Roka Bioscience Receives AOAC-RI Certification for 10 Additional Salmonella Matrices
September 27, 2012
Roka Bioscience is proud to announce that its Atlas Salmonella Detection Assay has received AOAC Performance Tested Methods? Certification (PTM #031201) from the AOAC Research Institute (AOAC-RI) for 10 additional food matrices. These matrices include frozen raw ground beef (375 g), raw ground turkey, cooked deli chicken (325 g), romaine lettuce (375 g), tomatoes, black [...]
September 27, 2012
COVENTRY, United Kingdom, – Bruker’s long-standing presence in the UK and Ireland has reached another milestone with the Official Opening of its new integrated demonstration laboratories, sales and applications offices and dedicated customer collaboration and service facilities. Crowning a 45 year history of customer commitment across the British Isles, Bruker has now totally redesigned and [...]
Compact 1.5 HP Recirculating Chiller Offers Wide Range of Performance Options
September 26, 2012
A compact, economical recirculating chiller designed to provide reliable heat removal for lasers and other precision laboratory equipment is now available from PolyScience. Capable of maintaining process temperatures from 41° to 95°F (5° to 35°C), the Durachill™ 1.5 HP Chiller provides up to 6328 watts of cooling at 68°F (20°C) ambient and is available with [...]
Abaxis Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation With Cepheid
September 26, 2012
UNION CITY, Calif., -- Abaxis, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ABAX), a medical products company manufacturing point of care instruments and consumables for the medical, research, and veterinary markets, and providing reference lab services to the veterinary and research markets, announced today that a settlement had been reached in its lawsuit with Cepheid, Inc. (NasdaqGS: CPHD), over several [...]
1st Detect MMS-1000(TM) Launched in European Union With TransGlobal Distributors
September 26, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas, -- 1^st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC), announced today that 1^st Detect's Miniature Mass Spectrometer, the MMS-1000^™, will be distributed in the European Union via TransGlobal Distributors' extensive network of distribution channels. This week, the company is formally introducing MMS-1000™ at the HET Instrument Exhibition and Conference in Amsterdam, the [...]
Pall Corporation Announces Dividend Increase
September 26, 2012
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., - The board of directors of Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL) today declared a 19-percent increase in the company's quarterly dividend from the current rate of $0.21 to $0.25 per share. "Pall continues to generate strong cash flow to support our growth plans while also delivering returns to shareholders," said Pall President and CEO [...]
BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG just launched full set of reagents for MS-based Steroid Analysis
September 26, 2012
Innsbruck - Austrian BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG has just brought to market a full range of reagents for the mass spectrometry (MS)-based analysis of steroid hormones. The four new products—AbsoluteIDQ® Steroid Calibrators, AbsoluteIDQ Steroid Quality Controls, AbsoluteIDQ Steroid Internal Standards, and the AbsoluteIDQ® Steroid Testmix—enable the LCMS/MS-based simultaneous quantification of up to 17 steroids from [...]
Berthold launches Apollo ELISA reader
September 26, 2012
Bad Wildbad, Germany, - Berthold Technologies, specializing in bioanalytical instruments for the research and the diagnostics markets, is happy to present again a dedicated absorbance reader: the Apollo 11. The instrument is characterized by a long-time proven and continuously optimized optics as well as a modern LED light source which has a principally endless lifetime. [...]
September 26, 2012
Milford, Mass. –– At a ceremony officiated by University of North Texas (UNT) Provost Warren Burggren, Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) welcomed UNT’s Metabolomics and Metabolic Signaling Pathway Research Laboratory into the Waters Centers of Innovation Program. The laboratory directed by Professor Vladimir Shulaev is known worldwide for research in the field of metabolomics, the study of [...]
IDEX Corporation Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend
September 26, 2012
LAKE FOREST, Ill.-- IDEX CORPORATION (NYSE:IEX) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per common share. The next dividend will be paid October 31st, 2012 to shareholders of record as of October 15th, 2012. This dividend represents the company’s 72nd consecutive regular quarterly cash dividend payment. [...]
