US Department of Homeland Security Designates Raptor Detection Technologies SAFE-T Products as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology

COLUMBIA, Md., Raptor Detection Technologies, LLC announced today that its line of "Substance Activated Fast Evaluation Technology" (SAFE-T) explosive detection products have received official "Qualified Antiterrorism Technology" designation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The designation comes as part of the government's Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (the "SAFETY [...]

Partnership in Japan: Analytik Jena Adds X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy to its Product Portfolio and Begins Sales in Japan

Jena/Yokohama — Analytik Jena AG is expanding its product range in Japan, the world’s third-largest market for analytical measurement technology. As part of a sales partnership with Japanese company Techno-X, the Japanese subsidiary of the Jena-based Group will in future offer instruments for X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, a method of determining the concentrations of elements in [...]

Life Technologies Installs TAP’s Automated Cryovial Filling System To Accurately and Rapidly Batch Process Vials While Preventing the Risk of RSI

TAP Biosystems, (the new corporate identity of The Automation Partnership), a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications, is pleased to announce it has installed a Fill-It™, benchtop automated vial filling system at Life Technologies, one of the world’s largest suppliers of cell lines and reagents for life science research. The [...]

AgileBio, the IT solutions specialist for life sciences, is pleased to announce the release of ELN v2.1. LabCollector’s Electronic Lab Notebook is an efficient yet simple notebook to store, organize, find and share laboratory work – LabCollector.com

The latest release of LabCollector’s Electronic Lab Notebook includes new features with a modernized and more intuitive user interface which enables scientists to work with the ELN as a great support/complement or even replacement to the lab paper notebooks. Due to web technologies, it provides a collaborative environment using the lab network. The upgrade includes [...]

INTEGENX RAISES $40 MILLION FINANCING TO SPEED COMMERCIALIZATION OF RAPID HUMAN DNA IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

Pleasanton, California: IntegenX Inc., the leading developer of rapid human DNA identification technology and DNA sequencing library preparation systems, has secured $40 Million in Series C funding to accelerate development of the company’s product pipeline and the commercialization of its RapidHIT™ 200 Human Identification System into domestic and international markets. Industry observers expect this product [...]

Yale University Adopts Multiple Agilent Platforms for Integrative Biology Research at New West Campus

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced that Yale University has made a major purchase of Agilent bioanalytical systems to support six research institutes it is establishing at its new West Campus. Financial details were not disclosed. Yale and Agilent officials also say they are discussing entering into a scientific collaboration that would encompass integrative biology, [...]

Mark Venske Named New PAC Vice-President of Sales and Support for the Americas

Houston, TX., USA – PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, is pleased to announce that Mark Venske has now joined the growing PAC team as the Vice-President of Sales and Support for the Americas. Mark has over thirty years of engineering, sales, and customer support experience [...]

ZYGEM ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC AGREEMENT WITH MORPHO TO MARKET FORENSIC PRODUCTS TO POLICE FORCES WORLDWIDE

Charlottesville, VA – ZyGEM Corp. Ltd., a developer and marketer of innovative products for the analysis of DNA and other nucleic acids, today announced an agreement with Morpho (Safran group) to market advanced forensic products to police forces worldwide. ZyGEM’s products have the potential to revolutionize many forensic applications where accuracy, speed, ease-of-use and accessibility [...]

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. and Advanced Cell Diagnostics Enter Worldwide Co-Promotion Agreement for Fully Automated RNA In Situ Hybridization Assay Systems

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ventana Medical Systems Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, and Advanced Cell Diagnostics Inc. (ACD), announced today they have entered a worldwide co-promotion agreement for the first commercially available, fully automated RNA in situ hybridization (ISH) assay system capable of robust detection and visualization of virtually any expressed gene in [...]

Leading Product Development Company Sagentia Selected by PathoGenetix to Develop Commercial-Scale, Rapid Microbial Detection System

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Sagentia, an international technology and product development company, announced today that it has been selected by PathoGenetix to develop a commercial scale system for rapid microbial detection and strain typing based on PathoGenetix’s Genome Sequence Scanning Technology (GSS). The system is being designed to capitalize on the broad range of potential GSS applications [...]

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