May 10, 2012
TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems and consumables for life science applications, is pleased to announce that it is collaborating with scientists at The Open University (OU), in Milton Keynes, UK to produce robust 3D human central nervous system (CNS) tissue models for use in drug discovery and pre-clinical testing. The [...]
Agilent Technologies Announces Winner of Fourth Annual Early Career Professor Award
May 10, 2012
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the winner of the fourth annual Agilent Early Career Professor Award. Dr. Anthony Mittermaier, associate professor of chemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, will receive $50,000 per year for two years in his name, to support his research. Mittermaier joined the faculty in the department of chemistry [...]
Brooks Automation Names Healthcare Executive Ellen M. Zane to Its Board of Directors
May 10, 2012
CHELMSFORD, Mass., -- Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), a leading worldwide provider of automation, vacuum, and instrumentation solutions for multiple markets including semiconductor manufacturing, life sciences, and clean energy, today announced that Ellen M. Zane has been elected to its Board of Directors. Ms. Zane recently retired as the president and chief executive officer of Tufts [...]
Formulaction Seeks Mergers & Acquistions
May 10, 2012
Formulaction SA. (L’Union, France), a developer of lab instruments for the study of the stability and micro-rheology of liquid dispersions, is looking for companies or technologies to accelerate its growth in the field of material characterization. Formulaction CEO Gerard Meunier stated: “Our strong investment in developing innovative instruments (15% of our turnover) for liquid-dispersion characterization [...]
TTP Labtech Launches Impressive Number of Products Following Company Growth
May 10, 2012
Cambridge, UK – Natural innovator, TTP Labtech, has strengthened its in-house team and commitment to product development following a successful 2011, which saw revenue increase by 5%. Having invested heavily in R&D in 2011, with 100% of resources focused solely on product development, TTP Labtech has launched an impressive number of products this year alone, [...]
New Chairman of Supervisory Board at Carl Zeiss AG
May 10, 2012
The Carl Zeiss AG Supervisory Board has elected Dr. Dieter Kurz as the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board, effective immediately. "With Dr. Kurz, we are gaining a Chairman of the Supervisory Board who is very familiar with the company and the challenges of our portfolio through his many years of successful work as a [...]
Formulaction Is Expanding In Emerging Territories
May 10, 2012
Formulaction SA. (L’Union, France), a developer of lab instruments for the study of the stability and micro-rheology of liquid dispersions, is expanding its business into BRIC territories. Pascal Bru, Formulaction Sales Director stated: “Formulaction has grown by 10% per year since 2003. Our instruments are well recognized in the field of formulation and well established [...]
Cisbio adds three cellular kinase assays to its kinase screening platform
May 10, 2012
Codolet, France, - Cisbio Bioassays (www.cisbio.com), global developer of products, technologies and services used for assay development and drug screening and for in vitro diagnostics, has added three kinase assays to its growing cell-based kinase screening platform. The assays, all based on the company’s powerful HTRF® technology, were designed to provide new, easy and rapid [...]
3D Culture Cell Harvesting Kit
May 10, 2012
The AMSBIO Cultrex® 3D Culture Cell Harvesting Kit is based on a non-enzymatic approach that prevents biochemical degradation during processing and overcomes the problems associated with extracting cells from 3D culture in BME or Laminin I. The quality of the harvested cells is ideal for Western blotting and RNA and DNA analysis. In 3D culture, [...]
GE Healthcare Life Sciences completes acquisition of Xcellerex, Inc.
May 10, 2012
Chalfont St Giles, UK – GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Xcellerex, Inc., a supplier of innovative manufacturing technologies for the fast-growing biopharmaceutical industry. The acquisition expands GE Healthcare’s offering of technologies and services for the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals such as recombinant proteins, [...]
