Cresset Announces Appointment of David Bardsley as Sales Director
August 20, 2012
Welwyn Garden City – Cresset BioMolecular Discovery is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr David Bardsley to the newly created role of Sales Director at Cresset Group. David joins Cresset from Synergy Health Plc where, as Sales Director of the Healthcare Solutions division, he was responsible for the organisation delivering product solutions to healthcare [...]
Hitachi High-Tech and FEI Company Settle Patent Dispute
August 20, 2012
HILLSBORO, Ore., -- FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced today that it has reached a mutually acceptable agreement with Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation ("HHT") to settle an ongoing dispute regarding certain HHT patents relating to focused ion beam ("FIB") systems. In exchange for HHT's agreement to dismiss all currently pending claims and to grant future license rights to [...]
New England Biolabs Reports Significant Process Improvements Using IDT’s gBlocks™
August 20, 2012
CORALVILLE, IA –– The latest issue of Integrated DNA Technologies’ (IDT’s) DECODED newsletter highlights how New England Biolabs (NEB) researchers were able to expe¬dite the cloning of a 2.1 kb gene into a linearized pET21-a bacterial expression vector using 5 gBlocks™ Gene Fragments that spanned the entire 2.1 kb sequence. Cloning, sequencing, and characteriza¬tion of [...]
JH Technologies Announces Partnership with Pacific Microsystems
August 19, 2012
Fremont, CA -- On August 10, 2012, JH Technologies, a distributor of optical and digital imaging systems, and Pacific Microsystems, a service and technical sales company, have announced a partnership designed to provide a higher level of service to customers in the Pacific Northwest. Pacific Microsystems is a new organization with an experienced staff that [...]
Speed, Simplify Nucleic Acid Size Selection for Fragment
August 18, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. –– SPRIselect from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences utilizes SPRI (Solid Phase Reversible Immobilization)-based chemistry to speed and simplify genomic DNA size selection for next generation sequencing fragment library preparation. Following shearing, the library construction process requires size selection to produce uniform distribution of fragments. SPRIselect allows size distribution to be adjusted between 150 [...]
FreezerPro Adds Support for FluidX XTR Line of Whole-rack 2D Barcode Scanners
August 17, 2012
Frederick, MD - RURO, Inc., a developer of innovative research productivity tools, announces direct support for FluidX XTR 96, FluidX XTR FLEX, FluidX XTR RACK LF and FluidX XTR RACK CRYO flatbed 2D barcode scanners for general laboratory use. FluidX XTR completes the line of whole-rack scanners directly supported in FreezerPro software. The device joins [...]
August 17, 2012
WALTHAM, Mass. –– PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, announced that its electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) can now be seamlessly integrated with Elsevier’s Reaxys®, a web-based workflow solution designed for chemistry researchers in drug discovery, chemicals and academic research. “As chemists are increasingly turning [...]
Materia and Sigma Aldrich Extend Catalyst Distribution Agreement
August 16, 2012
PASADENA, CA ––Materia announced today a ten year extension of its exclusive catalyst distribution agreement with Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq:SIAL), that allows Aldrich Chemical Co. LLC to continue its worldwide rights to distribute the Materia Grubbs Catalyst™ technology to the research and development community. “Sigma-Aldrich is the clear global leader in research chemical distribution,” stated John [...]
Shear History Simulator Provides Valuable Analysis Of Water-Based Oil And Gas Fracturing Fluids
August 16, 2012
BROKEN ARROW, OK – The rheology of fracturing fluids used by the oil and gas industry is affected by a range of factors and conditions. Recently developed shear history simulators have proven especially useful laboratory tools for determining how well these fluids perform in transporting proppants. Chandler Engineering®, a leader in oil well cementing, viscosity, [...]
Guaranteed Knockdown for siRNA Gene Silencing
August 16, 2012
AMSBIO has announced its new Trilencer-27 siRNA kit, that contains Dicer-Substrate duplexes, provides critical improvements over the use of traditional 21mer siRNA designs. Gene silencing through the use of RNAi has become a primary tool for characterizing gene involvement in disease states and interactive pathways. Offering genome-wide coverage against human, mouse and rat, the AMSBIO [...]
