REGION SKÅNE DIGITIZES THE PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES IN WHOLE OF SOUTHERN SWEDEN
August 8, 2011
Region Skåne, the authority in charge of primary and secondary public health care for the whole southern part of Sweden, has selected Software Point and LABVANTAGE to deliver a $4 million turn-key solution for digitizing the histopathological workflows in the whole region. The system will be possibly the largest such installation in the world and [...]
QIAGEN opens Taiwan subsidiary to further expand presence in Asia
August 8, 2011
SHANGHAI and TAIPEI -- QIAGEN today officially opened its new subsidiary in Taiwan, QIAGEN Taiwan Co., Ltd., and began direct sales in the market. To mark the event, QIAGEN held an inauguration ceremony at the Sheraton Hotel, Taipei, attended by 100 distinguished guests, including local government officials, prominent key opinion leaders and customers. Establishing the [...]
Affymetrix Commercializes Next-Generation Transcriptome Array for Large-Scale Clinical Studies
August 8, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix, Inc. today announced commercialization of the next-generation human transcriptome array demonstrated by Stanford University researchers to be superior to mRNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) in gene expression profiling studies. In multiple experiments using a clinically relevant transcriptome discovered by deep sequencing, the research scientists compared the throughput and performance of both profiling technologies and [...]
MGRC Offers Enhanced Online Sequence Analysis Tools
August 8, 2011
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad (MGRC) has announced the extensive update of its comprehensive range of high-speed online bioinformatics analysis tools and reference databases. These free-to-use tools now offer users greater flexibility to perform complex analyses of genomic data with a very short turnaround time. One of the major updates involves [...]
Bruker Announces New Website and Online Store for AFM Probes
August 8, 2011
SANTA BARBARA, CA – The Bruker Nano Surfaces division has launched a brand new website for atomic force microscopy (AFM) probes at www.brukerAFMprobes.com. Bruker, the company that has recently brought you Dimension FastScanTM, the world’s fastest AFM, and ScanAsystTM, the first self-optimizing AFM, now has created a new website enabling the AFM community to easily [...]
IDEX Corporation Names Andrew Silvernail as New Chief Executive Officer
August 8, 2011
LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- IDEX Corporation today announced the promotion of Andrew Silvernail to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective August 10, 2011, succeeding Larry Kingsley who indicated his plans to leave IDEX to assume the position of Chief Executive Officer of Pall Corporation. Mr. Silvernail was also appointed to the company's board of [...]
Carestream and Caliper Settle Lawsuits
August 8, 2011
ROCHESTER, N.Y.--Carestream Health today announced it has favorably settled two lawsuits with Caliper Life Sciences. In the first lawsuit, filed in February, 2010, Caliper, its wholly owned subsidiary, Xenogen, and Stanford University alleged that Carestream’s marketing and sales of its instrument systems induced infringement of seven imaging patents that are exclusively licensed to Xenogen by [...]
FEI Announces New Versa 3D DualBeam Imaging & Analysis System
August 8, 2011
Hillsboro, Ore. - FEI Company, a leading instrumentation company providing electron microscope systems for applications in research and industry, today announced the release of its new Versa 3D™ DualBeam™ system, which provides high-resolution, three-dimensional (3D) imaging and analysis on a wide range of sample types. The Versa 3D’s highly configurable platform allows customers to adapt [...]
Pall Corporation Names Lawrence D. Kingsley President and Chief Executive Officer
August 8, 2011
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.- Pall Corporation’s (NYSE: PLL) board of directors today announced that Larry Kingsley has been unanimously elected president and chief executive officer, effective October 3, 2011. He will also be elected a director after he joins the company. Mr. Kingsley, 48, currently chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of IDEX [...]
Horizon Technology Introduces the SmartPrep Extractor™
August 8, 2011
Salem, NH - Horizon Technology is proud to introduce the brand new SmartPrep Extractor. This system delivers unprecedented versatility and intelligent sample preparation capabilities for cartridge based automated SPE. SmartPrep is the first ever automated, small footprint, extraction system designed specifically for scalable cartridge based SPE of a wide range of contaminants in clean aqueous [...]
