Waters Introduces the SQ Detector 2: Designed for the Routine, Prepared for the Unexpected

MILFORD, Mass. -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today introduced the Waters® SQ Detector 2, a new single quadrupole mass detector, at the 2011 JAIMA Expo (Japan Analytical Instruments Manufacturers Association). Building on Waters' long standing expertise in robust quadrupole mass detection and open access technology, the SQ Detector 2 draws on recent advancements in Waters' [...]

Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam Adopts Automated Target Enrichment Solution from Roche NimbleGen and Caliper Life Sciences for 3,000 Sample Exome Study

Madison, WI - The Genetic Laboratory of the Department of Internal Medicine at Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam has adopted the combined automated target enrichment solution from Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and Caliper Life Sciences. This optimized solution is being used in a new phase of a large human epidemiological cohort, the [...]

Korean NAQS to Utilize High-Performance Bruker Triple-Quadrupole GC-MS Systems for Advanced Pesticide Analysis

Bruker Chemical Analysis, US: At the recent combined 2nd Asian & Oceanic Mass Spectrometry Conference (AOMSC) and the 8th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Mass Spectrometry (KSMS) in Busan, Korea, Bruker announced that the Korean National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service (NAQS) has ordered 6 Bruker triple-quadrupole GC-MS systems for pesticide residue analysis [...]

Aspect Imaging Launches Certainti™ Software Suite for the M2™ Compact High-Performance MRI System

TORONTO, Canada and SHOHAM, Israel -- Aspect Imaging today announced the launch of its Certainti™ software for simplifying preclinical research applications on its M2™ compact high-performance MRI system. Certainti is Aspect Imaging’s simple-to-use “push button” software that eliminates the need for a researcher to have extensive imaging or MRI expertise in order to quickly set-up [...]

Agilent Technologies’ Revolutionary Atomic Spectroscopy Instrument Runs Entirely on Air

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the 4100 Microwave Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer, a breakthrough elemental analysis instrument that runs entirely on air. The 4100 MP-AES fundamentally changes the way scientists conduct elemental analysis. Using a nitrogen-based plasma that runs on air, the 4100 MP-AES does not require flammable or expensive [...]

Agilent Technologies Introduces World’s Smallest FTIR Spectrometer

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the Cary 630 Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, offering outstanding performance and reproducibility for routine laboratory analysis of solids, liquids and gases. In addition, the new instrument is the smallest and lightest FTIR spectrometer on the market, creating a significant decrease in the instrument's footprint [...]

NIST Compatible Spectrophotometer Calibration Standards Made By NSG Precision Are Blowing Away the Competition

Farmingdale - Today many vendors that supply neutral density (ND) filters state that their filters are NIST Traceable. As a scientist or researcher a major question to ask is “What is NIST Traceable and how does it differ from NIST Compatible?” Oftentimes researchers or scientists think that if a spectrophotometer calibration standard or other device [...]

CombiMatrix Names Jeff Hayes Director of Sales for Oncology

IRVINE, Calif. -- CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX), a molecular diagnostics company performing DNA-based testing services for cancer and developmental disorders, today announced that diagnostics industry veteran Jeff Hayes has been named Director of Sales for the Oncology market. Hayes brings more than 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical and cancer diagnostics industries to the position, [...]

QIAGEN to Develop New Companion Diagnostic for Compound in Clinical Trials for Blood Cancers

GERMANTOWN, Maryland - QIAGEN today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Eli Lilly and Company for the development, manufacturing and commercialization of a molecular companion diagnostic for an early stage investigational compound currently being developed by Lilly. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Lilly's proprietary compound, called a JAK2 inhibitor, [...]

ITT completes acquisition of YSI Incorporated to enhance its water instrumentation business

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of YSI Incorporated, forming a water-focused analytics business with annual revenue of approximately $300 million. YSI is a leading developer and manufacturer of sensors, instruments, software, and data collection platforms for environmental water monitoring, with facilities in the U.S., [...]

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