Leica Microsystems Launches SCN400 F Combined Fluorescence and Brightfield Slide Scanner
July 5, 2011
Wetzlar, Germany - Leica Microsystems announces the release of the Leica SCN400 F combined fluo-rescent and brightfield digital slide scanner. The SCN400 F brings together Leica’s award winning brightfield slide scanning capabilities and multi-channel fluorescence imaging in a single platform, providing versatility to researchers and core laboratories utilizing Digital Pathology. By employing two separate illumination [...]
BlueGnome Announces ClearLab™ Range of Microarray laboratory Hardware
July 5, 2011
BlueGnome signalled today their move into laboratory hardware with the announcement at the European Cytogenetic Association (E.C.A.) conference in Porto, Portugal of a supply agreement with SciGene, Sunnyvale, CA. Under the terms of the agreement SciGene will manufacture BlueGnome’s new range of ClearHyb hybridisation and wash systems. Commenting on the agreement BlueGnome’s CEO, Nick Haan [...]
PSS Reaches an Agreement with Hai Kang Life Corporation to Develop a Genetic Diagnostic Instrument
July 5, 2011
Matsudo, Japan - Precision System Science, Co., Ltd (PSS) announced today that PSS and Hai Kang Life Corporation Limited (HKLife, a Hong Kong based biotechnology company) reached an agreement for the co-development of genetic diagnostic instrument. Under the agreement, PSS will develop compact genetic analyzer named “Bio Reader”, in collaboration with HKLife’s team of scientists [...]
July 4, 2011
Männedorf, Switzerland - The Board of Directors of the Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) has appointed Dr. Martin Brusdeilins as Chief Scientific Officer and a Member of the Group Management Board. He will head the new Science & Technology organizational unit at Group level and take up his role at Tecan on September 1, [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) Launches Latest Innovation in High-Throughput Tissue Processing
July 4, 2011
RUNCORN, UK - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific STP 420ES Tissue Processor for high-throughput tissue processing. This new tissue processor enables faster turnaround times for same-day diagnosis and leaner workflows through operational flexibility. Using a dual chamber design, which features unique rotational agitation that increases [...]
July 4, 2011
LGC’s Genomics division combines with KBioscience to create a market leader in genomic services and solutions LGC, the international science-based company and market leader in analytical, forensic and diagnostic services and reference standards, is pleased to announce that LGC’s Genomics division and KBioscience have come together to create a market-leading genomic services and solutions provider. [...]
Hamamatsu Photonics New Imaging Based Plate Reader for Fluorescence and Luminescence
July 1, 2011
Hamamatsu Photonics introduce the new FDSS7000EX Functional Drug Screening System, equipped with a Hamamatsu Scientific Grade fluorescence and luminescence sensor unit. The FDSS7000EX answers the growing need for more cost effective, versatile systems for HTS. It is the first Hamamatsu FDSS system to utilise our new high sensitivity sensor and is the plate reader of [...]
Harvard Bioscience, Inc. Acquires CMA Microdialysis’ Preclinical Business
July 1, 2011
HOLLISTON, Mass. - Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO - News), a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of tools to advance life science research and regenerative medicine, today announced that it has acquired the preclinical business unit of CMA Microdialysis AB through a purchase of assets. CMA Microdialysis AB is a privately held [...]
University of Michigan Nanofabrication Facility partners with Olympus
July 1, 2011
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has named Olympus America Inc. as a key partner for its Lurie Nanofabrication Facility (LNF). Olympus will provide researchers with advanced microscopes, camera equipment, and software to meet a wide variety of optical imaging, analysis, characterization, measurement, and inspection needs. The LNF is also known as the Michigan [...]
PicoCal Inc. Announces Completion of NSF Funded Research
July 1, 2011
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Angelo Gaitas, President of PicoCal Inc., announces the completion of PicoCal's SBIR Phase II NSF grant Award No. 0822810, which resulted in a number of breakthrough innovations in high throughput scanning probe microscopy, thermomechanical analysis, and mechanical properties analysis. Angelo Gaitas said that: "PicoCal Inc. continues to innovate and grow. Our [...]
