June 9, 2011
DENVER - Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today introduced its new Xevo® TQD tandem quadrupole mass detector, bringing the Waters® design philosophy of Engineered Simplicity(TM) to routine quantitative LC/MS/MS analysis. The newest addition to the Waters Xevo family of tandem quadrupole mass spectrometers, the Xevo TQD features the universal ion source architecture present on advanced mass [...]
Lab Technics Partners with Sinopharm Chemical Reagents Company
June 9, 2011
Tucson, Arizona - Lab Technics has announced a distribution partnership with Sinopharm Chemical Reagents Company (SCRC) in North America for lab consumables. SCRC is one of China’s leading suppliers of lab supplies and chemical reagents. Lab Technics is now ramping up for June deliveries in the US, Canada and Mexico. By early 2012, the company [...]
Pall GeneDisc® Technology a Key Detection Tool in E.coli Outbreak
June 9, 2011
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - Pall Corporation’s (NYSE: PLL) GeneDisc® System is helping German authorities screen for a deadly strain of E.coli that has sickened nearly 3000 people and disrupted that nation’s food industry. Pall’s GeneDisc technology is being used by Germany’s national reference laboratory to expedite testing of food samples for the toxic strain of [...]
June 9, 2011
TAP Biosystems, (the new corporate identity of The Automation Partnership), a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications, today announced it will be introducing the CompacT SC™, an automated T-flask cell culture system designed to fully control expansion, differentiation and maintenance of stem cells on Stand 427 at this years’ ISSCR [...]
Gerry A. Higgins, Ph.D. Joins GenomeQuest to Foster Development of Whole Genome Diagnostics
June 9, 2011
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. - GenomeQuest Inc. today announced it has appointed Gerry A. Higgins, Ph.D., a nationally recognized scientist and pioneer in genomics research, as the company's first Healthcare Innovation Officer. In his new role, Dr. Higgins will focus on applying the company's proprietary technology to the development of whole genome and multi-gene diagnostics for the [...]
MKS Instruments Marks 50th Anniversary
June 9, 2011
ANDOVER, Mass. - MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, today announced that it is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the company. Leo Berlinghieri, CEO and President stated, "From a single pressure measurement instrument in 1961, the company has expanded to be [...]
Three New Agreements in the European Union Expand Business Opportunities for Microarrays Inc
June 9, 2011
Huntsville, AL - Microarrays Inc (MI) announces distribution agreements, which will facilitate expansion of MI’s commercial activities into the European Union biotechnology markets. Three distributors, Cambio Ltd (UK and Eire; cambio.com), BioCat GmbH (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland; biocat.com), and Biosolutions Ltd. (Greece, Cyprus, and the Balkans; biosolutions.com) will serve as exclusive distributors for MI products [...]
Columbia University Researchers Interrogate Primary Cells using the IonFlux System
June 9, 2011
South San Fransisco, Calif. - Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. announced today that the laboratory of Charles Emala, M.D. at Columbia University has demonstrated, for the first time, the effective use of ensemble recording to measure ion channel currents from human primary cells. The use of primary cells in conjunction with automated electrophysiology is essential to achieving [...]
June 9, 2011
Source BioScience (LSE: SBS), in partnership with Barts Cancer Institute and Illumina Inc., is collaborating to develop a novel approach to cancer diagnosis and personalised treatment for patients. The collaboration has won a grant of £0.5m through the Technology Strategy Board’s ‘Tumour Profiling and Data Capture to Improve Cancer Care’ funding competition. The aim is [...]
Brandon Ruotolo of the University of Michigan Receives ASMS Research Award
June 8, 2011
DENVER - At a ceremony held today during the 59th annual meeting of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), University of Michigan Dept. of Chemistry Assistant Professor Brandon Ruotolo received an ASMS 2011 Research Award in recognition of his accomplishments with mass spectrometry. This year marks the 25th year of Waters' sponsorship of the [...]
