Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Leading Biological Safety Cabinet Portfolio
May 12, 2011
MILFORD, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the release of an expanded portfolio of the Thermo Scientific 1300 Series A2 biological safety cabinets. In addition to the existing four- and six-foot cabinets, the 1300 Series A2 portfolio is now available in three- and five-foot widths, maximizing internal [...]
Real-Time PCR Dedicated Sample Preparation Chemistries Have Arrived
May 12, 2011
PARK CITY, UT - Biotechnology company Fluoresentric, Inc. announces its real-time PCR dedicated sample preparation kits, Direct-2-PCR™, BACT-2-PCR™, and HiT-4-PCR™ which are significant improvements to existing products. Each kit is specifically designed to rapidly isolate DNA or RNA in buffers specifically formulated to perform exceptionally with real-time PCR detection, quantification, and genotyping applications. Direct-2-PCR™ (store.fluoresentric.com) [...]
Cell Biosciences Acquires Brightwell Technologies
May 12, 2011
Santa Clara, CA - Cell Biosciences, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Brightwell Technologies, Inc. of Ottawa, Ontario for approximately U.S. $9 million in cash. Brightwell Technologies is the market leader in Micro-Flow Imaging (MFI), an analytical technique used to detect particles and aggregates in protein-based therapeutics. Because of high interest in protein aggregation [...]
May 12, 2011
LAVAL, QC - Roche Diagnostics Canada is pleased to announce the launch of the cobas® 8000 modular analyzer series. In parallel with the launch of this latest member of Roche's "cobas" family of laboratory testing platforms, Roche Diagnostics Canada has completed the first North American installation of the cobas 8000 system at BC Biomedical Laboratories. [...]
Software for the Discovery of New Crystal Structures
May 11, 2011
Transmission electron microscopes create magnified images of samples and are, in contrast to the light microscope, even able to resolve individual atoms. When transmitting a beam of electrons through a crystalline sample such as a complex mineral or a crystallized protein, the electrons are being diffracted in a specific way. Collecting such diffraction patterns of [...]
May 11, 2011
Boston, MA - PEGS Summit: DNA2.0 today announced that it will offer third-party genetic constructs through the company’s groundbreaking gene assembly and design application, Gene Designer. The Rhamex™ protein expression systems from Xbrane Bioscience will be the first commercial constructs that users will be able to access and order directly through Gene Designer. In addition [...]
Waters Welcomes Duke University Proteomics Core Facility into Centers of Innovation Program
May 11, 2011
MILFORD, Mass. - Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today welcomed into its Centers of Innovation Program the Proteomics Core Facility at the Duke University School of Medicine (Durham, NC). In a ceremony at Duke University, Waters recognized Associate Research Prof. M. Arthur Moseley, Director of Proteomics, for his research and support of ongoing research at the [...]
Transposagen’s piggyBac™ Vectors to be Distributed by System Biosciences
May 11, 2011
LEXINGTON, Ky., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Transposagen) and System Biosciences (SBI), both leaders in genetic modification technology, have announced a non-exclusive marketing and distribution agreement between the two biotechnology companies involving Transposagen's piggyBac™ technology. The piggyBac™ Genetic Modification System enables researchers to: •Alter the genomes of numerous animal species with a [...]
IDEX Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire CVI
May 11, 2011
LAKE FOREST, Ill. - IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CVI Melles Griot ("CVI"), from Norwest Equity Partners ("Norwest"), a leading middle market equity investment firm. CVI is a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision photonic solutions used in the Life Sciences, Research, [...]
High-Capacity Rotor Extends Range of the Beckman Coulter Optima MAX-XP Tabletop Ultracentrifuge
May 11, 2011
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. - The MLA-50 High-Capacity Rotor for the Optima MAX-XP Tabletop Ultracentrifuge from Beckman Coulter, Inc. offers an industry-leading 194 mL capacity that allows more sample to be processed per run. The new aluminum rotor combines with the centrifuge and easy-to-seal tubes to provide highly efficient operation. Exclusive g-Max tubes adapt small samples [...]
