Reinnervate and Tecan to develop automated 3D cell culture solutions for improved cellular assays.

Sedgefield, UK and Männedorf, Switzerland -- Reinnervate Ltd and Tecan Trading AG, have signed a co-marketing agreement to develop a range of automated solutions for 3D cell culture, based on the Freedom EVO® liquid handling workstations and Reinnervate’s Alvetex®Scaffold 3D cell culturing technology. Alvetex® products are based on a highly porous, polystyrene scaffold structure with [...]

New product for Mineral Liberation Analysis

Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis, a world leader in microanalysis software and systems, has announced the launch of INCAMineral, a product for automated Mineral Liberation Analysis on a multipurpose SEM. The Oxford Instruments solution provides accurate classification of minerals at speeds comparable to dedicated systems – but with the flexibility to perform other investigations as required. Mineral [...]

Distributor of Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD) in the Benelux

LEIDEN, - BIOKÉ, a Cell Signaling Technology Europe (CST Europe) company, and Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. (ACD) announced that they have entered a distribution agreement, effective May 1st, 2012. The agreement emphasizes the commitment of BIOKÉ to develop personal and lasting relationships with strong and reliable partners to secure scientific excellence in a highly competitive [...]

Spectro, Inc. Expands Global Sales and Support Organization in China

LITTLETON, MA – Spectro, Inc., one of the largest worldwide suppliers of oil and fuel analysis instruments to industry and military markets, has established a local sales and support office in Beijing, China under the leadership of China Sales Manager Alex Shi. Mr. Shi previously held the roles of account manager at 3M Corporation, project [...]

FEI Receives Bookings Worldwide From Oil & Gas Companies

HILLSBORO, Ore.,-- FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced today that it has received multiple bookings for its "Core-to-Pore" petrography workflow and QEMSCAN? WellSite™ analysis solutions. "FEI has made great inroads in developing technology and workflows to better characterize reservoirs around the world, from sandstone to carbonates to shale. In the past few months, bookings of these systems have [...]

Agilent Technologies Thought Leader Award Supports Dr. Jens Frisvad’s Work in Food Safety at Technical University of Denmark

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the recipients of its latest Thought Leader award: Dr. Jens Frisvad and the Center for Microbial Biotechnology in the Department of Systems Biology at the Technical University of Denmark. With this award, Agilent is contributing measurement solutions and expertise to support research in food safety, specifically the metabolomics [...]

The University of Dundee chooses Rigaku X-ray diffraction (XRD) instruments for research into protein structure determination

The Woodlands, TX — Rigaku Americas Corporation is pleased to announce that the University of Dundee, Scotland has chosen to update their X-ray crystallography facility with the most advanced fully automated protein crystallography system from Rigaku. The new equipment includes the Rigaku MicroMax 007HF generator, a VariMax VHF optic, Saturn 944HG CCD detector and ACTOR [...]

STEMCELL Technologies Announces the Release of PneumaCult™-ALI, a New Culture Medium for Differentiating Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells at the Air-liquid Interface

A new culture medium for more physiologically relevant differentiation of human bronchial epithelial cells has been released by STEMCELL Technologies. Cells cultured with PneumaCult™-ALI at the air-liquid interface undergo extensive mucociliary differentiation to form a pseudostratified epithelium that closely resembles the human airway. “Culturing primary human bronchial epithelial cells at the air-liquid interface using current [...]

Bruker Corporation Appoints Charles F. Wagner, Jr. as Executive Vice President and New Chief Financial Officer

BILLERICA, Mass.-- Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced the appointment of Charles F. Wagner, Jr. as its Executive Vice President (EVP) and new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective on or about June 30, 2012. William J. Knight, the Company's current CFO, will continue to serve as a member of the Company's senior management team and [...]

FEI Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

HILLSBORO, Ore., -- FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced that its board of directors approved the initiation of quarterly cash dividends to its shareholders and declared the first cash dividend in the company's history. A quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share of common stock will be paid on July 24 to all shareholders of record as of [...]

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