NORTH CENTRAL STATE COLLEGE MOVES INTO NANOTECHNOLOGY WITH CURRICULUM FROM NANOPROFESSOR

SKOKIE, Ill. – NanoProfessor®, a division of NanoInk®, Inc. focused on nanotechnology education, announced today that North Central State College (NC State) in Mansfield, Ohio took the first step to integrating nanotechnology into its science education program by purchasing the NanoProfessor Nanoscience Education Program curriculum. Ken Ekegren, a registered Professional Engineer and Assistant Professor for [...]

New Primers Increase Assay Confidence and Improve Sensitivity

Ann Arbor, MI – Swift Biosciences, Inc. today announced their new line of myT™ Primer reagents for the detection of key cancer mutations. myT Primers provide an increased level of confidence and convenience in qPCR assays. Swift’s reagents have unique structural and thermodynamic properties that enable highly sensitive mismatch discrimination. The extreme selectivity and reproducibility [...]

Micronic launches supporting entity for traceable product portfolio in North America

Micronic Holding BV, a leading manufacturer of innovative sample storage tubes and accessories based in Lelystad, The Netherlands, has announced the launch of Micronic America, a new supporting entity for the company's traceable product portfolio in the U.S. and Canada. Micronic America will operate in conjunction with Micronic Manufacturing USA, Micronic's U.S.-based production facility, to [...]

Growing Freeman Technology establishes new US subsidiary

Tewkesbury, UK: Building on a decade of successful business in North America, powder characterisation specialist Freeman Technology is pleased to announce that in January 2012 the company formally established a US subsidiary, Freeman Technology Inc. This new organisation will take on responsibility for sales, service and applications support for the ever growing number of FT4 [...]

GE Healthcare offers Fast Trak Training in Singapore to serve growing South East Asian biopharmaceutical industry

Chalfont St Giles, UK, GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that it is to begin offering Fast Trak training in a state-of-the-art facility at the School of Life Sciences and Chemical Technology, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore. GE Healthcare’s Fast Trak Training and Education Courses provide hands-on practical training in the [...]

Superb New Wavelength Calibration Standard Released By NSG Precision Cells

Farmingdale, NY - With up-to-date technology, NSG Precision Cells is honored to announce their latest innovative product in calibration standard technology, wavelength calibration filters. The filter is uniquely specified in calibrating the wavelength of spectrophotometers and other spectral instruments. It is extremely robust as well as NIST compatible and is highly recommended for all types [...]

Ion Channel Consortium for Ion Channel Drug Discovery Formed by Aurora, Alion Pharmaceuticals and Specs

Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aurora Biomed Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Alion Pharmaceuticals and Specs to form a new Ion Channel Consortium that will provide a novel, comprehensive solution for ion channel drug discovery. Together, the three companies will offer value added identification and validation of ion channel modulators. [...]

Oxford Nanopore introduces DNA ‘strand sequencing’ on the high-throughput GridION platform and presents MinION, a sequencer the size of a USB memory stick

Oxford, UK/FL, US. Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. today presented for the first time DNA sequence data using its novel nanopore 'strand sequencing' technique and proprietary high performance electronic devices GridION and MinION. These data were presented by Clive G Brown, Chief Technology Officer, who outlined the Company's pathway to a commercial product with highly disruptive [...]

Asuragen launches miRInform® Pancreas Test for Use on Fine Needle Aspirate Specimens of Pancreatic Masses

Austin, Texas, Asuragen, Inc. announced today the immediate availability of the miRInform® Pancreas Test in its CAP-accredited CLIA Laboratory. miRInform® Pancreas was developed to aid physicians in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) when cytology is inconclusive. The test evaluates expression levels of seven miRNAs in Fine Needle Aspirate (FNA) specimens of [...]

LECO Corporation Opens New Separation Science R&D Facility

St. Joseph, Mich.—LECO Corporation has opened the newest addition to its corporate headquarters campus in St. Joseph, Michigan—the Elizabeth S. Warren Technical Centre. Named in honor of LECO Executive Vice President and Treasurer Elizabeth S. Warren, this 28,000 square-foot facility is dedicated to the research and development of innovative instrumentation and equipment for LECO’s separation [...]

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