FEI Installs Advanced Electron Microscopes at nanoGUNE Nanoscience Research Center
May 11, 2011
Hillsboro, Ore., USA and San Sebastian, Spain - FEI Company (NASDAQ: FEIC), a leading scientific instrumentation company, and the Basque Nanoscience Cooperative Research Center, nanoGUNE Consolider, are pleased to announce the installation of three new advanced electron microscope systems from FEI. nanoGUNE now has the world’s most advanced commercially-available microscope, the Titan™ scanning transmission electron [...]
TGAC Selects Caliper Solutions for High Throughput Sequencing Pipeline
May 11, 2011
HOPKINTON, Mass. - Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP) today announced a partnership with The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC), a leading high throughput sequencing and analysis center based in Norwich, UK establishing TGAC as a National Reference Site. TGAC will implement Caliper's NGS Bundle, which includes the Sciclone NGS Workstation, LabChip GX, and LabChip XT, [...]
May 11, 2011
STRASBOURG, France - Polyplus-transfection SA, a privately-held company developing innovative technologies for molecular and cellular biology, announced today that ExcellGene SA, a privately held company providing rapid and low-cost solutions for protein manufacturing and process development based on mammalian cells to the Pharma/Biotech industry, has signed an extended supply agreement for Polyplus-transfection polyethylenimine (PEI) based [...]
Harvard Stem Cell Research Lab Adopts the BioFlux System
May 11, 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fluxion Biosciences announced today that the Karp Laboratory at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) has purchased the BioFlux 1000 system, which will be applied in their stem cell homing research. Dr. Jeffrey Karp is an Assistant Professor at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Department of Medicine [...]
Life Technologies Announces Redemption of 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025
May 11, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) announced today that it has given notice of its intention to redeem all of the outstanding 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the "2025 Convertible Notes") on June 15, 2011. As of May 6, 2011 there was $350,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Convertible Notes [...]
May 11, 2011
WILMINGTON, MA - Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced hiring four additional sales and marketing managers, as well as the establishment of a specialized Government Marketing and Sales team aimed at serving the needs of domestic homeland security in the [...]
EMD Millipore Opens New Facility in Shanghai, China
May 11, 2011
Shanghai, China — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Germany, today opened its state-of-the-art Biopharmaceutical Technical and Training Center in Shanghai, China. The 2,500 square meter facility will provide support, training and validation services to EMD Millipore’s biopharmaceutical customers with operations in China. “We are responding to China’s commitment to strengthen [...]
Smiths Detection Provides Narcotics Trace Detectors to U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons
May 11, 2011
Morristown, NJ - Smiths Detection has completed installing 74 IONSCAN 500DT narcotics trace detection systems for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). With this order, the BOP now has a total of 102 IONSCAN systems deployed in prisons across the country. They are used to screen visitors and mail for trace amount of narcotics [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases Solutions for Advanced Metals Characterization at CETAS 2011
May 10, 2011
ECUBLENS, Switzerland - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will highlight its innovative offering of spectroscopy solutions for advanced metals characterization in the steel and metal industries during CETAS 2011, being held May 17-19, in Luxembourg. Thermo Fisher will showcase a range of solutions to substantially improve automation and workflow within [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Provides Update on Acquisition of Dionex Corporation
May 10, 2011
WALTHAM, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, is confident in being able to secure all necessary outstanding regulatory and antitrust approvals in connection with its previously announced tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dionex Corporation (NASDAQ: DNEX) for $118.50 per share in cash. Thermo [...]

