Illumina HiSeq 2500 and Illumina MiSeq added to sequencers fleet to offer superior NGS services

Ebersberg, Germany, - Eurofins MWG Operon, one of the pioneers and key providers of next generation sequencing (NGS), has added an Illumina HiSeq 2500 and an Illumina MiSeq sequencer to its fleet of NGS sequencers. With this new equipment, the company will be able to provide customers with NGS services at high accuracy rate and [...]

TitrIC pro – multi-ion analysis by automated titration, direct measurement, and ion chromatography

Metrohm presents TitrIC pro, the latest version of the company’s all-in-one system for efficient monitoring of standard parameters and contaminants in drinking water and other matrices. TitrIC pro combines titration, ion chromatography and direct measurement in a single analytical system. TitrIC pro is operated by MagIC Net, the proven Metrohm software for ion chromatography. TitrIC [...]

Molecular Devices Introduces QPix 420 Microbial Colony Picker

Sunnyvale, CA,– Molecular Devices has announced today the launch of the QPix 420 next generation microbial colony picker, the third system in the QPix 400 range which also includes the QPix 450 and QPix 460. All three systems offer unmatched performance, productivity and efficiency, with a choice of specifications to fit all levels of microbial [...]

Tecan and Siloam Biosciences co-market new ELISA system

Männedorf, Switzerland, – Tecan and Siloam Biosciences Inc. announce their intent to co-market a new automated low volume, high sensitivity microfluidic ELISA. The system is based on Tecan’s Freedom EVO® liquid handling technology and the Siloam Biosciences’ OptiMax™ microplate. It offers rapid, sensitive and specific chemifluorescence-based ELISA procedures using exceedingly small sample volumes. The speed, [...]

Merck, Employee Representatives Agree on Efficiency Plan for Germany

Darmstadt, – Merck announced today that it has signed an agreement with employee representatives on an efficiency plan for the company’s operations in Germany. The efficiency measures are part of the company’s “Fit for 2018” business transformation program spanning all businesses and regions in order to secure Merck’s long-term competitiveness. Merck plans to eliminate around [...]

Implant Sciences Sells 25 More Quantum Sniffers for Deployment in Africa

Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced that it has sold 25 Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detectors for use in critical infrastructure protection in Africa. The QS-H150s will primarily be deployed to protect government buildings from terrorist [...]

Bruker Launches High-Performance LC Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers

CHIBA, Japan -- At the 2012 Japan Analytical Scientific Instruments Show (JASIS), Bruker today launches two game-changing LC-triple quadrupole (LC-TQ) mass spectrometers, the high-performance EVOQ QubeTM and the ultra-high sensitivity EVOQ Elite, which are setting new standards for analytical performance and quantitative robustness. Similar to Bruker’s very successful SCION GC-TQ platform introduced in 2011, the [...]

Transgenomic and NYU Collaborate on Lung Cancer Study Using ICE COLD-PCR for Blood-Based Mutation Detection

Omaha, Neb.– Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC/BB: TBIO) today announced that it has begun a collaboration with NYU Langone Medical Center to employ its ultra-high sensitivity ICE COLD-PCR mutation detection technology to better understand molecular events that drive non-small cell lung cancer and impact response to existing and novel therapies. The joint study will focus on the [...]

University of Manchester Installs New Ultra-Powerful Microscope From FEI

MANCHESTER, UK and HILLSBORO, Ore., -- The University of Manchester and FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC) are pleased to announce the installation of one of the world's most powerful high-resolution microscopes?the Titan™ G2 80-200 scanning transmission electron microscope (S/TEM)?at the University's School of Materials. The procurement of the new S/TEM from FEI was funded as part of an [...]

Sequenom Welcomes Myla Lai-Goldman, M.D., To Board Of Directors

SAN DIEGO, -- Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative diagnostic testing and genetic analysis solutions, today announced the appointment of Myla Lai-Goldman, M.D., to its Board of Directors, effective September 11, 2012. Dr. Lai-Goldman has also been appointed to the Science Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. Dr. Lai-Goldman is [...]

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