Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches 11 mm Twin-Screw Extruder for Pharmaceutical Research

QUEBEC CITY – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today launched the Thermo Scientific Pharma 11, a new version of its parallel co-rating twin-screw extruder designed specifically for pharmaceutical research. The 11 mm extruder is easy to use and designed to be fully scalable, minimize material costs and optimize laboratory space. [...]

Pacific Biosciences Appoints Jonas Korlach, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer

MENLO PARK, Calif., -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS High Resolution Genetic Analyzer, today announced the appointment of Jonas Korlach, Ph.D., as Chief Scientific Officer. PacBio's previous CSO, Eric Schadt, Ph.D., will remain a key scientific advisor to the company in addition to his primary role as Professor and [...]

Acquisition of Navigenics Expands Life Technologies’ Capabilities in Diagnostics

CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced the acquisition of Navigenics, Inc. This acquisition represents Life Technologies' first step in executing against a strategy to build out its molecular diagnostics business through internal development, partnerships and select acquisitions. "Genetic analysis is becoming increasingly accessible, cost-effective and a critical part of patient clinical [...]

Roche Diagnostics showcases new technology at 2012 Clinical Lab Expo

LOS ANGELES, -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) will exhibit a diverse portfolio of new diagnostics testing solutions for laboratory and other healthcare professionals in booth #1831 at the AACC/CSCC 2012 Clinical Lab Expo here, July 17-19. The Roche booth will feature technology designed to help diagnostic laboratories do more with less and enhance [...]

Life Technologies Signs Collaborative Agreement with Douglas Scientific

CARLSBAD, Calif., and ALEXANDRIA, Minn.,– Life Technologies Corporation and Douglas Scientific LLC today announced they have signed a collaboration and co-marketing agreement to optimize technologies from both companies and provide seamless solutions designed for high-throughput genotyping applications. This collaboration will leverage Life’s industry-leading TaqMan® Assays and Douglas’s disruptive Array Tape™ Platform. The growing demand for [...]

Corning Announces New Advanced Life Sciences Research, Collaboration and Education Center

CORNING, N.Y., -- Corning Life Sciences, a segment of Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), today announced the opening of a life sciences lab in Palo Alto, Calif. The new lab is housed within the existing Corning West Technology Center and will further expand Corning’s customer- and research-centric approach to developing leading products and technologies for the [...]

Xylem announces the acquisition of MJK to enhance its analytics portfolio

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, announced today that it has acquired MJK Automation A/S, a privately owned company headquartered in Naerum, Denmark for approximately $12.3 million (DKK 75 million). The actual terms of the transaction were not [...]

Release of BioFormatix’s Bootstrapped ROC plug-in for CLC bio’s platform

Long Beach, California -– This Sunday, CLC bio and BioFormatix - a medical diagnostics software developer - will officially release their Bootstrapped Receiver Operating Characteristic (bROC) plug-in for CLC bio's desktop software packages, CLC Main Workbench and CLC Genomics Workbench. The plug-in and the process behind developing it will officially be presented during CLC bio's [...]

New TEM Will Image Individual Atoms, MRI Announces

Today, Penn State announced the acquisition of the FEI Titan3 scanning/transmission electron microscope (S/TEM), called the Titan Cubed. This double aberration corrected 60-300 kV S/TEM will take imaging and chemical characterization to a new level with subatomic resolution. In announcing the acquisition, MRI director Carlo Pantano noted that in the history of materials research, advanced [...]

Abbott Focuses on the Importance of Information Management and Automation at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry Lab Expo

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) will feature new solutions to improve data management and automation at this year's American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) annual meeting, July 15-19, in Los Angeles, Calif. Solutions to further enhance efficiency and workflow in today's laboratories will be the focal point of the Abbott exhibit. "Today, laboratories [...]

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