Agilent Technologies and Samsung Medical Center to Collaborate on Clinical Research Projects

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Samsung Medical Center, one of South Korea's leading medical institutes, today agreed to collaborate on medicine and genetics research projects. The Department of Laboratory Medicine & Genetics Research, part of the Center for Future Medicine at Samsung Medical Center, will use Agilent's bio-analytical instruments to analyze clinical samples and [...]

Unique Personal Lab Sterilizer Sets A New Benchmark

AMSBIO has announced CoolCLAVE™ - a compact, easy-to-use personal lab sterilizer. CoolCLAVE™ uses ozone gas to clean your laboratory tools. It is effective in sterilizing and deodorizing lightly contaminated pipettes, pipette tips, gloves, plates, small instruments, and even personal items such as keys and glasses. To sterilize items, simply place them inside the CoolCLAVE™ Sterilizer [...]

Ocean Optics High Resolution Near-Infrared Spectrometer Covers 1100-1900 nm

Dunedin, Florida – Ocean Optics has added another option to its small-footprint near-infrared spectrometer line with the NIRQuest512-1.9. A high-resolution device with response from 1100-1900 nm, NIRQuest512-1.9 is well suited for applications ranging from monitoring changes in food production and chemical processing to characterizing lasers for semiconductor assembly and medical treatment. NIRQuest512-1.9 has a high-stability, [...]

NanoString Technologies Appoints Senior Financial Executive Greg Norden to Board of Directors

SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced the appointment of Greg Norden, former Chief Financial Officer of Wyeth, to its Board of Directors. Mr. Norden will serve as the Chairman of NanoString’s Audit Committee. Mr. Norden is a senior [...]

Research Validates BioNano Genomics’ Mapping Platform for Complex Human Genome Analysis

SAN DIEGO-- In a paper published today in Nature Biotechnology, researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Institute for Human Genetics and Cardiovascular Research Institute demonstrated the utility of the Irys™ platform from BioNano Genomics for structural variation analysis and de novo assembly of next generation sequencing (NGS) data. Using Irys, the authors [...]

Labsphere illumia®lite a World First in Portable Spectral Flux Analysis

Labsphere, Inc. has expanded its illumia LED and light measurement product range with the introduction of illumia®lite. The portable system packages the accuracy of sphere-based measurement in a cost-effective handheld device suitable for use on the production floor, in the lab or in the field. The illumia lite overcomes the drawbacks inherent in other handhelds [...]

SciFluor Life Sciences Announces Worldwide Availability of PhenoFluorTM Through Sigma-Aldrich Corporation

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- SciFluor Life Sciences, a drug discovery and development company harnessing the transformational power of fluorine to accelerate the development of innovative new therapeutics, today announced the availability of one of its novel fluorination technologies for expanded use by industry and academic researchers. Recently developed by Tobias Ritter, Ph.D., co-founder and chief scientific advisor [...]

Agilent Technologies Collaborates with Gachon University on Discovery of Biomarkers for Cancer and Diabetes

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Gachon University of Medicine and Science today announced a collaboration in the field of biomarker discovery using proteomics and glycoproteomics. The College of Pharmacy at Gachon University is world-renowned for its research in preventing and treating cancer and diabetes. Proteomics refers to the large-scale experimental analysis of proteins and [...]

Life Technologies Moving “Off the Grid” with Clean Energy Fuel Cells

CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced it will use a fuel cell system to self-generate electricity for its company headquarters, along with its manufacturing and distribution center in Carlsbad, California. The Bloom Energy fuel cell system will begin operating in August and will reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent, increase energy [...]

Genisphere Adapts 3DNA® Dendrimer Technology to Lateral Flow Point-of-Care Assays

HATFIELD, Pa.-- Genisphere has adapted its pioneering 3DNA Dendrimer Signal Amplification technology for Lateral Flow (LF) Point-of-Care (POC) assays, providing improved sensitivity and enabling a broad new array of POC tests. LF assays represent a unique and growing class of POC tests designed to rapidly diagnose patients within clinically actionable timeframes. Genisphere’s 3DNA® signal amplifiers [...]

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