Umetrics Releases SIMCA Version 13

Malmo, Sweden - SIMCA is the industry standard multivariate data analysis software for scientists and engineers and Umetrics is pleased to announce the latest release, Version 13, a major upgrade with added functionalities and the continued focus on ease of use. “The new SIMCA13 with a modern intuitive interface makes batch process analysis, data mining [...]

Aspect Imaging Expands Cooperation with Bruker Corporation on High-Performance Compact MRI System for Pre-clinical and Molecular Imaging

TORONTO, Canada, SHOHAM, Israel -- Aspect Imaging, the world leading developer of high-performance compact permanent magnets, announced the expanded cooperation with Bruker Corporation on manufacturing and distributing easy-to-use compact magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. Aspect will provide its patented technology to Bruker for use in its Icon compact high-performance 1 Tesla MRI system. In addition, [...]

PerkinElmer Introduces OilExpress™ 4 and OilPrep™ 4 for High-Throughput Oil Analysis

WALTHAM, Mass. –– PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the introduction of the OilExpress™ a4nd Oi lPrep™ s4ystems for faster oil analysis. The OilExpress 4 system includes a high performance Spectrum Two™ F-TIR spectrometer and multi-tip sampling capabilities with a synchronized multi-tasking [...]

PerkinElmer Launches HER2Sense™ Discovery Research Imaging Agent to Enable Personalized Medicine Approaches for Breast Cancer Research

WALTHAM, Mass.–– PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the availability of the HER2Sense™ preclinical imaging agent, to support breast cancer discovery research into personalized medicine. The HER2Sense agent is the first fluorescent, discovery research imaging agent to be based on a commercialized [...]

Corning Incorporated Expands its Life Sciences Product Portfolio to Include Cell Culture Media and Custom Solutions

The Corning cellgro product line, combined with Corning’s disposable vessels and surfaces, provides researchers with a comprehensive portfolio of products for all stages of cell culture growth and scale-up, from sample preparation and separation through harvesting. Corning cellgro products are manufactured by Mediatech Inc., a subsidiary of Corning Incorporated. “Enhancing our cell culture and molecular [...]

Bruker Announces Acquisition of SkyScan, a Leading Provider of Micro-CT Systems for 3D X-Ray Imaging in Materials Research and Preclinical Studies

ANTWERP, Belgium -- Bruker Corporation today announced that it has acquired all of the shares of SkyScan N.V., a scientific instruments company located near Antwerp, Belgium. Financial details were not disclosed. For the remainder for 2012, the acquisition of SkyScan is expected to add approximately $13 million to Bruker's revenue and to be accretive to [...]

GE Healthcare Life Sciences launches Capto™ Core 700 chromatography medium for viruses and other large biomolecules

GE Healthcare’s Capto Core 700 is a multimodal chromatography medium (resin) designed for intermediate purification and polishing of viruses and other large biomolecules. Capto Core 700 offers a range of performance advantages over a typical gel filtration step. Productivity is improved with up to 100-fold greater sample loadings and significantly higher flow rates. Optimization and [...]

RainDance Launches Comprehensive Sequencing Panel for Cancer Mutation Screening and Research

LEXINGTON, Mass. AND CHICAGO, Ill.,– RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ company, today announced the worldwide availability of its new panel for cancer mutation screening research using any next-generation sequencing (NGS) system. The RainDance Cancer Hotspot Panel enables researchers to simultaneously interrogate more than 13,000 cancer “hotspots” across 54 genes. Developed with researchers from the [...]

Idaho Technology Launches FilmArray(R) Respiratory Panel at European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

SALT LAKE CITY,-- Idaho Technology, Inc., a privately held biotechnology and clinical diagnostics company dedicated to providing the world's fastest, highest-quality instruments for pathogen identification and DNA analysis, today announced the European launch of its FilmArray Respiratory Panel (FilmArray RP), a multiplex clinical diagnostic product that simultaneously detects 21 respiratory pathogens in about one hour. [...]

RainDance Launches the Next Generation of PCR

LEXINGTON, Mass. AND CHICAGO, Ill.,– RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ company, today introduced its new RainDrop™ Digital PCR System, which establishes new performance standards in sensitivity, multiplexing and absolute quantitation in PCR analysis. Capable of generating more than a billion reactions in a single day, the RainDrop System transforms the performance of molecular assays [...]

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