PANalytical Inc. moves to larger office with demo facility in Houston, TX, USA
September 24, 2012
PANalytical Inc. has moved its Houston area office to a new and larger office at 4802 North Sam Houston Parkway West, Suite 100, in Houston, TX. Co-located with sister company Malvern Instruments’ Center of Excellence for separations products, the 22,000 sq. ft. multipurpose facility houses state-of-the-art laboratories, including a PANalytical demonstration laboratory, office space, and [...]
Microsaic appoints new Chief Executive Officer
September 24, 2012
Microsaic Systems plc (AIM: MSYS), the developer of miniaturised chip-based scientific instruments, is delighted to announce that it will appoint Colin Jump as new Chief Executive Officer with effect from 5th November. Colin Jump (53) has nearly 30 years commercial and operational experience in the analytical instrumentation sector. He joins Microsaic from Shimadzu UK Ltd, [...]
Multiplicom launches new genomic and somatic mutation detection kits
September 24, 2012
Niel, – Multiplicom, a molecular diagnostics company specializing in innovative molecular genetics tests based on massively parallel sequencing (MPS) today announces that it is launching new genomic and somatic mutation detection kits based on its proprietary MASTR technology. The genomic kits enable PCR amplification of all coding regions of genes known to cause Mucovisidosis, Marfan [...]
Transgenomic Completes Acquisition of ScoliScore™ Prognostic Scoliosis Test
September 24, 2012
OMAHA, Neb. -- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO) announced today that it has closed the previously announced acquisition of Axial Biotech’s ScoliScore™ Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) Prognostic Test for a total consideration of $4.4 million in cash. The acquisition provides Transgenomic with the ScoliScore™ assay technology and intellectual property, an established revenue and customer base, and [...]
September 24, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- EMCORE Corporation (Nasdaq:EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, announced today that it has entered into an OEM agreement with Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. to supply an OEM version of the PB7200 Portable Frequency Domain Terahertz (THz) Spectrometer. Lake Shore is [...]
NSG Precision Cells Introduces New Salinity Refractometer Line to its Website
September 23, 2012
Atago Inc., with its longstanding reputation of being the forerunner in the refractometer field has teamed up with NSG Precision Cells to offer the definitive salinity refractometer line for a diverse array of applications such as measuring seawater, conductivity and saltwater content. Maintaining the highest standard in Japanese precision manufacturing, Atago’s products are staples in [...]
Economic Approach to Protein Precipitation Sample Preparation
September 21, 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 [...]
Cambridge spin-out BlueGnome acquired by Illumina
September 21, 2012
BlueGnome, which was founded in 2002 by Cambridge graduate Dr Nick Haan and Graham Snudden, is one of the fastest-growing biotechnology companies in the UK. The company’s products are supplied to hospitals, specialist genetic centres, and IVF clinics in more than 40 countries. This year, the company opened a new North American headquarters near Washington, [...]
Bruker to Acquire Carestream’s Preclinical In-vivo Imaging Business
September 21, 2012
ROCHESTER, N.Y. & BILLERICA, Mass.-- Carestream Health and Bruker have entered into an agreement for Bruker to purchase the preclinical in-vivo imaging equipment product portfolio and related assets from Carestream's Molecular Imaging business. Financial terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. As part of the transaction, the majority of Carestream employees involved in the [...]
DNASTAR Software Release Supports Automated Bacterial Genome Closure and Epitope Prediction
September 20, 2012
MADISON, Wisconsin –– DNASTAR® announced the release of Lasergene 10.1 today as a Sanger and next-generation sequence assembly and analysis software upgrade with major enhancements to its desktop software suite for molecular biologists. Lasergene 10.1 continues DNASTAR’s track record of releasing software that features significant enhancements semi-annually. While there are many new features, functions, and [...]
