Laboratory Testing Inc. Now Performs Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy

HATFIELD, PA – Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) continues to expand its line of materials testing services with the recent addition of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) services. FTIR is an analytical technique used to identify organic, polymeric, and in some cases, inorganic materials. LTI is performing the analyses with a high-tech Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS10 [...]

The Human Genome—Now on an iPad® Near You

PHILADELPHIA - Navigating the human genome with software that you can view on an iPad® sounds pretty impressive, until perhaps you reflect that nature has already encoded trillions of copies of this in your chromosomes. Then again, printing that data using ink and paper would produce a mind-staggering pile of pages—so viewing it on an [...]

BioCision, LLC Launches New Tools for Cell Cryopreservation

MILL VALLEY, Calif. - BioCision, the coolprep™ company, today announced the release of three new cryopreservation systems: CoolCell®FTS™30, the first large-capacity, high-density cell freezing system; CoolCell SV2 for freezing cells in larger diameter 2ml vials; and CoolCell 5ml for large cryovial freezing. All CoolCell freezing solutions deliver a controlled freezing rate of -1ºC/minute in a [...]

Cepheid Appoints Vice President of Infectious Disease Research & Development

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced that Robert Kwiatkowski, Ph. D., has joined the company as Vice President of Infectious Disease Research and Development, reporting to David Persing, M.D., Ph.D. "Cepheid already offers an impressive menu of eleven highly regarded Xpert? tests for our GeneXpert? system, but we are working aggressively to extend [...]

VENENUM Biodesign Announces Opening of Medicinal Chemistry Labs

HAMILTON, N.J. - VENENUM Biodesign, a drug discovery company that utilizes ultra-high throughput screening (UHTS) of its compound collection to identify potential therapeutic agents against its novel disease-based targets, or its partners' targets, announced today that it opened its new medicinal chemistry space at 8 Black Forest Road in Hamilton, NJ. The facility comprises over [...]

BioCision Launches New Tools for Cell Cryopreservation

MILL VALLEY, Calif. - BioCision, the coolprep™ company, today announced the release of three new cryopreservation systems: CoolCell®FTS™30, the first large-capacity, high-density cell freezing system; CoolCell SV2 for freezing cells in larger diameter 2ml vials; and CoolCell 5ml for large cryovial freezing. All CoolCell freezing solutions deliver a controlled freezing rate of -1oC/minute in a [...]

Life Technologies Consortium to Create New Frontline Diagnostic Utilising DNA Sequencing for Cancer Patients in the U.K.

PAISLEY, U.K. - Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced that the company has led a successful consortium bid for a Technology Strategy Board grant, in partnership with the Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, AstraZeneca, and Ortho Biotech Oncology Research & Development unit of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. (ORD). The grant [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces ICP-MS Solution to Address Serious Concerns Regarding Chromium VI in Drinking Water

CAMBRIDGE, UK - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a highly sensitive ICP-MS solution for chromium measurement in drinking water, including the potentially carcinogenic hexavalent chromium (chromium VI). The Thermo Scientific XSERIES 2 ICP-MS is able to detect levels of chromium VI at less than 0.01 parts per billion [...]

Solvent Recovery Gains Acceptance in U.S. University Labs

Columbus, OH - Solvent recovery is becoming a key issue for academic laboratories across the country, as funding cuts and increased environmental regulations affect the facilities from two different directions. Fortunately, portable solvent recovery units can play an important role in how academic laboratories deal with both funding and environmental issues by enabling labs to [...]

Source BioScience Launches World’s Largest Clone and Antibody Resource for Researchers

Source BioScience (LSE: SBS), the international diagnostics and genetic analysis business, announces the launch of the largest publicly available clone and antibody resource portfolio for research purposes in the world in conjunction with an innovative, intelligent search engine to provide ready access for researchers. Researchers will be able to access over 20 million clones, representing [...]

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