Implant Sciences Adds Top Industry Executive and Former TSA Security Director as General Manager for the Americas

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 attracted a top-performing sales leader in the explosives trace detection (ETD) industry. Todd Swearingen has been appointed General Manager for the Americas. He will oversee the federal [...]

Efractometer, New from Rudolph Research; The J47 Temperature correcting Automatic Refractometer is Designed for the Sugar and Food Industries

Hackettstown, New Jersey -- New from Rudolph Research; The J47 Temperature correcting Automatic Refractometer designed for the Sugar and Food industries. Very fast measurement. Simple to load, simple to measure, simple to clean Result independent of operator judgment Rugged, reliable, and perfect for high throughput applications in the sugar and food industries. Accurate, on-board temperature [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Extends Industry-Leading FT-IR Platform with Launch of New-Generation Spectrometer at ACHEMA 2012

FRANKFURT, Germany, -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO), the world leader in serving science, extended its leading FT-IR spectrometry platform by introducing the first research-grade FT-IR system designed for simple one-touch operation. The new Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS50 FT-IR spectrometer is one of several innovative products being introduced at ACHEMA to help customers increase laboratory [...]

Insilico and Metabolomic Discoveries Launch Media Optimization Kit and Cell Line Engineering Kit

Potsdam/Stuttgart – Metabolomic Discoveries and Insilico Biotechnology have launched two innovative products, jointly developed to optimize bioproduction processes: the Media Optimization Kit and Cell Line Engineering Kit. The new kits will help industrial biotechnology companies to optimize the performance of their production strains. These are the first fruits to be reaped from approx. six months [...]

Scott Riggi joins Block Engineering as Vice President of Sales

Block Engineering, a leading developer of Quantum Cascade Laser and FTIR spectroscopy instruments, announced today that Scott Riggi has joined the company as its new Vice President of Sales. Scott will lead all sales activities for Block's award-winning line of QCL products, including its new LaserBench (TM) benchtop QCL spectrometer for the laboratory. Petros Kotidis, [...]

Waters Breaks Ground on New Mass Spectrometry HQ in Wilmslow, UK

MANCHESTER, England, -- Waters® Corporation (NYSE: WAT) held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Mass Spectrometry Headquarters planned for completion in 2014. The Right Honourable George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, joined Waters for the event and put the ceremonial spade in the ground. A Copper Beech tree was planted onsite to mark the [...]

Bruker and the CDC Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory Announce a Collaboration for Mass Spectrometry-based Microbial Identification

SAN FRANCISCO, California -- At the 112th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) in San Francisco, Bruker announces a new collaboration with the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory (SBRL) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The SBRL receives approximately 800 isolates of rare and unusual bacteria from U.S. public [...]

Illumina Files Second Patent Infringement Suit Against Complete Genomics, Inc.

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced today that the company has filed an additional patent infringement suit against Complete Genomics, Inc. Illumina is seeking all available remedies, including injunctive relief. The new suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, is based on Complete Genomics’ infringement of U.S. Patent No. [...]

ATCC Announces Agreement with Life Technologies Corporation to sell and distribute Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)-based Materials

Manassas, VA, — ATCC, the premier biological materials resource and standards organization, announces that the organization can now accept into its collections and distribute a wide variety of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-containing biological materials. Through an agreement with Life Technologies Corporation, ATCC can sell products to distributors, non-commercial customers and government customers in the research [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Sets New Standard in UHPLC Flexibility

SAN JOSE, Calif – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific UltiMate 3000 XRS UHPLC system. This newest member of the Thermo Scientific UltiMate 3000 UHPLC+ family offers new UHPLC capabilities in solvent delivery and sample handling with a wide range of detector options for high-throughput laboratories. [...]

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