Adaptive TCR Changes Name to Adaptive Biotechnologies
January 3, 2012
SEATTLE -- Adaptive TCR Corporation, a leading provider of next generation sequencing assays for the adaptive immune system marketed under the brand name immunoSEQ, announced today it has changed its name to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation effective immediately. The name change reflects the expanded capabilities of the company's original immune profiling business as well as the [...]
Artel Grows Technical Services Team for Liquid Handling Quality Assurance
January 3, 2012
Westbrook, ME – Artel is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Technical Services team with the appointment of Dana Campbell, who will join Artel as a Laboratory Applications Specialist. Over the past decade, Dana has accumulated a wealth of expertise while working at Beckman Coulter Inc. as a Senior Field Applications Specialist where [...]
Fast and efficient disposable syringe filters
January 3, 2012
Specialists in quality laboratory plasticware - Porvair Sciences has announced a new range of disposable syringe filters that provide fast and efficient filtration of cell culture media. Manufactured in a Class 100000 / ISO Class V clean room to ISO 9001:2008 and EN ISO 13485:2003 manufacturing standards ensures all Porvair syringe filters are free from [...]
Eppendorf Licenses Technology for Thermal Cyclers to Analytik Jena
January 3, 2012
HAMBURG, Germany, Eppendorf AG has licensed patents covering gradient technology for thermal cyclers to Analytik Jena AG for use in their thermal cyclers, including US patent Nos. 6,767,512 and 7,074,367. Eppendorf utilizes the technology in its Eppendorf Mastercycler® pro gradient, Mastercycler gradient and Mastercycler ep realplex models. Eppendorf AG, based in Hamburg, Germany, develops, produces [...]
Eisai to Acquire Global License to ChemAxon Software for Drug Discovery Infrastructure
January 3, 2012
UDAPEST, Hungary, & TOKYO -- Patcore, Inc., an exclusive agency for ChemAxon in Japan, confirms the global licensing of ChemAxon’s JChem Cartridge for Oracle to Eisai Co. The database storage and search technology will be used by Eisai for the management of chemical structure information generated in discovery processes in Eisai’s global R&D organization. Simultaneously, [...]
Shimadzu Corporation Names New Director and President of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments
January 3, 2012
COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Corporation has named Shuzo Maruyama president of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI), effective December 19, 2011. Maruyama will oversee overall sales and management functions for SSI, the American subsidiary of Shimadzu Corporation (Kyoto, Japan). He replaces Takeshi Kawami, who served as president at SSI since April 2007. Maruyama has served Shimadzu Corporation [...]
January 3, 2012
CHELMSFORD, Mass., -- Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), a leading worldwide provider of automation, vacuum, and instrumentation solutions for multiple markets including semiconductor manufacturing, life sciences, and clean energy, today announced that it had completed the acquisition of the Celigo® Cell Cytometer product line from Cyntellect Inc., a privately held life sciences Company based in San [...]
AMETEK ACQUIRES TECHNICAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
January 3, 2012
Berwyn, PA -- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that it has acquired Technical Manufacturing Corporation (TMC), a world leader in high-performance vibration isolation systems and optical test benches used to isolate highly sensitive instruments for the microelectronics, life sciences, photonics and ultra-precision manufacturing industries. The privately held manufacturer, headquartered in Peabody, MA, has estimated [...]
Neogen Launches Fully Quantitative Lateral Flow Test for DON
January 3, 2012
LANSING, Mich. — Neogen Corporation has developed a new test for deoxynivalenol (DON) that combines the speed and simplicity of a lateral flow test with the fully quantitative precision of a more demanding testing method. The presence of the mold toxin DON in certain grains is a major concern to producers of animal feed and [...]
Accelrys Acquires VelQuest Corporation for $35 Million in Cash
January 3, 2012
SAN DIEGO--Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise research and development software and services company, today announced that it has acquired privately-held VelQuest Corporation for $35 million in an all-cash transaction. VelQuest is the leader in paperless lab execution systems supporting current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) for FDA-regulated industries including pharmaceuticals and biotechnology organizations. [...]
