New Bio-Simplex™ Polypropylene Carboys Feature Ergonomic Design, Versatile Closure Options
June 13, 2011
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. - Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has redesigned the standard laboratory carboy, adding a variety of ergonomic features that improve ease of use in advanced biopharmaceutical fluid handling and solution storage applications. These improvements are based on extensive input from professionals who work in laboratory and pharmaceutical environments. Manufactured from high quality polypropylene, the [...]
Kett Introduces – A New Rice Whiteness Tester, the C600
June 12, 2011
New Orleans, LA - Kett is pleased to announce the introduction of the C600, a unique analyzer that provides rapid, non-destructive measurement of the whiteness of rice samples. This instrument is the latest innovation from Kett, a leader in rice, grain and seed measurement for over 40 years. The C600 is designed for use in [...]
Self-Cleaning, Low-Maintenance ISE Analyzer System
June 10, 2011
The modular S10 Ion Selective Electrode (ISE), Compressor and Analyzer System from Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) features the AC10 Air Blast Spray Cleaner designed for sensor self-cleaning and the highly intelligent multi-channel C22 Smart Controller. This flexible system allows process and plant engineers to maintain accurate measurement of multiple common parameters, reduces maintenance cycles and extends [...]
Open Innovation Grant Money Available from Ocean Optics
June 10, 2011
Dunedin, Florida - With the goal of advancing technology in optical sensing, Ocean Optics has rolled out a new open innovation funding program with $300,000 available for two grant phases. Modeled after the streamlined Gates Foundation application process, the Blue Ocean Grants and Challenges program (www.blueoceangrants.com) seeks novel technologies with the potential for market commercialization. [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces TraceFinder 1.1 Routine Quantitative LC-MS Software at ASMS 2011
June 10, 2011
DENVER - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced Thermo Scientific TraceFinder 1.1, its latest software for clinical research, forensic toxicology, food safety and environmental testing laboratories performing routine, high-throughput quantitation by LC-MS. The software retains all of the capabilities of its predecessor and has been expanded to include complete [...]
Meridian Tests Detect Deadly Toxins Produced by E. coli O104 Outbreak Strain
June 10, 2011
CINCINNATI - Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO) today announced that its tests detect the deadly toxins produced by the recent outbreak strain E. coli O104:H4. E. coli O104:H4 is the novel shiga toxin-producing strain associated with a number of deaths in Europe. It has also caused hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) (a type of kidney failure) in [...]
IDEX Announces Close of CVI Acquisition
June 10, 2011
LAKE FOREST, Ill.- IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) announced today that it closed the acquisition of CVI Melles Griot. The Company previously announced that it had entered into a definitive purchase agreement by press release on May, 11 2011. About IDEX IDEX Corporation is an applied solutions company specializing in fluid and metering technologies, health and [...]
June 10, 2011
NEW YORK - Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE:ENZ), as part of its continuing program to offer novel molecular tests, announced that its Enzo Clinical Labs subsidiary has reached an agreement with IncellDx Inc. of Menlo Park, CA, for the rights to market a proprietary laboratory test. The test is based upon HPV OncoTect™, an advanced molecular [...]
June 10, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Life Technologies Corporation has signed an exclusive license agreement for novel technology that enables synthetic biologists to effectively program and control the genetic circuitry in engineered pathways and organisms. This technology, discovered by the inventors while at Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg in Germany, provides the ability to target and regulate expression within the genome [...]
June 10, 2011
BILLERICA, Mass. - Data was presented at the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2011 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium showing multiple protein biomarkers predictive of clinical benefit and prognostic of disease outcome in patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell cancer. This Phase III trial validated plasma cytokine and angiogenic biomarkers using Aushon’s multiplex immunoassay platform. [...]
