VWR International, LLC Acquires Klen International
September 10, 2012
RADNOR, PA,- VWR International, LLC, a global leader in distributing laboratory supplies and services, announced today the acquisition of KLEN International's mining supply business. Based in Perth, Australia and dating back to 1974, KLEN is a diversified chemical manufacturer and distributor with businesses that provide a wide range of products to industrial customers. VWR is [...]
Illumina Names Paul Bianchi as Senior Vice President of Human Resources
September 10, 2012
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it has appointed Paul Bianchi as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. In this executive management position, Bianchi will oversee Illumina’s global HR strategy and programs including talent and leadership development, employee engagement and communications, and rewards and recognition. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he [...]
Bruker Announces New Quantitative Proteomics Capabilities with Skyline Software
September 10, 2012
BOSTON -- At the 11th HUPO Annual World Congress the MacCoss lab of Biological Mass Spectrometry at the University of Washington in Seattle introduces a new version of Skyline Software, now supporting Bruker maXis™ series ultra-high resolution ESI-Qq-TOF mass spectrometers. Skyline is a widely used, open source proteomics software platform for building Selected Reaction Monitoring [...]
September 10, 2012
BOSTON – HUPO 11th Annual World Congress -– Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced a new data-independent acquisition (DIA) proteomics capability for the Thermo Scientific Q Exactive high performance quadrupole-Orbitrap LC-MS/MS. The new DIA feature allows the Q ExactiveTM mass spectrometer to collect MS/MS spectra on virtually all ions [...]
Luminex Corporation Hosts 10th Annual Planet xMAP Symposium in Monaco
September 10, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas, -- Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), today announced that it will host Planet xMAP Europe 2012, its annual European multiplexing technology symposium, October 10-11, 2012 at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality of Monaco. Luminex anticipates attendance of over 500 scientists and more than 40 scientific presentations to be addressed during the 10th anniversary [...]
Combipack Lowers Cost of Protein Precipitation Sample Preparation
September 10, 2012
The Combipack™ is Porvair Sciences economic response to the growing use of protein precipitation separation techniques in chromatography labs. Comprising four Porvair p3 protein precipitation plates and four 1ml deep well collection plates (colour coded in red or blue polypropylene) the Combipack provides all the elements you require to undertake protein precipitation separations at a [...]
ALLCELLS Introduces Autoimmune Diseased Cells and Tissue Products
September 10, 2012
AllCells, LLC, a leading provider of healthy & diseased hematopoietic tissues, primary cell types, and related services to the global life science industry has announced the release of new autoimmune diseased cells and tissue products. The specimens may be used in preclinical research, drug discovery, drug toxicity, diagnostic related assays, and other life science research [...]
AB SCIEX Advances Proteomics Research with New Eksigent nanoLC System
September 10, 2012
FRAMINGHAM, Mass --AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced the launch of the Eksigent ekspert™ nanoLC 400 system. The new Eksigent system is the world’s first plug-and-play liquid chromatography system that integrates nano LC and micro LC on the same platform, providing the broadest functionality with the benefits of both [...]
Agilent Technologies Prices $400 Million of Senior Notes
September 10, 2012
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the pricing of a series of its senior notes in an aggregate principal amount of $400 million, in an underwritten, registered public offering. The notes will mature in October 2022 and will bear interest at an annual rate of 3.20 percent. The offering is expected to close on [...]
3M Molecular Detection Assay for Listeria Environmental Testing Receives AOAC-PTM Approval
September 10, 2012
ST. PAUL, Minn -- 3M Food Safety announced that it received AOAC-PTM Certification for the 3M™ Molecular Detection Assay Listeria for Environmental Testing (#081203) from the AOAC Research Institute’s Performance Tested MethodsSM Program. About 1,600 cases of listeriosis are reported annually in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with [...]

