FEI and GEOLOG Enter into Joint Development Program

Hillsboro, Ore., USA and Milan, Italy - The Natural Resources Business Unit of FEI Company (NASDAQ: FEIC) and GEOLOG International BV (“GEOLOG”) have entered into a joint development program (“JDP”) to conduct field tests of the QEMSCAN® WellSite™ analysis solution. GEOLOG, an independent oil field services company, provides advanced surface logging capabilities used by drilling [...]

Implant Sciences Signs Cooperative Research & Development Agreement With TSL S&T, a Directorate of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

WILMINGTON, MA, Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced that its Quantum Sniffer™ QS-B220 benchtop explosives trace detector has been approved to partner with the developmental test and evaluation group of the Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) in order to optimize the [...]

Experts Report that Abbott’s New PLEX-ID Assay Offers Important Testing Capabilities for Biothreat Defense

MUNICH, Nov. - Abbott's PLEX-ID system provides reliable and rapid results for key microbial biothreat agents and should be considered as a first line analytical tool for biodefense, biosecurity and microbial forensics programs, according to research presented at the 13th Medical Biodefense Conference in Munich. The meeting is a global congress for civilian and military [...]

Caliper Launches New Platform for Drug Safety Prediction and Oncology Research

HOPKINTON, Mass., Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that its Caliper Discovery Alliances and Services (CDAS) unit has launched a new services offering based on a panel of cellular assays that measure the effects of drug candidates on functional [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Nano-UHPLC System Significantly Increases Productivity During Proteomics Research at the University of Southern Denmark

ODENSE, Denmark, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. the world leader in serving science, today announced that the Center for Experimental Bioinformatics (CEBI) at the University of Southern Denmark is using Thermo Scientific nano-ultra high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) technology to accelerate productivity and improve efficiencies during its proteomics research. Implementation of the Thermo Scientific EASY-nLC 1000 [...]

EMD Millipore to be Distributor of Cryopreserved HepaRG Terminally Differentiated Human Hepatic Cells from Biopredic

Billerica, MA, EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, today announced that the company will be the initial distributor of HepaRG(TM) human hepatic cells from Biopredic. HepaRG cells, derived from a hepatocellular carcinoma, are supplied as cryopreserved, terminally differentiated cells and express major liver specific functions including Cytochrome P450 enzymes [...]

NEW FlowControl™ Software for Flexible Pump Control

Harvard Apparatus now offers its NEW FlowControl™ Software for single or multiple syringe pump control. This software offers the flexibility to manually control pumps or run automatically with user-created Methods. Unique benefits of this FlowControl™ Software include: • Easily create simple or more advanced multi-step Methods • Store multiple Methods by name • Displays all [...]

Asylum Research Introduces VFM2™ Variable Field Module for Magnetic Atomic Force Microscopy Applications with MFP-3D™ AFMs

Asylum Research, the technology leader in scanning probe/atomic force microscopy, introduces the new Variable Field Module2 (VFM2) for the MFP-3D Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM). The VFM2 is ideal for researchers who want to apply magnetic fields to their atomic force microscopy experiments and applies continuously adjustable magnetic fields parallel to the sample plane approaching one [...]

OGT Appoints New Finance Director

OXFORD, England--Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has today announced the appointment of a new finance director. Mr Tim Hall will join the company at the start of 2012 and brings a strong track record in financial management and strategic planning together with a broad [...]

GE Healthcare set to revolutionize imaging of live cells with launch of super-resolution imaging system

Issaquah, Washington and Chalfont St Giles, UK – Applied Precision Inc., a GE Healthcare company, today announced the launch of DeltaVision OMX Blaze™, a research microscopy system designed to reach the next level in the evolution of super-resolution imaging by employing a proprietary, ultra-fast, illumination module and the latest advanced high-speed camera technologies. The new [...]

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