Low Dead Volume Reservoir Saves on Reagent Costs
May 17, 2012
INTEGRA has introduced a new 10mL disposable multichannel reagent reservoir whose low dead volume (650µL) generates significant savings on reagent usage. One side of the 10mL reagent reservoir is molded into a pour back spout to help control liquid flow allowing users to neatly and easily return excess fluid to a source container. INTEGRA multichannel [...]
May 17, 2012
TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems and consumables for life science applications, today announced that two of its SelecT™ automated cell culture systems have been used in the production of 350 different cell lines at the world’s largest biological resource centre, ATCC® (American Type Culture Collection). Installed in 2006, the SelecT [...]
Life Technologies Enters into Strategic Sample Collection Partnership with COPAN
May 17, 2012
CARLSBAD, Calif.– Life Technologies Corporation – (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced that it has signed an agreement with COPAN Flock Technologies, a leading manufacturer of sample collection and DNA preservation tools, for the global distribution of a complete product line of innovative swab and paper sample collection systems. The partnership enables Life Technologies, the world’s leading [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Designs One-of-a-Kind Robotic Workflow Solution
May 17, 2012
CANADA - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has supplied a revolutionary robotic system at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, MO. Researchers will use the Yeast 1 Hybrid solution to automate the interactions of plant genomes with their transcription factors. By understanding the control of plant growth [...]
May 17, 2012
SALT LAKE CITY, -- Lineagen today announced the Company completed the testing portion of a 9,000-person research study designed to confirm novel copy number genetic variants and novel next-generation sequence variants associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These variants were discovered by Hakon Hakonarson, M.D., Ph.D., and his team at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia [...]
EQT V agrees to sell Dako to Agilent technologies
May 17, 2012
EQT V has signed an agreement to sell Dako to the American listed technology company Agilent Technologies, for a total enterprise value of DKK 12.8 billion. Headquartered in California and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Agilent Technologies has a market capitalization of around USD 15 billion. EQT V acquired Dako from the descendants [...]
Implant Sciences’ Thirteenth Patent Foreshadows the Future of Trace Detection Technology
May 17, 2012
WILMINGTON, MA, -- 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 been issued patent # 8,173,959 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, "Real-Time Trace Detection by High Field and Low Field Ion Mobility and [...]
Agilent to Acquire Dako for $2.2 Billion
May 17, 2012
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and EQT, the Sweden-based private equity group, today announced the execution of a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire Dako, the Denmark-based cancer diagnostic company. The $2.2 billion acquisition (on a debt-free basis) is the largest in Agilent's history. "In the rapidly growing diagnostics market, Dako's products and capabilities are [...]
Partnership Program between METTLER TOLEDO and Konica Minolta
May 17, 2012
Schwerzenbach, Switzerland.- Two world-wide renowned specialists in their field join forces: METTLER TOLEDO and Konica Minolta Sensing announce a strategic partnership in the field of Multi-parameter Analysis for the Flavours & Fragrances industry. The partnership will bundle the CM-5 or CR-5 Spectrophotometer from Konica Minolta with the Density, Refractive index and pH instruments from METTLER [...]
May 17, 2012
MADISON, N.J., -- Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, has extended its endocrine diagnostics menu with the introduction of four new tests panels for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), an endocrine disorder found in newborns, children and women. The panels are designed to overcome limitations in conventional testing [...]
