopted its ThunderStorm™ System as a centralized platform for the validation of genomic and epigenomic targets from clinical and non-clinical studies, including follow-ups for genome-wide and epigenome-wide association studies (GWAS and EWAS), as well [...]
Definiens Appoints Dr. Gerald Möller as Chairman of its Supervisory Board
November 15, 2012
Munich, Germany, – Definiens AG, the leader in image analysis for Digital Pathology, today announced that Dr. Gerald Möller, has joined the company's supervisory board as an independent member and has been appointed chairman. Following the recent financing round, Dr. Möller will guide the expansion of Definiens’ current business and the development and commercialization of [...]
Market Leaders Join Forces in Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy
November 15, 2012
Zurich, Enschede, Paris, -- Micronit, Fluigent, and Zurich Instruments join forces creating the world's first commercial platform for micro electrical impedance spectroscopy Micronit, Fluigent and Zurich Instruments announce today the world's first system solution for micro electrical impedance spectroscopy. The three companies are combining their state-of-the-art products and services in order to provide a novel [...]

