LLOYD MATERIALS TESTING OFFERS 24-PAGE BROCHURE ON FOOD TEXTURE ANALYSIS
March 20, 2012
LARGO, FL—Lloyd Materials Testing, a unit of AMETEK Test & Calibration Instruments, has completed a 24-page brochure detailing its full range of food texture analysis solutions. Lloyd is a world-leader in innovative texture analysis and materials testing systems for the food, drug, cosmetics, packaging and other industries. The color brochure covers all aspects of texture [...]
Graphic Products Introduces New Duralabel Cryogenic Labeling Supply
March 20, 2012
Portland, OR -- Graphic Products, Inc. has released a new cryogenic label supply for virology labeling, genetics labeling, DNA sequencing and cryogenic storage – applications which demand durability at temperatures as low as -320° F. DuraLabel Cryogenic Labels are designed for long-term specimen storage on vials, tubes, slides and many other containers used in cryogenic [...]
RENOWNED UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GOES LIVE WITH LABVANTAGE 6
March 20, 2012
Somerset, NJ.-- LABVANTAGE announced today that a world-renowned university medical center is live with its laboratory information management system (LIMS). Consisting of over 10 core laboratories, the institute processes an extremely high volume of samples for RNAi, genomics testing, small animal imaging, transgenics, proteomics, flow cytometry, microscopy, and more. The center required a reliable and [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Appoints New Member to Scientific Advisory Board
March 20, 2012
WALTHAM, Mass.-- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has appointed David M. Sabatini, MD, PhD, to its Scientific Advisory Board. The Board was formed in 2010 to formalize the two-way exchange of technological information between the company and representatives from some of the world’s premiere [...]
Protein Crystallization Specialist Microlytic Expands Activities with New VC Investment
March 20, 2012
Microlytic ApS announced that the company has secured USD 3.5 million in additional venture financing to expand sales and production operations in the Structural Biology sector. “Microlytic has the potential to revolutionize the process of protein crystallization by offering tools that significantly enhance success rates in crystallization, which is much needed in the industry, without [...]
ENZO BIOCHEM ANNOUNCES EXPANDED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN’S COSMO BIO
March 20, 2012
New York, NY,-- Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE: ENZ) announced today an expanded business arrangement between its wholly owned subsidiary, Enzo Life Sciences, and Tokyo-based Cosmo Bio Co., Ltd. (JASDAQ: 3386). Under the terms of the arrangement, Cosmo Bio—a distributor of Enzo Life Sciences products in Japan for over 20 years—will assume a leadership position in [...]
March 20, 2012
IUPAC and ThalesNano have announced at the 2nd International Conference of the Flow Chemistry Society in Munich that the International Flow Chemistry Prize was awarded to Prof. Klavs Jensen, Warren K Lewis Professor and Department Head, Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT. The prize was awarded in recognition of Prof. Jensen’s extensive activities and publications, [...]
Roche files definitive proxy statement
March 20, 2012
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that it filed its definitive proxy statement and sent a letter to shareholders of Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) urging them to tender their shares into Roche’s offer and vote for Roche’s independent director nominees and other proposals at the 2012 Illumina annual meeting to be held on [...]
AnaSpec Developes AMC Resins for SPPS
March 20, 2012
Peptide-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin conjugates (peptide-AMCs) are widely used as fluorogenic substrates to study proteases. The preparation of peptide-AMCs usually involves solution phase synthesis since AMC lacks an additional functional group for attachment to a solid support. Although solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) of peptide-7-amino-4-carbamoylmethylcoumarin conjugates (peptide-ACCs) as an alternative for peptide-AMCs has been previously reported;1,2 no AMC solid [...]
Bioline Celebrates 20 Years of Service to Life Science
March 20, 2012
CINCINNATI-- Bioline, The PCR Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO), was founded in London, UK in 1992 by Marco Calzavara, President of Meridian Bioscience Europe. Bioline is a leading manufacturer and distributor of PCR enzymes and molecular biology reagents providing complete solutions to researchers in universities, major research institutions, hospitals, biotech and [...]

