Agilent Technologies Replaces Signal-to-Noise Spec with Instrument Detection Limit for Triple Quadrupole GC/MS

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it is replacing the signal-to-noise specification with a new instrument detection limit specification for its 7000B triple quadrupole gas chromatography/mass spectrometry system. "Twenty or even 10 years ago, signal-to-noise was a reasonable indicator of GC/MS performance," said Terry Sheehan, Ph.D., Agilent GC/MS marketing [...]

Life Technologies Partners With DaAn Gene to Develop and Commercialize Molecular Diagnostic Assays in China

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced that it has signed an agreement with DaAn Gene, a leading Chinese company in molecular in-vitro diagnostics (IVD), to form Life Technologies DaAn Diagnostics, a joint venture diagnostics business in China. The move is expected to contribute to the early diagnosis of oncology, infectious diseases [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces New Personal NanoDrop UV-Vis Spectrophotometer

SAN DIEGO (January 16, 2012) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the Thermo Scientific NanoDrop Lite, a compact, personal UV-Vis microvolume spectrophotometer that complements full-featured NanoDrop™ 2000/2000c and NanoDrop 8000 instruments. The new instrument is small enough to fit in a drawer, but powerful enough to help accelerate [...]

Multipurpose Liquid Handling Instrument

16th JANUARY 2012 INTEGRA has announced VIAFILL™ - a ground breaking new product that delivers high performance bulk reagent dispensing, multichannel pipetting and microplate washing capabilities all from a single multipurpose instrument. A choice of different tubing sets allow the user to quickly change between these three operation modes making VIAFILL a uniquely versatile tool [...]

Mirus Biosciences Suit against Fugent Dismissed

According to Haus, Roman and Banks, LLP MADISON, Wis.--On September 14, 2011, Mirus Biosciences, LLC sued Fugent, LLC for patent infringement, and approximately 3 months later, on December 23, 2011, the attorneys for Mirus Biosciences, LLC filed a dismissal of the suit with prejudice according to attorneys from Haus, Roman and Banks, LLP. Mirus Bio, [...]

Affymetrix and BGI Enter Strategic Collaboration to Co-Develop and Commercialize Genomic Microarrays for the Agricultural Community

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Affymetrix, Inc. (AFFX), announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with BGI, the worlds largest genomics organization, to enter into a strategic co-development and co-marketing collaboration. The non-exclusive partnership will aim to develop and commercialize a portfolio of plant, crop, and livestock microarrays for genotyping analysis, spanning applications [...]

Life Technologies Announces Redemption of 1.5% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2024

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) announced today that it has given notice of its intention to redeem all of the outstanding 1.5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the "2024 Convertible Notes") on February 15, 2012. As of December 31, 2011 there was $450,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Convertible Notes [...]

First Carl Zeiss App Launched

Munich - Light Lab, the first accompanying app for ZEN 2011 imaging software from Carl Zeiss, is now available for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Light Lab supplements the ZEN 2011 controlling and image processing software functions within the experimental lab workflow. The app supports the configuration of fluorescence experiments in both confocal and light [...]

Agilux Laboratories Announces Validation and Implementation of Thermo Watson Laboratory Information System

Agilux Laboratories, a provider of pharmaceutical and biotech services, today announced that it has completed the validation and implementation of the Thermo Watson Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for the company’s bioanalytical services. The Thermo Watson LIMS is the industry Gold Standard for managing bioanalytical data. It is a highly specialized protocol-driven Laboratory Information Management [...]

Promega Introduces Four New Proteases

Madison, WI USA: Promega Corporation announced today that it has launched four new proteases, Pepsin, Elastase, Sequencing Grade Arg-C, and Thermolysin. These high quality proteases are the latest addition to Promega’s market leading range of protein sample prep reagents, which includes Trypsin Gold. The new proteases are provided in a lyophilized format, enabling resuspension in [...]

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