Thermo Fisher Scientific Broadens Portfolio of Single-use Laboratory Products
May 18, 2011
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has acquired Sterilin Ltd., a leading provider of consumable products for microbiology, life science and clinical laboratories. The acquisition includes a broad portfolio of single-use laboratory products used in sample collection, storage and analysis, including petri dishes, specimen [...]
Affymetrix Releases New Applied Research Arrays Designed with Scientific Leaders
May 18, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced the availability of multiple genomic microarray tools that will further enable scientists in the applied research field. The company is updating, developing, and manufacturing organism arrays in collaboration with leading scientific communities so that researchers in areas such as animal breeding, crop science, and microbial genetics [...]
May 18, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that NIMGenetics S.L. of Madrid has achieved Certified Service Provider (CSP) status for genomic research using Agilent SurePrint comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and CGH/SNP microarrays. "We are very proud to become the first Agilent CSP in Spain," said Dr. Juan Cruz Cigudosa, NIMGenetics chief [...]
May 18, 2011
Glasgow, Scotland - Renishaw Diagnostics Ltd, a world leading provider of trace level detection technologies based on the exploitation of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS), for research and molecular diagnostics applications, today announced that it has concluded an exclusive licence agreement to a patent on nucleic acid sequence [...]
Bibby Scientific Ltd Acquires Electrothermal Engineering Ltd
May 18, 2011
As of May 17th 2011, Bibby Scientific Ltd, one of the UK's leading broad based manufacturers of laboratory products, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Electrothermal Engineering Ltd from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, the world leader in serving science. Electrothermal, an Essex based company founded in 1941, is a specialist in precisely controlled heating [...]
May 18, 2011
Paris (France) and Osaka (Japan) - Cellectis bioresearch, a subsidiary of Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS) and genome customization specialist, has appointed Wako Pure Chemical Industries as its distributor in Japan for the Company’s broad portfolio of research products and services, including the recently launched TALEN1 Access™. Wako Pure Chemical Industries is a leading distributor of research [...]
Nova announces the sale of Sterilin Limited to Thermo Fisher Scientific
May 18, 2011
Nova Capital Management Limited ("Nova"), the specialist acquirer of corporate and private equity portfolios, has announced the sale of Sterilin Limited to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Sterilin is the UK's leading manufacturer and supplier of single use plasticware for clinical and laboratory use in Life Sciences. It supplies a comprehensive range of swabs, petri dishes, [...]
Labcon North America Receives Presidential “E” Award for Exports
May 18, 2011
PETALUMA, Calif. - Labcon North America, (www.labcon.com) the world's leading manufacturer of Earth Friendly laboratory disposables, announced today that it was awarded the President's "E" Award for U.S. Exporters. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke presented Labcon with the "E" Award during a ceremony held at the Commerce Department headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Monday May [...]
May 18, 2011
BILLERICA, Mass. - American Science and Engineering, Inc. ("AS&E") (NASDAQ: ASEI), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, reported today that it has received a notice of Deobligation of Funds regarding an award for the delivery of a modular Z Backscatter(TM) system from a U.S. government agency for remote IED (improvised explosive device) [...]
May 18, 2011
Cambridge, UK - Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to announce its Dyversity 2D gel imaging system is being used by scientists at one of Latin America’s most prestigious Ophthalmological Institutions, the Institute of Ophthalmology “Fundación Conde de Valenciana” in Mexico, to study which proteins are associated with ocular diseases. Researchers [...]

