TTP Labtech Previews New Tools for Confident Protein Crystallography Research at ICCBM
September 18, 2012
Cambridge, UK –- TTP Labtech, leading provider of liquid handling automation for crystallography, including the renowned mosquito® Crystal and mosquito LCP, will preview their latest innovation, the woodpecker® automated, non-contact screen optimiser, at ICCBM 14, 23rd - 28th September, Huntsville, Alabama, booth #20. The woodpecker®’s novel positive displacement pipetting technology will broaden the screen optimiser [...]
September 18, 2012
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the addition of negative and positive ion chemical ionization (CI) capabilities to its new high-performance Thermo Scientific TSQ 8000 triple quadrupole GC-MS system. The addition of chemical ionization to the TSQ™ 8000 GC-MS/MS increases analytical options available to the [...]
September 18, 2012
Darmstadt, Germany — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, and VeriStem™ Technologies Inc. today announced a collaboration to develop optimized technologies for the removal of undifferentiated stem cells from pluripotent stem cell cultures. The project will deliver scalable purification devices, validation methods and associated protocols for safe and effective delivery of large-scale stem [...]
Trinean included in the ISBER Proficiency testing program
September 18, 2012
Ghent, Belgium –- Trinean NV today announced to be included in the ISBER Biorepository Proficiency Testing Program 2012. The ISBER PT program is designed for biospecimen repositories to assess the accuracy of their quality control assays, including their DNA quantification methods. The recently launched proficiency testing program dedicated a specific category for the quantification and [...]
September 18, 2012
Grenoble, France, -– CYTOO S.A., a life sciences systems and tools company that offers solutions for cell-based assays and High Content Screening (HCS), announced today new results that demonstrate the ability of the Company’s 2D+ Cell Culture Platform to enable two new high content analysis (HCA) approaches: (i) quantitative density mapping of trafficking compartments and [...]
llumina Introduces TruSeq® Stranded mRNA and Total RNA Sequencing Sample Preparation Solutions
September 18, 2012
SAN DIEGO-- Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) today introduced TruSeq Stranded mRNA and Total RNA Sample Preparation Kits for RNA sequencing. The new reagent kits enable researchers to quickly and easily conduct gene expression studies that provide a complete view of the transcriptome, even from low-quality RNA samples, such as formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples. The Total RNA Sample [...]
Kent Scientific Introduces the SomnoSuite™ Small Animal Anesthesia System
September 18, 2012
Torrington, CT—Kent Scientific Corporation has re-invented anesthesia for mice and rats. Its new, precision- and safety-oriented SomnoSuite Small Animal Anesthesia System includes an Integrated Digital Vaporizer (IDV), electronic flowmeter and pump in a single, compact 8.5” x 11.5” x 3” tabletop unit. It is by far the safest and most precise anesthesia system available. Specifically [...]
AB SCIEX and UOW Collaborate to Advance Lipid Analysis
September 18, 2012
At the 19th annual International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC) today, AB SCIEX and the University of Wollongong (UOW) announced a research partnership to develop lipid analysis capabilities, including the most definitive and comprehensive identification of double bond position in lipids. This collaboration is part of AB SCIEX's new Academic Partnership Program, which helps support academic [...]
September 18, 2012
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it was awarded a contract from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide the agency with MiSeq sequencing systems and reagents for conducting whole genome analysis on produce and produce-related environmental Salmonella and shigatoxigenic E. coli isolates. The contract is worth up to $17 million [...]
September 17, 2012
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 [...]

