JPK launches QI™ – quantitative imaging mode for the most challenging of AFM samples
December 7, 2011
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, announce exciting new quantitative imaging capabilities for the recently launched NanoWizard®3 AFM system. QI™ is the new quantitative imaging mode from JPK. It has been developed to make AFM imaging easier than ever before. With QI™, a force curve-based [...]
Agilent Technologies Instruments Chosen in Major Upgrade of Virginia Tech’s Chemistry Department
December 7, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a major sale of instrumentation to Virginia Tech's department of chemistry, to be used in undergraduate teaching labs. Financial details were not disclosed. Approximately 7,000 Virginia Tech chemistry students per year will have access to seven new Agilent 5975C gas chromatography/mass spectrometry systems, six 240FS [...]
ChemAxon Moves to New European Headquarters
December 7, 2011
BUDAPEST, Hungary--ChemAxon, a leader in providing chemical software development platforms and desktop applications for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, today announced its move to expanded European headquarters in Budapest, Hungary. The new offices will enable ChemAxon to meet the needs of its rapidly growing customer base, and provide a modern working environment that supports the [...]
Fluxion Biosciences To Distribute Millipore PrecisION® Ion Channel Cell Lines
December 6, 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Fluxion Biosciences today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement for EMD Millipore's PrecisION(R) range of ion channel cell lines. The non-exclusive distribution agreement will combine Fluxion's IonFlux automated patch clamp instrumentation with EMD Millipore's broad suite of ion channel cell lines. Through the agreement, Fluxion will provide IonFlux customers [...]
December 6, 2011
NEWARK, Calif., Morpho Detection, Inc. (MDI), the explosives and narcotics detection business of Morpho, Safran group’s security unit, today announced it has received an Integrated Logistics Service (ILS) contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for maintenance of its explosives detection systems (EDS). Under the contract, Morpho Detection will deliver significant cost improvements on legacy [...]
December 6, 2011
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Roche and Labcyte Inc. will cooperate around high-speed, miniaturized quantitative PCR (qPCR) to monitor the expression of tens to thousands of genes for therapeutic research. “Our patented acoustic dispensing eliminates the need for pipette tips and completely removes the risk of cross contamination. The simplicity of plate reformatting and cherry picking features in [...]
Real Time Genomics Enters Agribusiness Sector with RTG Investigator™
December 6, 2011
San Francisco, CA, Real Time Genomics, Inc., today announced that the Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) of New Zealand has signed a multi-year agreement to license RTG Investigator sequence analysis software for trait discovery in bovine genomes. Through an Early Access Program (EAP) relationship with LIC, Real Time Genomics extended its Bayesian variant analysis software to [...]
Gentel Launches CSA: Simian Expanded Product to Support Expanded SPF Colony Surveillance
December 6, 2011
MADISON, WI, Gentel Biosciences, a provider of animal health research products, announces the launch of the Colony Surveillance Assays (CSA) for Expanded SPF nonhuman primate colony management. Gentel officially launched the CSA: Simian Expanded panel on October 14, 2011 after extensive testing at several National Primate Centers. "We enjoyed working with Gentel on a beta [...]
Agilent Technologies Supports Russell Thomas’ Research at the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
December 6, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) and the Agilent Technologies Foundation today announced that Russell S. Thomas, Ph.D., of the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences has been selected for an Agilent Thought Leader Award to support his work developing methods to predict drug-induced liver injury. The award includes funding [...]
Richard T. Clark Named to Corning Board of Directors
December 6, 2011
CORNING, N.Y., Corning Incorporated today appointed Richard T. Clark, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Merck (NYSE: MRK), to Corning’s board of directors, effective immediately. Merck is a global healthcare leader that develops, discovers, manufactures, and provides prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and consumer care and animal health products. Clark, who qualifies as an [...]

