Hach’s MiniLab Pocket pH Meters Offer Robust pH Measurement
July 19, 2011
LOVELAND, Colo – A new design makes Hach Company’s (www.hach.com) miniLab Pocket pH Meter virtually unbreakable and an essential piece of equipment for industries which require a rugged and convenient tool for pH measurement. The new design makes the miniLab Meter sturdier while still allowing for stable readings from small samples in seconds. The water [...]
Carl Zeiss Obtains Licence from University of California for Illumination Technique
July 19, 2011
JENA/Germany, SAN FRANCISCO/California/USA - Carl Zeiss has received a licence from the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) for the commercialization of “Multidirectional Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy” (mSPIM), an advanced illumination technique for light sheet fluorescence microscopy. Light sheet fluorescence microscopy is a relatively new application of the concept of light sheet illumination in [...]
Roche Acquires mtm Laboratories AG, Expanding Offering in Cervical Cancer Testing
July 19, 2011
Basel - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that it has signed an agreement under which it will acquire 100 percent of mtm laboratories AG (mtm), a privately-held company based in Heidelberg, Germany. mtm is a global leader in developing in vitro diagnostics with a focus on early detection and diagnosis of cervical [...]
Sigma® Life Science Launches CompoZr® Targeted Integration Kit – mRosa26 for the Mouse Genome
July 19, 2011
ST. LOUIS - Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced the launch of CompoZr Targeted Integration Kit – mRosa26, which can precisely and rapidly integrate transgenes into the mouse genome at the Rosa26 safe harbor locus. This kit follows the introduction of the CompoZr [...]
Luminex Corporation Receives U.S. FDA Clearance for New, Front Line Respiratory Viral Panel Test
July 19, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas - Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX) announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel FAST (RVP FAST). This front line test has the potential to significantly change the way respiratory viral testing is performed and complements the company's existing respiratory [...]
nanoMR Announces $13 Million Series B Financing
July 19, 2011
Albuquerque, N.M. – nanoMR, Inc., today announced that the company has raised $13 million in equity financing. Excel Venture Management led the round, joined by Healthcare Ventures, and existing investors vSpring Capital, The Dow Chemical Company, and Sun Mountain Capital. Dr. Steven Gullans of Excel and Gus Lawlor of Healthcare Ventures will join the board. [...]
Optibrium Launches New Version of Free StarVue App
July 19, 2011
CAMBRIDGE, UK - Optibrium, a provider of software solutions for drug discovery, today launches a new version of StarVue, its innovative free desktop application that enables scientists to quickly and conveniently view sets of compound structures and related data. The latest version of StarVue can be downloaded free from Optibrium's on-line community at www.optibrium.com/starvue/. StarVue [...]
July 19, 2011
PLANEGG, Germany - Biomax Informatics today announced the expansion of its long-term licensing and services agreement with Royal DSM to include solutions for synthetic biology using Biomax’s BioXM™ Knowledge Management Environment. The BioXM system is a unique generic software platform for dynamic modeling, visualization and analysis of biological and biomedical networks. By enabling an agile [...]
Tube Refill Packs from Micronic Europe
July 19, 2011
Tube refill packs from Micronic Europe provide you with a fast, easy-to-use and economic solution to refill your storage racks with 2D coded, alphanumeric or plain storage tubes. Micronic tube refills are also environmentally friendly - customers can simply refill their current storage rack thereby reducing their non-renewable plastic waste. To use simply place the [...]
July 19, 2011
Marcy l'Etoile, France - bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announced that it has acquired ARGENE, a French company specialized in molecular diagnostics. This acquisition is bioMérieux’s tenth in the last five years. With over twenty years of experience in the field of virology diagnostics, ARGENE has 70 employees worldwide. [...]
