Leica Biosystems To Acquire Aperio
August 21, 2012
NUSSLOCH, Germany and VISTA, Calif., -- Leica Biosystems announced that an affiliate has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aperio, a leading provider of ePathology solutions. Aperio will be integrated into Leica Biosystems, a leader in anatomical pathology solutions. Together, the two businesses will leverage each other's strengths to grow and expand digital pathology [...]
Smiths Detection Wins $21M Chemical Detector Orders
August 21, 2012
Edgewood, MD,- Smiths Detection today announced the award of two orders totaling almost $21 million from the U.S. Army under the Department of Defense’s Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) program. Mal Maginnis, President of Smiths Detection, said: “As one of the largest chemical warfare protection projects in the world, JCAD has played an important role [...]
FilterWater.com Introduces New Handheld Water Tester That Delivers Lab-Quality Results
August 21, 2012
Philadelphia, PA -- FilterWater.com, the Water Filter Superstore, is offering homeowners and businesses a new, easy-to-use handheld water quality testing unit that performs with lab-quality accuracy at a fraction of the cost. The eXact® Micro 20 dual wavelength photometer tests more than 30 water quality parameters to assure safe, quality drinking water. The eXact® Micro [...]
Mott Porous Metal Products For Advanced Chromatography And Analytical Instrumentation
August 21, 2012
FARMINGTON, CT – Mott Corporation, the leading supplier of porous metal products for the chromatography and analytical instrumentation market offers with a wide range of column frits, inline filters, and gas flow restrictors. Manufacturers of HPLC, GC and Mass Spec equipment rely on Mott for their high quality products, rigorous ISO compliant manufacturing and quality [...]
Almac announces launch of Next Generation Sequencing service for personalised medicine
August 21, 2012
Almac today announced that it is launching a Next Generation Sequencing service to further expand its range of solutions supporting the development of personalised medicine. The purpose of this service is to support Almac’s BioPharma partners in the development of molecular tests for trial enrichment and companion diagnostic development, specifically focussing on targeted re-sequencing Almac [...]
Hitachi High-Tech and FEI Settle Patent Infringement Cases
August 21, 2012
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation announced today that it had settled its dispute with FEI Company regarding Hitachi’s patents relating to Focused Ion Beam (FIB) apparatus. To resolve various patent infringement cases raised by Hitachi, FEI desired to obtain licenses under Hitachi’s FIB related patents, and Hitachi agreed to grant such licenses based on its judgment that [...]
Marshall Scientific Opens in 2012 to Worldwide Demand
August 21, 2012
Brentwood, NH -- Steven H. Smith, owner and president of Marshall Scientific, announces the opening of his new company in Brentwood, New Hampshire (one hour north of Boston). Marshall Scientific is a dynamic new lab equipment reseller specializing in refurbished lab equipment. Launched in February, 2012, Marshall Scientific offers services and products to customers throughout [...]
August 21, 2012
HOUSTON – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the Thermo Scientific AroSpector Hydrocarbons-in-Water Monitor, a new instrument designed to provide continuous low-level detection of hydrocarbons that contain aromatic compounds, including benzene, toluene and xylene. Continuous monitoring and alerting ensures that operators can quickly implement proactive measures before hydrocarbons contaminate [...]
August 21, 2012
St. Joseph, Mich.—The LECO European Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis Centre is providing access to high resolution mass spectrometry instrumentation to the Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, a cooperative partnership between the University of Rostock and the Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health. The Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre will utilize the LECO [...]
August 21, 2012
GE Healthcare’s Ni Sepharose™ excel is an immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) medium (resin) for the direct capture and purification of secreted histidine-tagged recombinant proteins from eukaryotic cell culture supernatants. The new resin significantly reduces sample handling prior to purification and therefore increases target protein yield and decreases degradation. Ni Sepharose excel is precharged [...]
