New Economy GC-MS System Provides High-Sensitivity Analysis with Environmental Benefits
August 16, 2011
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces the GCMS-QP2010 SE, its advanced standard gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. Based on GCMS-QP2010S technology, the GCMS-QP2010 SE combines the benefits of economy, simple operation and enhanced performance. The GCMS-QP2010 SE features stable mass spectra that achieve high sensitivity and stability. The ion optical system is optimized with a high-performance quadrupole mass [...]
Dolomite and Cavendish Laboratory Develop Innovative Device for Optical Micromanipulation of Cells
August 16, 2011
In collaboration with Cavendish Laboratory (Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge), Dolomite, a world leader in the design and manufacture of microfluidic solutions, has designed a glass microfluidic device for a novel laser tool that allows the study of mechanical properties of cells using optical stretching on a single cell basis. This new [...]
Quanterix and STRATEC Announce Strategic Partnership
August 16, 2011
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and BIRKENFELD, Germany -- Quanterix Corporation, a company enabling a new generation of molecular diagnostic tests based on its revolutionary Single Molecule Array (SiMoA™) technology, and STRATEC Biomedical AG (Frankfurt: SBS; Prime Standard, TecDAX), a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of automated analyzer systems, today announced an agreement to co-develop and [...]
August 16, 2011
GERMANTOWN, Maryland and HILDEN, Germany- QIAGEN today announced it has entered into a partnership with Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) for the development of a companion molecular diagnostic test for use with an investigational Pfizer compound in global clinical development for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. [...]
August 16, 2011
BUSAN, Korea--At the 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 today announced that the Korean National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service (NAQS) has ordered 6 Bruker triple-quadrupole GC-MS systems for pesticide residue analysis and general monitoring [...]
Grizzly Oil Sands Awards $4 Million+ Order to Rockwell Automation
August 16, 2011
MILWAUKEE--Grizzly Oil Sands, an Alberta, Canada, independent oil sands company, has awarded a $4 million+ order to Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) and its Global Solutions team. Global Solutions will use the company’s PlantPAx™ process automation system to help Grizzly produce more than 5,000 barrels of oil per day at the first phase of its Algar [...]
Agilent Technologies Reports Third-Quarter 2011 Results
August 15, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. today reported revenues of $1.69 billion for the third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2011, 22 percent above one year ago, or 19 percent excluding the effects of acquisitions and divestitures(3). Third-quarter GAAP net income was $330 million, or $0.92 per share. Last year's third-quarter GAAP net income [...]
August 15, 2011
ZUG, Switzerland and ZURICH -- SmartGene, a provider of innovative software services for the management and analysis of genetic data, and the Institute of Medical Microbiology ("IMM"), University of Zurich, Switzerland, today announced an expanded collaboration, under which the University of Zurich will make use of the SmartGene platform and its associated reference databases to [...]
Seahorse Bioscience, Inc. Appoints Research Instruments Pte Ltd as Distributor in S.E. Asia
August 15, 2011
Billerica, MA - Seahorse Bioscience, Inc., the leader in the design and development of instruments for assessing cellular bioenergetics, has announced Research Instruments Pte Ltd as the distributor of Seahorse XF Analyzers and consumables in South East Asia. Seahorse XF Extracellular Flux Analyzers provide the first and only kinetic method to measure the two major [...]
August 15, 2011
BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc., a leader in X-ray detection technology, announced today the receipt of an order from an Eastern European country for two Z Backscatter™ Van (ZBV™) X-ray screening systems — the industry’s top-selling non-intrusive cargo and vehicle X-ray screening system. “This repeat order from this Eastern European government reinforces the continued [...]
