NanoString Technologies Appoints James A. Johnson as Chief Financial Officer

SEATTLE, Wash. – NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately-held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced the appointment of James A. Johnson as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Johnson assumes this role from Wayne Burns who will remain with the company in his new position [...]

Curiox Biosystems Introduces DropArray™, the Solution to Cell Loss

DropArray gives scientists the freedom to run cellular assays as their research demands, and not based on the availability of cells or cost of reagents. Developed by Curiox Biosystems, an emerging leader in bioassay technology, DropArray is a patented* system for low-volume cell-based assays. It allows scientists to use a fraction of the cells, media [...]

EMD Millipore Acquires Additional Patents To Enhance Chromatography Membrane Technology

Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced an expansion of its intellectual property around chromatographic membranes. EMD Millipore has exclusively licensed Patent No. 5,547,576, filed in the US from Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha of Japan, which covers grafted primary amines on a membrane. The addition of this [...]

Thermal Test Enclosures Enable Accurate Testing of Products

SP Scientific has announced a line of thermal test enclosures for its ThermoJet ES precision temperature cycling system. Developed in conjunction with Khoury Industries, the thermal enclosures provide highly accurate testing and processing of temperature sensitive electronic products. Available in either clamshell or hood configurations, SP Scientific thermal test enclosures may be used to isolate [...]

New Promega Assay Improves Cell Culture Cytotoxicity Results

Promega Corporation announces the introduction of a novel cytotoxicity assay that can be used on cell cultures for up to 72 hours, with flexibility for kinetic analysis to determine the onset of cytotoxicity. The CellTox™ Green Cytotoxicity Assay uses an asymmetric cyanine dye as a fluorescent marker that is impermeable to live cells but strongly [...]

Life Technologies Sets New Worldwide Standard for Criminal Forensic Testing with Introduction of GlobalFiler™ Kit

CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation — (NASDAQ: LIFE) the world's leader in human identification solutions, today launched GlobalFiler™ and GlobalFiler™ Express, two new DNA kits that will revolutionize how crime labs perform forensic testing around the world -- making it faster, easier and cheaper to process DNA samples. By increasing the number of genetic [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific and METTLER TOLEDO Introduce Integrated Titration/Ion Chromatography System Designed to Streamline Water Analysis Workflow

SAN JOSE, Calif.–– Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announces a joint marketing initiative with METTLER TOLEDO for combined Titration/Ion Chromatography (IC) system designed to provide a fast, accurate and integrated solution for fully-automated water analysis for laboratories testing the quality of drinking, surface or ground water. The new Titration/IC system [...]

Limited Volume Inserts with Bottom and Top Springs by J.G. Finneran Associates

J.G. Finneran Associates designed Limited Volume Inserts with Bottom and Top Springs to ensure that autosamplers extract even the smallest sample volumes every time, without damaging injection needles or breaking sample containers. The inserts are preassembled with polymer bottom springs or the patented Top Spring™, which act as shock absorbers to protect sample needles from [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific and bioMérieux Renew Partnership for Improved Detection of Sepsis

Marcy l'Etoile, France and Hennigsdorf, Germany – bioMérieux and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced they have renewed their non-exclusive, long-term, royalty-bearing agreement for Procalcitonin (PCT) testing. This agreement extends a long-standing relationship between the companies for biomarker testing using Thermo Fisher’s PCT product on bioMérieux’s VIDAS® and mini [...]

Cellectis publishes results paving the way for new therapeutic approaches against cancer and genetic diseases

Paris, France,- Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), the French genome engineering specialist, announces in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, one of the most respected scientific journals in the world, the publication of a new approach regarding the targeted modification of DNA. The manuscript unmasks novel perspectives and broadens the scope of TALENs TM technology to new therapeutic [...]

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