Automated Protein Sample Preparation System Achieves Quality Milestone

COLUMBIA, Md. - Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, in collaboration with Perfinity Biosciences, has developed the Perfinity Workstation (patent pending). Utilizing Shimadzu HPLC components in combination with Perfinity optimized columns, the Perfinity Workstation provides users with fast, highly reproducible results through standardized columns and reagents, proprietary software, and an automated workflow that eliminates human error and disjointed [...]

PerkinElmer Launches AxION™ Mass Spectrometry Platform

WALTHAM, Mass. - PerkinElmer Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the launch of its AxION™ Mass Spectrometry platform at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference, June 5-9, in Denver, Colorado. The AxION hardware and software platform is specifically designed to deliver rapid [...]

NanoInk Launches the Nanoarray Assay System

SKOKIE, Ill. - NanoInk’s® Nano BioDiscovery™ Division announced today the launch of a new instrument system for nanoscale protein analysis and discovery. Coupling powerful array deposition techniques with the latest generation of fluorescent detection technologies, the NanoArray Assay System™ is a user friendly, affordable desktop unit that can quickly and costeffectively integrate into any proteomic [...]

Waters Corporation and PREMIER Biosoft International Announce Collaboration for Advancing Lipidomics Research

DENVER - Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today announced it has entered into a non-exclusive co-marketing and reselling agreement with PREMIER Biosoft International (Palo Alto, CA) to advance lipidomics research. Waters will offer PREMIER Biosoft's SimLipid® informatics platform for sale with Waters® ACQUITY UPLC® and high-resolution, exact mass SYNAPT® and XEVO® mass spectrometers for lipid analysis. [...]

Life Technologies Develops Fast and Accurate Test to Detect Europe’s Deadly E. coli

CARLSBAD, Calif. - Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced that it has developed a custom test (assay) to accurately detect the E. coli bacterium that has killed at least 22 people and affected more than 2,100 worldwide, including four new cases reported in the United States. Shipments of the TaqMan® E. coli 0104 Detection [...]

Bio-Rad’s New ProteOn Manager™ Software 3.0 Makes Protein Interaction Analysis Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Easier

Hercules, CA - Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.'s new software for the ProteOn™ XPR36 protein interaction array system, ProteOn Manager software 3.0, enhances researchers' ability to analyze protein interactions using surface plasmon resonance (SPR). This new software streamlines experimental set up and data analysis with new features that make the ProteOn system easier to use with reduced [...]

Merck Millipore Offers Quick Tests for EHEC in Food

Darmstadt, Germany - Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, today announced a simple quick test in its product portfolio can detect EHEC (enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) in food. This strain of bacteria has already infected hundreds in Germany and other regions in recent weeks. The infection is thought to be spread primarily through [...]

New Autosampler for Nexera UHPLC Provides High-Speed Analysis with Three Times More Sample Capacity for LC/MS

COLUMBIA, Md. - Shimadzu Scientific Instruments launched the SIL-30ACMP Autosampler for the Nexera ultra high-performance liquid chromatograph today at ASMS 2011 in Denver. The SIL-30ACMP combines with the optional CTO-30AS column oven to create a premier front end for all LC/MS systems. When paired with Shimadzu’s LCMS-8030 or LCMS-2020, the new autosampler allows users to [...]

AB SCIEX and Phytronix Partner to Expand Choices for High-Throughput Drug Discovery, Forensic Toxicology and Food Safety Analysis

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and Phytronix Technologies today announced that they are working together to expand choices for scientists and lab analysts focused on high-throughput pharmaceutical applications, forensic toxicology and food safety testing. The two companies are integrating Phytronix’s LDTD (Laser Diode Thermal Desorption) Ion source [...]

Agilent Technologies’ New Q-TOF LC/MS Offers 10 Times More Sensitivity than Previous Model, Plus 50 HZ Acquisition Rates

DENVER (American Society for Mass Spectrometry conference) - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the 6550 iFunnel quadrupole time-of-flight liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (Q-TOF LC/MS) system. It increases TOF sensitivity to low femtogram levels while delivering fast acquisition to 50 spectra/sec, up to five orders of intra-scan dynamic range, and robust performance and operation. [...]

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