BioCision, LLC Launches New Tools for Cell Cryopreservation
June 22, 2011
MILL VALLEY, Calif. - BioCision, the coolprep™ company, today announced the release of three new cryopreservation systems: CoolCell®FTS™30, the first large-capacity, high-density cell freezing system; CoolCell SV2 for freezing cells in larger diameter 2ml vials; and CoolCell 5ml for large cryovial freezing. All CoolCell freezing solutions deliver a controlled freezing rate of -1ºC/minute in a [...]
Cepheid Appoints Vice President of Infectious Disease Research & Development
June 22, 2011
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced that Robert Kwiatkowski, Ph. D., has joined the company as Vice President of Infectious Disease Research and Development, reporting to David Persing, M.D., Ph.D. "Cepheid already offers an impressive menu of eleven highly regarded Xpert? tests for our GeneXpert? system, but we are working aggressively to extend [...]
VENENUM Biodesign Announces Opening of Medicinal Chemistry Labs
June 22, 2011
HAMILTON, N.J. - VENENUM Biodesign, a drug discovery company that utilizes ultra-high throughput screening (UHTS) of its compound collection to identify potential therapeutic agents against its novel disease-based targets, or its partners' targets, announced today that it opened its new medicinal chemistry space at 8 Black Forest Road in Hamilton, NJ. The facility comprises over [...]
BioCision Launches New Tools for Cell Cryopreservation
June 22, 2011
MILL VALLEY, Calif. - BioCision, the coolprep™ company, today announced the release of three new cryopreservation systems: CoolCell®FTS™30, the first large-capacity, high-density cell freezing system; CoolCell SV2 for freezing cells in larger diameter 2ml vials; and CoolCell 5ml for large cryovial freezing. All CoolCell freezing solutions deliver a controlled freezing rate of -1oC/minute in a [...]
June 22, 2011
PAISLEY, U.K. - Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced that the company has led a successful consortium bid for a Technology Strategy Board grant, in partnership with the Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, AstraZeneca, and Ortho Biotech Oncology Research & Development unit of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. (ORD). The grant [...]
June 22, 2011
CAMBRIDGE, UK - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a highly sensitive ICP-MS solution for chromium measurement in drinking water, including the potentially carcinogenic hexavalent chromium (chromium VI). The Thermo Scientific XSERIES 2 ICP-MS is able to detect levels of chromium VI at less than 0.01 parts per billion [...]
Solvent Recovery Gains Acceptance in U.S. University Labs
June 22, 2011
Columbus, OH - Solvent recovery is becoming a key issue for academic laboratories across the country, as funding cuts and increased environmental regulations affect the facilities from two different directions. Fortunately, portable solvent recovery units can play an important role in how academic laboratories deal with both funding and environmental issues by enabling labs to [...]
Source BioScience Launches World’s Largest Clone and Antibody Resource for Researchers
June 22, 2011
Source BioScience (LSE: SBS), the international diagnostics and genetic analysis business, announces the launch of the largest publicly available clone and antibody resource portfolio for research purposes in the world in conjunction with an innovative, intelligent search engine to provide ready access for researchers. Researchers will be able to access over 20 million clones, representing [...]
Waters Unveils iPad Application at HPLC Conference to Aid Customer Selection of Key Consumables
June 22, 2011
MILFORD, Mass. - Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today unveiled a suite of capabilities within one Apple iPad application that ensures customers can quickly and easily choose the most appropriate Waters® ACQUITY UPLC® sample plates, vials and filters in a matter of seconds. “We are very excited to leverage the mobile communication technology that is becoming [...]
bioMérieux Launches Groundbreaking Salmonella Detection Technology to Improve Food Safety
June 22, 2011
MARCY L’ETOILE, France - bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announced the launch of a new, innovative food safety testing method, VIDAS® UP Salmonella (SPT). This new food safety solution utilizes recombinant bacteriophage (phage) proteins, which offer best-in-class specificity and sensitivity for the targeted capture and detection of Salmonella [...]

