PerkinElmer OneSource Extends Service Contract with Minerva Scientific (UK) to Maximize Laboratory Productivity for Pharmaceutical Analysis

WALTHAM, Massachusetts - PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the extension of their OneSource Laboratory Services contract with Minerva Scientific, a specialist pharmaceutical testing laboratory based in Derbyshire, UK. In order to maintain a competitive edge, independent testing laboratories are [...]

SPECTROstar Nano – Revolution in Absorbance Microplate Reading

BMG LABTECH introduces a revolution in absorbance reading - SPECTROstar Nano Experience the future of microplate reader technology today with the new SPECTROstar Nano. This ultra-fast, full spectrum absorbance microplate reader with cuvette port is perfect for all absorbance assays. Its rapid full spectrum analysis at a resolution of 1 nm allows for absorbance assays [...]

BioTime Announces Executive Management Changes

ALAMEDA, Calif - BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex:BTIM) announced today that its Chief Financial Officer, Steven A. Seinberg, has resigned his position effective September 17, 2010. Mr. Seinberg, who is an attorney, will be returning to the practice of law at a private firm. Mr. Seinberg has agreed to assist BioTime in transition tasks on a [...]

CLC bio Expanding US Operations with New Offices and Hirings

CLC bio is currently ramping up their efforts in both North and South America as a direct response to the increasing data analysis demands throughout the life science sector. Per September 1st, CLC bio’s Americas headquarters has opened a new location on 10 Rogers Street in Cambridge, Boston. The new offices will be the home [...]

Tecan Concludes the Sale of the Sample Management Activities to NEXUS Biosystems

Männedorf, Switzerland - The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) today announced that the sale of REMP AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tecan, as well as other related assets, to NEXUS Biosystems has been completed as planned. From September 1, 2010, the Sample Management business segment will no longer be consolidated within the Tecan [...]

Agilent Technologies Ships 300th X-Ray Crystallography System

Recipient Is University of Oxford's Chemical Crystallography Laboratory Santa Clara, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it has shipped the 300th X-ray crystallography SuperNova system. The system was manufactured by Oxford Diffraction Ltd., part of Varian, Inc., which was acquired by Agilent in May, 2010. The 300th (and 301st) SuperNova systems [...]

VWR International, LLC Acquires LABART SP. Z O.O. in Poland

WEST CHESTER, PA - VWR International, LLC, a leading global laboratory supply and distribution company, announced today that it has acquired LABART SP. Z O.O., a scientific laboratory supply distributor headquartered in Gdansk, Poland. LABART was founded in 1996 and is one of Poland's largest independent suppliers of laboratory equipment and consumables. LABART is recognized [...]

Sigma(R) Life Science Enters Genetically Modified Cell Market

Sigma Life Science launches range of engineered cell lines exploiting CompoZr(R) zinc finger nuclease technology St. Louis - Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and research services business of Sigma-Aldrich(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL), today announced the global release of a pioneering range of engineered mammalian cell lines. This new product range combines Sigma's proprietary [...]

iBox® Explorer™ Fluorescence Imaging Microscope released at the 2010 World Molecular Imaging Conference in Kyoto Japan

UVP, LLC will exhibit at World Molecular Imaging Conference in Kyoto, Japan from September 8 – 11, 2010 to showcase the new iBox® Explorer™ Fluorescence Imaging Microscope along with UVP’s extensive line of iBox in vivo imaging systems for rapid high resolution analysis of fluorescently tagged cells, tissues, organs and whole animals in the visible [...]

New England Journal of Medicine Study Shows New Molecular TB Test Could Offer Rapid and Effective Diagnosis in Developing Countries

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced that its Xpert(R) MTB/RIF test was the subject of a study published in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), "Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance." The complete study is now available online (http://www.nejm.org) and will appear in the September 9 [...]

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