BD Diagnostics and Biodiversity Collaborate to Develop Portfolio of Assays on the BD MAX(TM) System
August 18, 2011
BALTIMORE and BRESCIA, Italy - BD Diagnostics, a segment of global medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), and Biodiversity SpA, a private biotechnology company focusing on molecular diagnostics, announced today a regional collaboration to develop and commercialize a comprehensive molecular diagnostic menu for immunocompromised patients on the BD MAX™ System. This portfolio will [...]
Fluid Imaging Financial Services to Provide Flexible Funding Options to Customers
August 18, 2011
Yarmouth, ME – Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc. of Yarmouth, Maine, USA, today announced the launch of Fluid Imaging Financial Services to provide flexible financing options to its North American customers for acquiring the tech firm’s dynamic imaging particle analyzer, the FlowCAM®, an instrument that is used in a variety of aquatic and industrial applications worldwide. [...]
World Micro Enhances Counterfeit Detection with XRF and High-volume X-ray
August 18, 2011
ATLANTA -- In a move to provide its customers with more protection from the growing threat of counterfeit and substandard electronic parts, World Micro, a global distributor of electronic components serving the medical electronics, commercial, military, and aerospace markets, has recently added XRF and high-volume X-ray to its in-house quality assurance capabilities. Its new technology [...]
Promega to Break Ground for New Facility
August 17, 2011
Promega Corporation will be breaking ground for a new production facility at its primary campus in Fitchburg. The additional operation is projected to add about 100 jobs over the next five years to the leader in life science industry. The facility will be located at 2800 Woods Hollow Road. Plans for the facility feature two [...]
CoorsTek Launches On-Line Labware Store for Direct Sales
August 17, 2011
GOLDEN, Colo. -- CoorsTek, the world's largest technical ceramics manufacturer, today officially launched a new on-line store offering direct sales of their legacy ceramic labware products. The site enhances customer convenience with on-line, 24-7 ordering, enables factory-direct orders from the manufacturing plant in Golden, Colorado, and saves customers 10% off list price for porcelain labware. [...]
August 17, 2011
IRVINE, CALIF. – Emerson Process Management has released the Rosemount Analytical Model 56, an advanced dual-input liquid analyzer with the industry’s first high-resolution color screen. The Model 56 features extensive full-color trend graphics, advanced control capabilities, a high capacity data logger and audit trail event logger, and digital communications. “These capabilities make the Model 56 [...]
August 17, 2011
PERTH, Australia, and SINGAPORE - The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the Australian Research Centre's Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology located in UWA will use Agilent's informatics systems in its research to build the world's first plant protein monitoring database. The database will serve [...]
Molecular Response Expands Clinical Offerings with BRAF Mutation Testing
August 17, 2011
SAN DIEGO--Molecular Response announced today that it has launched a clinically validated BRAF test to detect the V600E mutation in both melanoma and colorectal tumors. The announcement comes on the heels of the news that the FDA has approved Roche’s Zelboraf™ (vemurafenib) for melanoma patients harboring the BRAF V600E mutation. “We’re excited to expand our [...]
New Virtual Advisor for Shimadzu TOC-L Analyzers Offers 24-hour Interactive Support
August 17, 2011
COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Scientific Instruments now offers a Virtual Advisor for its TOC-L analyzers. Accessible online, the TOC-L Virtual Advisor provides users with 24-hour technical and maintenance support free of charge. TOC-L customers can create and store their system configurations and then use the TOC-L Virtual Advisor to find maintenance procedures designed specifically for [...]
Cole-Parmer Now Offering the NEW Qsonica Q55 Sonicator Ultrasonic Processor
August 17, 2011
Vernon Hills, Ill.—Conserve lab benchtop space new Qsonica Q55 Sonicator Ultrasonic Processor—measuring only eight inches wide and less than eight inches deep. Use it for cell disruption, nanoparticle dispersion, emulsions creation, DNA shearing, ChIP assay, and homogenization. The 55-watt, 20 kHz unit effectively handles most small-volume applications. Functionally, it is easy to use, with thumb-switch [...]
