RAE Systems Inc. Announces Amended Merger Agreement With Vector Capital Increasing Price to $2.05 per Share in Cash

SAN JOSE, CA - RAE Systems Inc. (NYSE Amex: RAE) ("RAE" or "the Company"), a leader in delivering innovative sensor solutions to serve industrial, energy, environmental, and government safety markets worldwide, today announced that it has entered into an amendment to its merger agreement with an affiliate of Vector Capital ("Vector") under which the acquirer [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces More Ergonomic Pipette and Tip System

VANTAA, Finland - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the new Thermo Scientific F1-ClipTip pipette and tip system, the latest addition to a new generation of ergonomic products. The F1-ClipTip™ system provides extremely light-touch dispensing and tip ejection for superior ergonomic performance and reliability. The new manual liquid handling [...]

BD Biosciences Launches New Cell Analyzer to Streamline Research Workflow

San Jose, CA - BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), launched today the BD FACSVerse™ Flow Cytometer, a flexible, reliable and scalable system that can analyze up to 10 parameters and support a wide range of research applications. “We engineered cutting-edge innovation into the BD FACSVerse System from the ground up, [...]

METTLER TOLEDO Introduces Comprehensive Weight Portfolio with “No Wait Weights” Guarantee

COLUMBUS, Ohio - METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to introduce the new NoWaitWeights program to compliment our comprehensive selection of calibration weights and calibration services. Comprehensive Weight Portfolio METTLER TOLEDO offers a comprehensive selection of weights from 1 mg to several tons in all common nominal values and weight classes. While national laboratories trust METTLER TOLEDO’s [...]

Pluripotent Stem Cell Line Assessment qPCR Kit

AMSBIO has announced the launch of the PluriPCR™ Kit, a new benchmark to revolutionize the definition of stem cell pluripotency. The PluriPCR kit has been designed as a quantitative, easy to use, and reliable assay of five genes strongly specific to pluripotency. These genes: Oct-3/4, Nanog, DNMT3b, Dppa4, and Rex1 are expressed by human embryonic [...]

Baylor College of Medicine and Golden Helix Collaborate to Put Better Rare Variant Analysis into the Hands of Researchers

BOZEMAN, Mont. & HOUSTON - Though two of the best-known methods for analyzing rare variants in sequencing data were published in 2008 and 2010, they have never been available to the public as a supported package. Baylor College of Medicine and Golden Helix announce the availability of the Combined Multivariate and Collapsing (CMC) and the [...]

Xradia Strengthens Global Sales & Support for 3D X-Ray Microscope Solutions

PLEASANTON, CA - Xradia Inc., the leading provider of high-resolution 3D X-ray imaging systems, announced today that it has strengthened its global presence with the addition of three talented sales executives in response to growing demand for the company's 3D X-ray microscope (XRM) solutions: Peter Lander for Europe, Steve Neptun for Eastern North America, and [...]

American Peptide Company Offers Cost-Effective, High-Quality Stable Isotope Labeled Peptides for Multiple Drug Research and Development Applications

American Peptide Company, a leading innovator in peptide manufacturing and peptide-based services, is offering cost-effective, high-quality stable isotope labeled peptides for use as quantitative standards, and for structural analysis. Sunnyvale, CA - American Peptide Company, a leading innovator in peptide manufacturing and peptide-based services, is offering cost-effective, high-quality stable isotope labeled peptides for use as [...]

Titertek Instruments, Inc. and Berthold Detection Systems GmbH Have Joined Forces

Pforzheim, Germany - Titertek Instruments, Inc. and Berthold Detection Systems GmbH have joined forces. The new company brand name is Titertek-Berthold. The company will continue to operate from the sites in Huntsville, AL, USA and Pforzheim, Germany. Titertek-Berthold has developed a coherent product and market strategy that is presented on the new website www.titertek-berthold.com. Titertek [...]

Erasmus University Medical Center Partners With Complete Genomics to Begin Developing Its Genomic Medicine Pipeline

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Complete Genomics Inc. (Nasdaq:GNOM), a complete human genome sequencing company that has developed and commercialized an innovative DNA sequencing platform, announced today an expansion of its collaboration with Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC), based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This agreement calls for Complete Genomics to sequence 250 DNA samples for [...]

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