GenMark Diagnostics Dismisses Patent Lawsuit Against Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.

CARLSBAD, Calif. - GenMark Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ:GNMK) announced today that it has dismissed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California pending since November 2010 that requested declaratory relief that it does not infringe three U.S. patents on microfluidic technology allegedly owned by Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. The suit sought Declaratory Relief that GenMark does [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Accelerates Expansion in China

WALTHAM, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced plans for a new manufacturing facility in China within the Suzhou Science and Technology Town - part of the company's strategy to aggressively expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. The new facility, scheduled for completion in early [...]

Hach Acquires Accurate Detection and Accurate Measurement in Australia and New Zealand

Loveland, Colorado, USA. - Hach Company (www.hach.com) announced the acquisition of Accurate Detection and Accurate Measurement (Accurate), distributors of analytical and detection instrumentation including Hach water quality analytics in Australia and New Zealand. This move gives Accurate’s customers direct access to Hach’s innovative water quality products and extensive service support. Hach has more than sixty [...]

Cellecta, Inc. Releases the DECIPHER Project’s Third Module of the Human Lentiviral RNAi Library for Functional Screening

Mountain View, CA - Today, Cellecta, Inc. released the 3rd Module of the DECIPHER Project Pooled shRNA Library which targets an additional 5,000 human genes. This new Human Library Module adds additional cell surface, extracellular, DNA binding targets, and other genes to the well-annotated signal transduction and disease-associated genes primarily targeted with the first two [...]

Introducing the picoSpin Benchtop NMR Spectrometer from Cole-Parmer

Vernon Hills, IL - Researchers and educators now have access to a revolutionary benchtop NMR spectrometer. The 45-MHz picoSpin™ spectrometer resolves proton chemical shifts with a resolution of 100 parts per billion using a very small sample volume of less than 20 microliters. Liquid samples are simply injected into an internal capillary via front-panel fittings. [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires Polystyrene Roller Bottle Product Line Assets from BD

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire certain assets of the polystyrene roller bottle product line from BD, a global technology company that develops, manufactures and sells medical devices, instruments and reagents. The acquisition demonstrates Thermo Fisher Scientific’s commitment [...]

FLIR Systems Introduces New Multi-Modal GC/MS Instrument for Chemical Identification

PORTLAND, OR - FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announces the release of the Griffin™ 460 mobile GC/MS (gas chromatograph mass spectrometer) instrument. This state-of-the-art instrument enables innovative multimodal sample introduction for liquid, solid, and vapor samples while also providing continuous, direct air monitoring. The Griffin 460 is the only mobile GC/MS to provide this range [...]

Advion BioServices Research Firm to Establish Operation at Purdue Research Park of Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS - Advion BioServices Inc., a provider of contract bioanalytical research services, announced that it will establish a laboratory here, creating 49 immediate jobs and up to 66 jobs by 2015. The company, which provides a range of laboratory testing services and laboratory equipment to pharmaceutical developers and university researchers, will invest more than $6.1 [...]

NEW CL-200 Dual Channel Bipolar Temperature Controller

Warner Instruments is pleased to introduce the NEW CL-200 Dual Channel Bipolar Temperature Controller for automatic control of two Peltier devices. Accurately maintaining temperatures between -6° and 65°C with a single control, this model features a feedback thermistor switch that allows the user to select which thermistor is used for feedback control. Built-in protection for [...]

Sigma® Life Science Launches Oncology Disease Model Cell Lines

St. Louis, MO. - Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq:SIAL), today announced the addition of new genetically modified cancer cells to the Company’s range of high-quality cell lines. These human knockout and knock-in oncology cell lines, created using Sigma’s proprietary CompoZr® Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) technology which [...]

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