May 5, 2011
HAWTHORNE, Calif. - OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronics and services, today announced that its Security division, Rapiscan Systems, has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract to provide the Eagle® R60 Rail scanner and associated installation and operator training services to an Eastern European country. OSI Systems CEO, Deepak Chopra, [...]
PerkinElmer Announces Acquisition of Geospiza
May 5, 2011
WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has acquired Geospiza, Inc., a leading developer of software systems for the management of genetic analysis and laboratory workflows delivered through a Web-based secure cloud computing environment. The acquisition of Geospiza supports [...]
May 5, 2011
TORONTO - DVS Sciences announced today the publication in Science of a milestone study describing the use of the CyTOF® Mass Cytometer to reveal unique, system wide insights into the complex hematopoietic cell populations and their drug-induced intracellular signaling. The paper entitled Single-cell Mass Cytometry of Differential Immune and Drug Responses Across a Human Hematopoietic [...]
Fluidigm Delivers More Than One Billion Microscopic NanoFlex™ Valves
May 5, 2011
SINGAPORE - Fluidigm today announced that its Singapore factory has manufactured and shipped more than 1 billion microscopic NanoFlex™ valves. Each NanoFlex valve is so small that it takes 10 to span the width of a human hair. The billion valves built into Fluidigm’s integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) are equivalent to the number of valves [...]
May 5, 2011
Rochester, NY – Navitar Life Sciences, Inc., an affiliated entity of Navitar, Inc., a leading optics manufacturer, announced today they have entered into a binding agreement to acquire assets of Modulation Optics and their world-leading Hoffman Modulation Contrast® (HMC®) Imaging Technology. Modulation Optics, located in Glen Cove, New York, manufactures Hoffman Modulation Contrast microscope components [...]
May 5, 2011
Sunnyvale, CA—Dionex Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the IonPac® AS25 anion-exchange hydroxide selective column. This high capacity column is designed for gradient separation of multivalent anions including polarizable anions (perchlorate) and sulfur speciation (sulfite, sulfate, thiocyanate and thiosulfate) in approximately 30 minutes without the use of solvent. The key application is sulfur [...]
Kewaunee Scientific Corporation Announces ISEC, Inc. Joins Domestic Sales Network
May 5, 2011
STATESVILLE, N.C. - Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (NASDAQ: KEQU), a global leader in the design, manufacture, and installation of scientific and technical furniture, today announced that ISEC, Inc., one of the largest interior specialty contractors in the United States, has joined Kewaunee's network of dealers. ISEC will represent Kewaunee in the Rocky Mountain States Region of [...]
Sigma® Life Science and King’s College London Co-Developing miRNA Target Identification Technology
May 5, 2011
St. Louis, MO. - Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq:SIAL), and King's College London, today announced an exclusive license to develop and commercialize new technology for the identification and validation of microRNA (miRNA) targets in research and clinical diagnostics. For more detailed information, visit www.wherebiobegins.com/targetid. miRNAs function [...]
May 5, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas and MILAN - Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) announced today that it has received CE marking for its new xTAG Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel (GPP).This innovative assay is the first test of its kind to help identify up to 95 percent of the disease causing pathogens in a single test. It delivers the highest number [...]
New Software for Freeman Technology FT4 Powder Rheometer Offers Improved User Interface
May 4, 2011
Welland, UK: Freeman Technology has launched a new version of software for the company’s established universal powder tester, the FT4 Powder Rheometer. The new Powder Rheometer software introduces a completely redesigned graphical user interface which provides a clearer look and improves the display of real-time test information. It has the flexibility to deliver systematic guidance [...]
