Roche Diagnostics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Enter Strategic Alliance for Center to Operate as a Roche Molecular Center of Excellence

INDIANAPOLIS - Roche announced today the establishment of a strategic alliance with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for the center to operate as a Roche Molecular Center of Excellence (MCOE) for the next five years. As a nationally recognized Roche MCOE, the Medical Center's molecular diagnostics laboratory will be one of the first centers [...]

CYTOO raises 10 M$ (7M€) in series C Round

Grenoble, France – CYTOO SA, a company that specializes in cell-based assays, announced today the closing of a series C funding round of USD 10M (EUR 7M). New investors, Sham and Entrepreneurs Fund (EF), led the round. Existing investors AURIGA Partners and Jacques Lewiner, co-founder and president of the supervisory board at CYTOO, also participated. [...]

ISO Releases New Standard for the Determination of Bromate

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is pleased to announce its bromate analysis solutions are fully compliant with the new ISO standard for bromate analysis by ion chromatography (IC) titled, Water quality — Determination of dissolved bromate — Method using ion chromatography (IC) and post column reaction (PCR) (ISO 11206:2011(E)). The standard adds improved [...]

Announcing High Quality Borosilicate Glass Centrifuge Tubes

Chemists are finding the optimal centrifuge tubes they need at Kimble Chase, the largest manufacturer of laboratory glassware products in the world. Inert, reusable and recyclable, glass centrifuge tubes are best suited for use in laboratory samples that contain solvents or aggressive chemicals. Kimble Chase makes many of the sizes, configurations and application-specific designs used [...]

Molecular Devices Announces the Release of IonWorks Barracuda Software Version 2.0

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Molecular Devices, LLC, announced the release of IonWorks® Barracuda Software v2.0 for the IonWorks® Barracuda Automated Electrophysiology System. Featured enhancements include multiple protocol mode, the ability to review data on the fly in assay development mode, dual voltage offset correction, and enhancements to raw data display and scaling. The software can also [...]

British Columbia Cancer Agency Selects RainDance’s New ThunderStorm™ System for High-Throughput Targeted Sequencing of Cancer Predisposition Genes

LEXINGTON, Mass. - RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ Company, today announced that the British Columbia Cancer Agency has purchased the company’s new ThunderStorm™ System. RainDance’s ThunderStorm System is a fully-automated and walkaway high-throughput targeted sequencing solution that enables researchers to process up to 96 samples per run on a proven platform that generates higher-quality [...]

Fitch Affirms Bio-Rad Laboratories ‘BBB-‘ IDR; Outlook Stable

NEW YORK - Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.'s (Bio-Rad) ratings, including the 'BBB-' Issuer Default Rating (IDR). The ratings apply to approximately $738 million in debt outstanding at Sept. 30, 2011. The Rating Outlook is Stable. A full ratings list follows at the end of this press release. Bio-Rad's 'BBB-' IDR reflects the [...]

Carl Zeiss Microscopy to Showcase New Products and Technologies at Neuroscience 2011

JENA/Germany - Carl Zeiss Microscopy, a leading provider of microscopy solutions for a variety of research, clinical and industrial applications, launched a range of newly developed products and technologies at Neuroscience 2011 in Washington D.C. from November 13-16. This was also a chance for customers and colleagues to gain more information about Carl Zeiss Microscopy, [...]

Affymetrix Completes Strategic Licensing Agreement with Genisphere for Proprietary MicroRNA Reagents

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Affymetrix®, Inc. announced today at the Association of Molecular Pathology (AMP) conference that they have entered into an exclusive agreement with Genisphere®, LLC, to offer the company’s proprietary FlashTag™ Biotin HSR Reagents designed for Affymetrix. The miRNA reagents provide streamlined, high-fidelity target preparation methods yielding high quality data and unmatched reproducibility [...]

New at Pollutec : the AS32M analyser for NO2 direct measurement

The European Directive 2008/50/EC requires the measurement of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) at minima in all agglomerations of more than 100 000 inhabitants. Currently, some of these sites do not meet the limit values and quality objectives set, particularly on sites located in the vicinity of roads (traffic sites), directly impacted by vehicle emissions. The uncertainties [...]

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