April 16, 2012
SAN DIEGO,-- Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today reported that more than 12,700 total tests, including in excess of 4,900 MaterniT21 PLUS laboratory-developed tests (LDT) offered by Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine (Sequenom CMM), were accessioned during the first quarter of 2012. This equates to an annualized [...]
April 16, 2012
LAS VEGAS-- At a major recycling industry conference, Bruker today announced the introduction of the new S1 TITAN handheld XRF analyzer at the ISRI 2012 conference (www.isri.org). The S1 TITAN is among the lightest (1.44 kg including battery) tube-based handheld XRF analyzers on the market today. The innovative S1 TITAN features an integrated touch-screen color [...]
Spectrum Announces TCI America Distribution Agreement
April 16, 2012
New Brunswick, NJ - Spectrum Chemicals & Laboratory Products has become the primary US distributor for TCI America, an internationally recognized leader providing specialty chemicals for research and science. This agreement provides Spectrum access to one of the most comprehensive line of organics for R&D, biochemical, medicinal chemistry and general laboratory use and pushes Spectrum’s [...]
WaferGen Bio-systems Announces Open Format qPCR Platform and Strategic Realignment
April 16, 2012
FREMONT, Calif.,-- WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCBB: WGBS.OB), a nano-scale qPCR Company, announced today a strategic realignment and new direction for the organization. The Company's focus will be to enable customers to perform accurate high-throughput qPCR projects for gene expression, genotyping, and target enrichment for next-generation sequencing in a simpler and more cost-effective way. Underlying this [...]
Fluidigm China Opens Its Doors
April 16, 2012
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.– Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) has begun direct service to customers in China. Through the establishment of a wholly-owned Fluidigm subsidiary in China in late January 2012, officially known as Fluidigm (Shanghai) Instrument Technology Co., Ltd. or ???(??)????????, Fluidigm will improve services to its Chinese customer base and expects to rapidly build a [...]
April 16, 2012
MIAMI, Florida - At the Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC) 2012, Bruker announces the BNL (Bruker Nitrogen Liquefier) accessory, available now for its Ascend™ NMR magnet product line up to 700 MHz. NMR customers can now benefit from significantly extended cryogenic maintenance intervals for improved user convenience, increased flexibility for long-term experiments and lower [...]
FiveEasy™ Plus – Efficient pH and Conductivity Measurement
April 16, 2012
Columbus, OH – METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to introduce FiveEasy™ Plus, a new line of entry-level benchtop meters for measurement of pH and conductivity. FiveEasy™ Plus features two new meters and a new pH sensor. FiveEasy™ Plus pH FEP20 – a benchtop pH meter featuring three-point calibration. It is ideal for anyone who needs an [...]
April 16, 2012
Bedford, MA – Rapid Micro Biosystems, the provider of rapid, automated, non-destructive detection and enumeration technologies in microbiology, today announced the 2013 availability of the next generation of Growth Direct™ applications. The tests are specifically designed for environmental monitoring and sterility applications in pharmaceutical quality control laboratories. Representing a quantum leap from the current sterility [...]
Helicos BioSciences Corporation Announces Prenatal Diagnostics IP Sale to Sequenom
April 16, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- Helicos BioSciences Corporation (OTCQB: HLCS.PK) announced today that it has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Sequenom, Inc. pursuant to which Sequenom purchased all rights, title and interest in Helicos' United States Patent Application Serial Nos. 12/709,057 and 12/727,824 (Methods for Detecting Fetal Nucleic Acids and Diagnosing Fetal Abnormalities) and certain related [...]
Ocean Optics and Tornado Medical Systems Partner on New Line of Spectrometers
April 16, 2012
Dunedin, FL – Ocean Optics and Tornado Medical Systems have formed a co-development, manufacturing and distribution partnership for a broad line of spectrometers based on Tornado’s High Throughput Virtual Slit (“HTVS”) technology. The HTVS will form the core of a new line of high performance spectrometers being co-developed by the two companies and sold by [...]

