Shear History Simulator Provides Valuable Analysis Of Water-Based Oil And Gas Fracturing Fluids
August 16, 2012
BROKEN ARROW, OK – The rheology of fracturing fluids used by the oil and gas industry is affected by a range of factors and conditions. Recently developed shear history simulators have proven especially useful laboratory tools for determining how well these fluids perform in transporting proppants. Chandler Engineering®, a leader in oil well cementing, viscosity, [...]
Guaranteed Knockdown for siRNA Gene Silencing
August 16, 2012
AMSBIO has announced its new Trilencer-27 siRNA kit, that contains Dicer-Substrate duplexes, provides critical improvements over the use of traditional 21mer siRNA designs. Gene silencing through the use of RNAi has become a primary tool for characterizing gene involvement in disease states and interactive pathways. Offering genome-wide coverage against human, mouse and rat, the AMSBIO [...]
Stomacher® contributes to on-going cosmetic product safety campaign
August 15, 2012
Worthing, UK –– Seward Limited has announced the application of its patented Stomacher paddle blender range in a newly developed analytical protocol for cosmetics product safety. Mercury in cosmetic products, such as face creams, has been illegal in the US and EU for many years, but its presence in imported products remains a potential problem. [...]
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Bolsters the SLAS Endowment Fund with a Gift of $20,000
August 15, 2012
CHICAGO –– The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) gratefully announces that Beckman Coulter Life Sciences made an unrestricted contribution of $20,000 to the SLAS Endowment Fund. “Beckman Coulter is the first company to step forward this year with major support for the SLAS Endowment Fund,” says SLAS President Dave Dorsett. “Their generosity ensures [...]
PVLSI Announces Licensing Agreement of Intellectual Property to Seahorse Bioscience, Inc.
August 15, 2012
Billerica, MA, – Seahorse Biosciences has licensed a patent, entitled "Methods, Compositions and Kits for Assaying Mitochondrial Function", developed in the laboratory of Dr. Nagendra Yadava, the John Adams Investigator at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute (PVLSI) and Dr. Alejandro Heuck, PhD, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of [...]
August 15, 2012
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., -- Olympus America Inc. has been named the sole North American distributor of the CV1000 Cell Voyager, an all-in-one, medium-to-high-throughput live cell imaging system from Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. Olympus will offer the compact, easy to use, spinning-disk laser confocal microscope, which is designed for long-term time-lapse imaging, to scientists in [...]
Thirty teams compete to interpret three families’ genomes
August 15, 2012
Boston, Mass. – DNA sequencing is rapidly getting faster and cheaper, but it’s still unclear how physicians and patients will be able to use this information. In a contest led by Boston Children’s Hospital, 30 teams from around the world are vying to interpret the DNA sequences of three children with rare conditions whose cause [...]
AirClean® Systems to Support the Wounded Warrior Project at the ACS Exhibition
August 15, 2012
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – AirClean® Systems to support the Wounded Warrior Project while debuting new Patriot™ ductless fume hoods at the 244th American Chemical Society Exhibition AirClean Systems, the largest North American developer and manufacturer of ductless fume hoods, is set to debut the new PATRIOT™ series of ductless hoods next week at the 244th [...]
Gallus BioPharmaceuticals Announces Collaboration Agreement with Natrix Separations Inc
August 14, 2012
Gallus BioPharmaceuticals, LLC—a leading provider of contract services to biopharmaceutical companies — announced today a collaboration agreement with Natrix Separations Inc., for jointly advancing Natrix’s Hydrogel Advective™ Chromatography Technology. As a preferred Natrix CMO partner, Gallus will also support customers seeking to apply this technology for process development, optimization and cGMP manufacturing. This will further [...]
BioLife Solutions Announces 2012 Second Quarter Results: Eighth Straight Quarter of Record Revenue
August 14, 2012
BOTHELL, Wash., -- BioLife Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: BLFS), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary clinical grade hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media for cells and tissues, and contract aseptic media manufacturer, today announced record results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Summary of Q2 2012 Achievements • The Company recorded its [...]
