Omixon Releases Omixon Target for Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis for Diagnostics

Budapest, Hungary,- Today Omixon – a genomic software company - announced the commercial release of Omixon Target, a next generation sequencing analysis software for targeted sequencing. Omixon built its new software Target with the vision of helping diagnostic labs to adopt next generation sequencing to replace and complement traditional capillary Sanger sequencing. Target was built [...]

Collaboration between Carl Zeiss Microscopy and Gatan Announced

Oberkochen (Germany) / Pleasanton (CA)-- Today, the collaboration between Carl Zeiss Microscopy and Gatan, Inc. was officially announced. Carl Zeiss Microscopy is a leading supplier of light and electron microscopes. Gatan, Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of instrumentation and software for the enhancement of electron microscopes’ operation and performance. In this joint project, the [...]

Accurately Evaluate the Mucoadhesion of Tablets and Capsules

Middleboro, MA – Brookfield Engineering Laboratories now offers the TA-MA Mucoadhesion Test Fixture for use by the pharmaceutical and medical industries. The CT3 Tester with the Mucoadhesion Test Fixture gives a technician the ability to accurately evaluate the mucoadhesion of tablets and capsules to the stomach wall and the intestinal lining in humans and animals. [...]

New Purair 5 Ductless Fume Hood

The NEW PURAIR 5 Ductless Fume Hoods from Air Science USA feature a high level of operator protection where routine work is being carried out. The units exceed OSHA, ANSI and all relevant international standards. The Ductless design eliminates installation costs and allows the unit to be positioned over a sink or benchtop apparatus. There [...]

P&P Optica Unveils the PPO HyperChannel Spectrometer

WATERLOO, ONTARIO -- P&P Optica Inc., a world leader in the development of high performance spectrometers, reveals their newest hyperspectral multichannel spectrometer that utilizes in-house developed and manufactured PPO Gel Gratings. This groundbreaking technology delivers fundamental advancements for a diverse range of applications. P&P Optica's high performance non-scanning spectrometers with PPO Gel Grating technology allows [...]

Life Technologies and OpGen Sign Collaborative Agreement to Leverage Ion Torrent and Whole Genome Mapping Technologies

CARLSBAD, Calif. and GAITHERSBURG, Md. – Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) and OpGen, Inc., a commercial stage whole genome analysis company, today announced that they have signed a collaboration agreement to develop systems, technologies and applications intended to improve the management and surveillance of microbial outbreaks in the public health and infectious disease markets. “Life [...]

Seegene develops industry’s first real-time “multiplex quantification” molecular diagnostic testing technology

Gaithersburg, Maryland and SEOUL, Korea, - Seegene Inc., (096530.KQ), a leading developer of multiplex molecular diagnostic technologies and tests, today announced the development of a new molecular technology that for the first time allows high multiplexing and multiple quantification from a single sample in a single tube. Seegene's real-time multiplex PCR technology allows the simultaneous [...]

Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics Adopts Illumina Sequencing for Australian ICGC Program

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics (QCMG), home of Australia’s International Cancer Genomics Consortium program, has established Illumina technology as its core sequencing platform in an expanded facility. The QCMG will replace their fleet of SOLiD/5500 systems with three Illumina HiSeq 2500 systems. This new partnership began [...]

A&D Weighing Introduces the New Ion Series

A & D Weighing announces the launch of the Ion Series of laboratory balances, including A&D’s first two microbalances with readability down to one microgram ( 1 millionth of a gram ). This family of six models has combined innovations such as a large weighing chamber, built-in ionizer to eliminate static electricity and increase weighing [...]

Hitachi High-Tech Signs Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Acquisition and Subsequent Consolidation of SII NanoTechnology Inc

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced today that it has reached a basic agreement with Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) to acquire all of the shares of its wholly owned subsidiary SII NanoTechnology Inc. (SII NanoTech). Once complete, this transfer of ownership will make SII NanoTech a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi High-Tech. Pending [...]

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