Diagenode Finishes Collaboration With the GIGA Center

Findings Show the Newest Bioruptor(R) Obtains Unbiased Shearing of DNA for Next-Gen Sequencing Applications on the Illumina GAIIx Analyzer LIEGE, BELGIUM--Diagenode SA (a privately-held Belgium based company) announced that it has finished a Next-Gen Sequencing application study with the GIGA center, University of Liège (Belgium). The study highlighted the newest Bioruptor® NGS machine designed specifically [...]

Life Technologies Makes Fluorescence Microscopy Accessible to All Scientists

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today launched the FLoid™ Cell Imaging Station, a revolutionary platform that eliminates the complexity of fluorescence microscopy -- making it accessible to all scientists, regardless of their technical expertise. A high-quality image can be captured in less than five minutes and printed directly from the platform's printer [...]

QIAGEN launches project to improve efficiency and resource allocation

Venlo, The Netherlands - QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today launched a project to enhance productivity by streamlining the organization and freeing up resources for reallocation to strategic initiatives that will help drive growth and innovation, strengthen its industry leadership position and improve longer-term profitability. This project aims to eliminate organizational layers [...]

Roche NimbleGen and BGI Develop Advanced MHC Region Capture Technology for Human Disease and Biomedical Research

SHENZHEN, China - Roche NimbleGen, Inc. and BGI, the world's largest genomic organization, announced that they have developed a Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) region capture technology based on NimbleGen SeqCap EZ Choice Library, a revolutionary process for the enrichment of the MHC region. This newly developed approach allows easy capture and enrichment of these highly [...]

Expedeon and Protein Discovery to Merge

CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM and KNOXVILLE, TN - Expedeon, Ltd. and Protein Discovery, Inc. today announced a definitive agreement to merge to create a leading supplier of advanced products for protein research. The new Expedeon will be a global supplier of unique protein analysis and purification products used by thousands of scientists worldwide. Financial terms of [...]

SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing (RIPP) Chooses hte Technology to Enhance its Catalyst Research Capabilities

HEIDELBERG, Germany - hte – the high throughput experimentation company – today announces the collaboration with RIPP, which is an affiliate of SINOPEC, China´s largest producer and supplier of petroleum products. RIPP decides to implement hte parallel reactor technology to enhance its R&D efficiency in the field of oil refining. hte will provide SINOPEC RIPP [...]

Redesigned Scale Objective Lens from Carl Zeiss for Brain Research Downloads and Links

JENA/Germany - The completely redesigned plan-apochromatic 20x/1.0 VIS-IR objective lens from Carl Zeiss now makes it possible to acquire 3D images of nerve cells down to depths of 5.6 mm in intact tissue using a confocal laser scanning or multiphoton microscope, without having to section the brain. This permits the three-dimensional visualization of the branches [...]

ZEN Imaging Software from Carl Zeiss Now Expanded Downloads and Links

JENA/Germany - ZEN software was launched by Carl Zeiss for confocal laser scanning microscopes in 2007. The extremely logical structure of the ZEN user interface has received much praise and recognition from customers all over the world. Highly complex experiments can be designed and executed by users with minimal training and support. Carl Zeiss is [...]

Innovative Solutions Bulgaria Buys MEMS Fab

Sofia, Bulgaria - Innovative Solutions Bulgaria Ltd. today announced the acquisition of Bulgaria’s largest MEMS fab, which is located in the north of Sofia and has been newly built and equipped in 2004. This new facility provides Innovative Solutions Bulgaria, manufacturer of the BudgetSensors® line of AFM probes and AFM calibration standards, with the much [...]

LANXESS to increase prices for ion exchange resins

Leverkusen - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is to increase its prices globally for its proven Lewatit ion exchange resins with immediate effect. These measures vary according to field of application and region. Global price adjustments Prices for ion exchange resins used in the sweetener and sugar market segments and for chromatography resins will increase by [...]

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