July 24, 2012
Franklin Lakes, NJ – The Board of Directors of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX) has declared a quarterly dividend of 45 cents per common share, payable on September 28, 2012 to holders of record on September 7, 2012. The indicated annual dividend rate is $1.80 per share. About BD BD is a leading global [...]
Vitro Biopharma Strengthens and Expands Its Distribution Agreement With Neuromics
July 24, 2012
Golden, Colorado —— Vitro Diagnostics, Inc. (OTCQB: VODG), dba Vitro Biopharma, announced an expanded relationship with a key distributor of its stem cell-based products, privately-held Neuromics, Inc (www.neuromics.com). Vitro Biopharma officials recently met Neuromics principals at their corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, MN. Neuromics was formed in 2005 by Pete Shuster, a marketing and sales professional [...]
July 23, 2012
MENLO PARK, Calif., and LEUVEN, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS High Resolution Genetic Analyzer and Belgium-based nanoelectronics research center imec today announced a multi-year research collaboration focused on the development of advanced microchips for highly multiplexed single molecule genetic analysis. This research and development project will build [...]
Smiths Detection opens Saudi office to meet growing regional security demands
July 23, 2012
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, - Smiths Detection has opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to help meet the demands of its Middle East customers and expand its presence in a rapidly growing market. Mal Maginnis, President of Smiths Detection, said: “Our new Riyadh facility will allow us to work more closely with our regional customers [...]
Implant Sciences Extends Global Distribution Network Into Switzerland
July 23, 2012
Expanding both its global reach and sales of its new QS-B220 system, Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced that it has added a new distributor in Switzerland. This is the Company's first distributor in that country. The new [...]
July 23, 2012
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the University of Liverpool's Centre for Genomic Research has become the UK's first Certified Service Provider for the Agilent SureSelect Target Enrichment System for next-generation sequencing. The CGR has been conducting research at the leading edge of genomic technologies and data analysis in Liverpool, England, for over [...]
BD Board of Directors Elects Rebecca W. Rimel
July 23, 2012
FranklinLakes, NJ – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced that it has elected Rebecca W. Rimel to its Board of Directors, effective today. Ms. Rimel, 61, is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Pew Charitable Trusts, a public charity that applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improving [...]
July 23, 2012
GE Healthcare’s new illustra™ Ready-To-Go™ GenomiPhi™ kits provide researchers with a pre-dispensed, room temperature stable formulation for whole genome amplification, enabling a simplified workflow for obtaining large amounts of high quality DNA from small genomic DNA samples. The new kits also deliver improved yields over the current GenomiPhi kits. GE Healthcare is the leader in [...]
July 23, 2012
CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) has developed a complete rapid molecular testing workflow for multiple strains of pathogenic Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC), a bacteria found in undercooked beef. Meat producers require a faster and simpler method to accurately detect multiple STEC strains, which can include the well-known O157:H7 serotype as well [...]
High quality single molecule imaging and analysis in cells
July 23, 2012
Olympus, a leading manufacturer of professional opto-digital products, has launched the NA 1.7 APON100×HOTIRF objective for the imaging of intracellular molecules. With a world record-breaking numerical aperture (NA) of 1.7, the objective achieves the highest Z-resolution ever recorded for a Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscope. The benefits for research using TIRF microscopy include extremely [...]
