Life’s Great Adventure – Lab in a Mini on Tour
August 27, 2012
Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE) announced the start of its Ion Torrent[TM] Mini Lab Tour across the UK featuring a fully functional benchtop Personal Genome Machine (PGM[TM]) DNA sequencer nestled in the boot of a Mini. Not so long ago, you needed a PhD and a lab full of equipment to sequence the DNA of a [...]
August 27, 2012
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has acquired the assets of Aurora SFC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) products for laboratory research and analysis. The acquisition includes the Aurora SFC Systems product line as well as intellectual property. Financial details were not disclosed. Aurora SFC Systems has been [...]
Pall Corp. Adds H. Alex Kim as SVP of Business Development and Strategic Planning
August 24, 2012
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., - Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) announced today that H. Alex Kim has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Planning. In this newly created position, Mr. Kim is responsible for leading the strategic planning process for Pall’s Industrial and Life Sciences business segments and driving both organic and [...]
Dolomite announces microdroplet IP licence arrangements with Japan Science and Technology Agency
August 24, 2012
Microfluidics expert Dolomite is pleased to announce it is now a licensee of Japan Science and Technology Agency (“JST”) under JST’s microdroplet generation technology. Dolomite is authorised to grant sub-licences under JST’s microdroplet generation technologies. Dolomite offers a wide range of Droplet-forming devices featuring different junction geometries, channel sizes and surface properties. Droplet based microfluidics [...]
August 24, 2012
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & SINGAPORE -- Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) and PathGEN Dx Pte. Ltd., a spin-off molecular diagnostics company founded by researchers from the Genome Institute of Singapore, today announced they have signed a Powered by AffymetrixTM (PbA) Program agreement. Under this PbA agreement, PathGEN Dx will develop an in-vitro diagnostic kit for comprehensive [...]
GE Healthcare launches ÄKTA™ pure, a new modular chromatography system for protein purification
August 24, 2012
Chalfont St Giles, UK –– GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of GE (NYSE: GE) announced today the launch of ÄKTA™ pure, a chromatography system for flexible, reliable and intuitive purification of proteins. ÄKTA pure, the latest addition to the industry-leading ÄKTA range of chromatography systems, is an easy-to-use modular system that offers the flexibility to [...]
Macro to Micro Fluorescence In Vivo Imaging with the iBox Explorer2 Imaging Microscope
August 23, 2012
The iBox® ExplorerTM2 Imaging Microscope now features expanded capabilities for detection of fluorescent markers in small animals. With magnification from whole mouse to individual cells, the iBox Explorer2 provides breakthrough advances for cancer research studies. Researchers can now visualize tumor margins, micro metastasis and more with the wide range of magnifications from 0.17x to 16.5x. [...]
ACD/Labs’ Strengthens its Presence in China with CROs
August 23, 2012
Toronto, ON, Canada -- One of China's leading pharmaceutical contract research organizations (CROs) is providing each of their thousands of chemists in China with ACD/NMR Processor software. The CRO services a huge number of drug discovery and development projects for a long list of clients in chemical and biological space, and was looking to increase [...]
Zyvex Technologies Hosts The Ohio State University’s World-leading Analytical Electron Microscope
August 23, 2012
Columbus, Ohio – Zyvex Technologies, the world’s first molecular nanotechnology company, is partnering with the Ohio State University’s Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis (CEMAS)1 to temporarily host the Titan3 G2 60-300 Scanning / Transmission Electron Microscope (S/TEM) until its permanent facility on West Campus is complete in March 2013. The Titan3G2 60-300 TEM is [...]
3D Biomatrix’s Perfecta3D Hanging Drop Plates Now Available through Fisher Scientific in the U.S.
August 23, 2012
Ann Arbor, MI - 3D Biomatrix, a leader in three-dimensional (3D) cell culture products, is pleased to announce today that its 96- and 384- well Perfecta3D® Hanging Drop Plates can be purchased from Fisher Scientific in the United States (Fishersci.com). Perfecta3D Hanging Drop Plates facilitate the formation, culture, and testing of 3D spheroids in a [...]
