NanoPlus DLS Nano Particle Size and Zeta Potential
July 12, 2012
The NanoPlus is a unique instrument that utilizes photon correlation spectroscopy and electrophoretic light scattering techniques to determine particle size and zeta potential. The instrument can measure the particle size of samples suspended in liquids in the range of 0.6 nm to 10 ?m with sample suspension concentrations from 0.00001% to 40%. This instrument also [...]
July 12, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the University of California, Davis,Agilent Technologies Inc., and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today a collaboration to create a public database of 100,000 foodborne pathogen genomes to help speed identification of bacteria responsible for foodborne outbreaks. The database will provide a roadmap for development [...]
Promega New PowerPlex® Y23 STR System Reveals More Y-STR Loci in Half the Time
July 12, 2012
Promega Corporation announces the newest addition to the PowerPlex® STR Systems family, the PowerPlex® Y23 System—a rapid human identification Y-Short Tandem Repeat (Y-STR) assay for forensic casework, offender databasing and relationship testing. Thermal cycling time is cut roughly in half, and the system detects substantially more Y-STR loci than current systems. The multiplex system uses [...]
July 12, 2012
SOUTH EASTON, Mass., -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) ("PBI" or the "Company") today announced a continuation in the growth of its global sales reach by entering into distribution agreements with three companies having combined sales coverage in six new countries. This brings to eleven the number of additional countries over the past seven months [...]
Hiden CATLAB Integrated Micro-reactor Sizes Up
July 12, 2012
The CATLAB integrated micro-reactor/mass spectrometer system is specifically optimised for continuous quantitative real-time analysis of catalytic activity and reaction components. The closecoupled mass spectrometer samples directly from the reactor zone for fastest response and precise process characterisation, providing overall response times of less than 0.5 seconds and with data accumulation rates at up to 500 [...]
July 12, 2012
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA - Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, today announced that it will be hosting its 23rd Annual International Light Scattering Colloquium (ILSC) on October 22-23, 2012. At this year’s ILSC Wyatt plans to celebrate its 30th year with its valued customers and ILSC guests. Wyatt [...]
Carl Zeiss Licences Digital Pathology from Olympus
July 12, 2012
JENA/Germany,- Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH and Olympus America Inc. CENTER VALLEY, Pa. have signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement allowing Carl Zeiss to access an extensive portfolio of patents held by Olympus in the field of digital pathology and virtual microscopy. The patents included in the licensing deal cover methods and equipment for creating, storing [...]
Ethical Corporation Names Life Technologies’ First CSO Sustainability Executive of the Year
July 11, 2012
CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced that its newly appointed Chief Sustainability Officer, Cristina Amorim, has been named Sustainability Executive of the Year at the Ethical Corporation's annual Responsible Business Forum awards ceremony. She received the honor in recognition for her strategic role in Life's emergence as a Corporate Social Responsibility [...]
Personalized genomic medicine faces many hurdles
July 11, 2012
When the human genome project was completed in 2003, some expected it to herald a new age of personalized genomic medicine, but the resulting single "reference" sequence has significant shortcomings for these applications and does not account for the actual variability in the human population, as reported in a study published July 11 in the [...]
Anton Paar USA Launches Petrotest Products, Expands Capabilities
July 11, 2012
Ashland, VA -- Effective July 1, 2012, Anton Paar USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anton Paar GmbH, officially launches the recently acquired Petrotest product line. Anton Paar USA will provide all sales, support and service related activities to customers in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. The Petrotest Group, which is based in [...]
