June 7, 2012
A new culture medium for more physiologically relevant differentiation of human bronchial epithelial cells has been released by STEMCELL Technologies. Cells cultured with PneumaCult™-ALI at the air-liquid interface undergo extensive mucociliary differentiation to form a pseudostratified epithelium that closely resembles the human airway. “Culturing primary human bronchial epithelial cells at the air-liquid interface using current [...]
June 7, 2012
BILLERICA, Mass.-- Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced the appointment of Charles F. Wagner, Jr. as its Executive Vice President (EVP) and new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective on or about June 30, 2012. William J. Knight, the Company's current CFO, will continue to serve as a member of the Company's senior management team and [...]
FEI Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
June 7, 2012
HILLSBORO, Ore., -- FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced that its board of directors approved the initiation of quarterly cash dividends to its shareholders and declared the first cash dividend in the company's history. A quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share of common stock will be paid on July 24 to all shareholders of record as of [...]
PHOTONIS USA, Georgia Tech Sign Sponsored Research Agreement
June 6, 2012
Sturbridge, MA - PHOTONIS USA, a leading electro-optic mass spectrometer component manufacturer, announced that it has signed a sponsored research agreement with the Georgia Tech Research Corporation in Atlanta, GA to design and develop a prototype of a novel new Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS) analyzer, using patented technology from PHOTONIS. The new product can be [...]
June 6, 2012
Geneva, Switzerland, - Selexis SA, a global life sciences company for drug discovery, cell line development and scale-up to manufacturing of therapeutic proteins, announced today the launch and availability of a chemically-defined, animal-component free media designed to greatly increase the productivity and viability of Selexis SURE CHO-M cell lines. This product, developed in collaboration with [...]
June 6, 2012
Between 2006 and 2008 the Austrian measuring instrument manufacturer, Anton Paar GmbH, terminated its sales contracts with the Swiss DKSH Group for China, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. Subsequently, on November 14, 2008, DKSH sued Anton Paar GmbH for damages at the International Court of Arbitration (ICC). DKSH’s demand amounted to 5.9 million CHF and was [...]
June 6, 2012
WOONSOCKET, R.I.-- Hanna Instruments is pleased to announce it has partnered with Bartelt Gesellschaft m.b.H as its exclusive distributor in Austria for scientific analytical instrumentation. Hanna Instruments, Inc., manufacturer of electro analytical instrumentation, and Bartelt, an independent distributor of scientific equipment, have teamed up to provide users of analytical devices with an exceptional combination of [...]
June 6, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC, - The US-China Business Council (USCBC) today announced the election of Robert A. McDonald, chairman, president, and CEO of The Procter & Gamble Company as USCBC chair as well as the election of other officers and board directors. "I am pleased to be able to lead the United States' foremost business organization representing [...]
Sartorius Moves Up to the TecDAX
June 6, 2012
Goettingen,– Sartorius AG, a leading international laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment provider, will be admitted to the TecDAX technology index. This was announced yesterday on Tuesday evening by the German stock exchange organization, Deutsche Börse Group. Thus, the Sartorius preference share will be traded as of June 18, 2012, in the German index of technology stocks. [...]
Isogenica, Cresset Group and Biolauncher Secure Funding
June 6, 2012
Isogenica and Biolauncher, Cambridge UK together with Cresset Group, Welwyn Garden City UK announce funding from the Technology Strategy Board, the UK’s innovation agency, for a £1M project to develop a highly-scalable approach to small molecule drug discovery. The funding enables the consortium to develop an integrated platform to identify diverse small molecules active against [...]
