Roche Diagnostics Purchases Microarray Instrument and Accessory Assets from BioMicro Systems

MADISON, Wis.--Roche Diagnostics (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) has purchased assets from BioMicro Systems for all products associated with the Roche NimbleGen microarray workflow. These assets consist of key instrumentation in the comprehensive Roche NimbleGen microarray workflow including the NimbleGen Hybridization Systems (both 4- and 12-bay models). Also included in this purchase are array accessories [...]

Sigma-Aldrich(R) Licenses RAFT Polymerization Technology From CSIRO(R)

Agreement enables researchers to use powerful RAFT methodology to prepare polymers with controlled molecular architectures ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq:SIAL - News) announced today that it has entered into a worldwide licensing agreement with Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) to manufacture and sell Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT) agents – organic molecules [...]

PartTec to Market SNS-Developed Neutron Detector System

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- PartTec, an Indiana-based manufacturer of radiation detection equipment, has signed an agreement to manufacture and market an advanced neutron detector system developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Shifting Scintillator Neutron Detector system was developed for DOE's Spallation Neutron Source and High Flux Isotope Reactor complex, the [...]

Porvair Filtration Group Opens New Class 100000 (ISO Class 8) Clean Room

Contract Design, Manufacture and Assembly of Regulatory Compliant Polymer Products… Porvair Filtration Group, a leading developer and manufacturer of novel, high performance sintered porous plastic materials and products for life science applications, has opened a new Class 100000 (ISO Class 8) clean room facility at its Wrexham, UK site. The new clean room facility is [...]

Olympus Continues to Expand TIRF Microscopy with Three New High-Performance Objectives

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- Olympus, the world leader in objective-based total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy, continues to support scientists in their quest for knowledge about living cells with three new high-performance TIRF objectives. The new 150x ultra-magnification objective offers a numerical aperture (NA) of 1.45 for optimal magnification, resolution, light gathering ability and imaging [...]

Smiths Detection’s Mid-Sized X-ray System Joins TSA’s Air Cargo Screening Qualified List

Pallet-Sized Scanner is Company’s Sixth Technology Approved to Help Shippers Meet TSA Deadline PINE BROOK, N.J.--Smiths Detection today announces that its HI-SCAN 130130T-2is X-ray inspection system has been added to the Air Cargo Screening Qualified Technology List (ACSQTL) by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The system, Smiths Detection’s sixth addition to the list, provides operators [...]

Analytik Jena Wins Large Chinese Order

Jena -- Analytik Jena AG, one of the leading providers of analytical and bioanalytical instruments for industrial and research applications, has won a large order from China in the field of life science. The company is supplying the Asian region with biotechnology systems manufactured by Biometra GmbH, a subsidiary based in Göttingen, Germany. Most of [...]

Precision BioSciences Announces that the European Patent Office Issues Written Decision

Confirms Cellectis’ Loss of Patent Protection for Single-Chain Meganucleases in Europe RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--Precision BioSciences, Inc., today announced that the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a written decision confirming its November 18, 2009 revocation of the previously granted claims of Cellectis’ European Patent No. 1 485 475. As previously [...]

VisEn Launches New VivoTag(R) 680 XL Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Label

Extends VisEn's Leading Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Labeling Portfolio to Enable Enhanced Imaging Applications of Biomarkers in Research and Drug Development BEDFORD, Mass. PRNewswire/ -- VisEn Medical Inc., a leader in fluorescence in vivo imaging from research through medicine, announced today the commercial launch of its new VivoTag® 680 XL fluorescent dye for labeling biomolecules in [...]

Veeco Introduces Dimension Edge Atomic Force Microscope System

Streamlined Access to Top AFM Performance PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO - News), the leading provider of atomic force microscopy technology to the nanoscience community, announced today the Dimension® Edge™ Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) System for physical and life sciences investigation. This latest offering follows five major AFM releases from Veeco in 2009 alone, [...]

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