Picarro Strengthens Leadership Team With Two New Executives
August 7, 2012
SANTA CLARA, Calif., -- Picarro Inc. today announced the appointment of two new members to its executive team. Suresh Pisharody has joined the company as vice president of marketing and Tim Clark has joined as vice president of business development for the energy sector. Together, Pisharody and Clark will strengthen Picarro's commercial leadership team as [...]
Pall Corporation’s Lab Catalog Now Offered in Digital Format and as Downloadable App
August 7, 2012
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.,- Pall’s (NYSE:PLL) 2011-2012 Laboratory Filtration, Separation and Detection Products Catalog is now available in an easy-to-use, interactive digital format. Pall’s catalog provides a convenient, all-in-one guide to the company’s line of laboratory-scale products. A downloadable app (Pall Lab Catalog) for iPhone®, iPad® and iPod® is also available from the App StoreSM. Critical [...]
LECO Introduces Sulfur Configuration for Macro Elemental Sample Analysis
August 7, 2012
St. Joseph, Mich.—LECO’s new TruMac CNS Macro Analyzer adds sulfur analysis capabilities (perfect for soil and plant tissue analysis) to the instrument’s existing carbon/nitrogen configuration. Macro sample sizes (up to 3 grams for nitrogen; up to 1.5 grams for carbon/nitrogen; up to 0.3 grams for carbon/nitrogen/sulfur) are quickly and simultaneously analyzed with a low cost-per-analysis. [...]
Chiral Technologies Worldwide Introduces CHIRALPAK® ZWIX
August 7, 2012
WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Chiral Technologies Worldwide introduces two new immobilized chiral stationary phases (CSPs), CHIRALPAK® ZWIX(+) and CHIRALPAK ZWIX(-). These new ZWIX CSPs are zwitterionic ion exchangers, combining anion- and cation-exchange functional groups. The ZWIX chiral selectors are synthesized by the fusion of the cinchona alkaloids with trans-2-aminocyclohexanesulfonic acid at the C-9 position via [...]
JEOL High Sensitivity GC-TOF Increases Data Acquisition Speed and Mass Resolving Power
August 6, 2012
Peabody, Mass. – JEOL’s newest AccuTOF GCv model - the “4G” - now offers even faster data acquisition rates and higher resolving power than its predecessor. The AccuTOF-GCv 4G has a maximum data acquisition rate of 50 spectra per second and a resolving power of 8000. The 50 Hz acquisition rate now makes it possible [...]
All New! Techne® 3 Prime Personal and Prime Large-Format Thermal Cyclers from Cole-Parmer
August 6, 2012
A new series of Techne® Prime Thermal Cyclers from Cole-Parmer expands options for lab professionals. Also known as PCR machines or PCR thermal cyclers, these units are used to amplify DNA segments through the polymerase chain reaction process. They employ the Peltier effect, a chosen method for the most trusted thermal cyclers on the market. [...]
StellarNet Releases FREE SpectraWiz Software Update for its Spectral-ID Application
August 6, 2012
A new software update to SpectraWiz© which is included free-of-charge with each spectrometer, is now available for download at www.StellarNet.us. The Spectral_ID application has been updated to allow users to save sample spectra to a specified library, then later perform a real time search using unknown samples to look for matches. This new feature works [...]
Luminex Corporation and University Hospital of Wales Collaborate During Olympic Games
August 6, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas, and CARDIFF, Wales, -- Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) announced today that Public Health Wales is using Luminex's CE marked xTAG Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel (GPP) for outbreak investigation activities during Olympic and Paralympic training and events taking place in Wales. Results of a substantial diagnostic validation of the GPP test conducted by The Public [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Publishes Applied Food Testing Library
August 6, 2012
SAN JOSE,Calif.-- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its new Applied Food Testing Library is now available online at www.thermoscientific.com/fsnews. This compilation of more than 230 application notes, case studies, validated methods, webinars and technical posters by industry experts is designed to help food science professionals master routine [...]
Horizon Discovery and Domainex Ltd Collaborate to Support Lead Optimization Oncology Program
August 6, 2012
Cambridge, UK,: Horizon Discovery Ltd (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has signed an agreement with Domainex to support Domainex’s TBK1/ IKK? oncology research and development program, which is conducted in collaboration with The Institute of Cancer Research, London. Under the terms of the [...]

