BOULDER, Colo. – InDevR, a Boulder-based biotechnology company that develops advanced life science instrumentation and assays for analysis of viruses and other microorganisms, announced today the launch revolutionary new technology for microbiological analysis. ampliPHOX, a colorimetric detection system that incorporates core technology licensed from the University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office, will enhance laboratories around [...]

CARLSBAD, Calif. - Life Technologies Corporation today announced that the company has introduced its GeneArt® Algae Engineering Kits, the first commercially available genetic modification and expression systems for photosynthetic microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Synechococcus elongatus. The strains are model organisms for the study of photosynthesis, circadian rhythms and nutrient-regulated gene activity, and are being investigated [...]

VANTAA, Finland – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has released an educational video on its new range of Thermo Scientific KingFisher nucleic acid purification kits for enhanced sample processing. The new kits combine seamlessly with the Thermo Scientific KingFisher magnetic particle processors to maximize the speed and efficiency of user [...]

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Olympus has introduced several key advancements to its system of solutions for total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) research microscopy. It has incorporated the user-friendliness and advanced capabilities of Olympus' popular cell^TIRF® software into cellSens v.1.6*, the latest release of the company's comprehensive microscope imaging software platform. The cellSens v.1.6 Dimension software [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the winner of the 2012 Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry, Dr. J. Sabine Becker, head of Trace and UltraTrace Analysis, Central Division of Analytical Chemistry at the Research Center Juelich, Germany. The award, which honors scientists who have [...]

Jena, Germany: The start of the new 2011/12 fiscal year also marked the launch of Carl Zeiss Microscopy. 2,500 employees of MicroImaging und Nano Technology Systems now form the new business group in the Carl Zeiss Group. In the future the company will be the world's only supplier to offer one-stop, innovative systems and solutions [...]

CINCINNATI - Smith & Schaefer, a Cincinnati based regional dealer representative for healthcare and scientific equipment and furnishings, expands their sales of laboratory furniture to the state of Michigan. Smith & Schaefer laboratory furniture division serves universities, colleges, research facilities, industrial companies and medical laboratories throughout the Midwest. The company represents Thermo Scientific Hamilton equipment [...]

HATFIELD, PA - Genisphere, LLC., a developer of life science technology solutions, today announced two agreements to exclusively license the company's RNA Target Amplification and FlashTag™ Biotin microRNA labeling technologies to Affymetrix®, Inc. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. Affymetrix will utilize the two technologies to further its position as the leader in [...]

SAN FRANCISCO - Caliper® Life Sciences, a Perkin-Elmer Company, launched their new Vectra™ 2 with AQUA technology, an integrated solution for quantification of protein biomarkers in tissue, at the Molecular Targets & Cancer Therapeutics meeting here this week. Caliper and HistoRx® collaborated on this new immunofluorescent imaging and analysis solution that will deliver objective, quantitative, [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Ron Nersesian has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Nersesian has been president of Agilent's largest business, the Electronic Measurement Group (EMG), since 2009. Nersesian, 52, will have day-to-day responsibility for Agilent's three businesses, Electronic Measurement, Chemical Analysis [...]