March 17, 2011
GE Healthcare has extended its WAVE Bioreactor platform with the launch of the WAVEPOD™ II Integrated Controller, the pHOPT optical pH sensor, and UNICORN™ DAQ 1.0 software. All specifically designed to improve monitoring and control of cell culture conditions in WAVE Bioreactor Systems, and forming part of GE Healthcare’s ReadyToProcess™ platform of ready-to-use products for [...]
Sigma® Life Science Launches Suite of Knockout Rats to Model Parkinson’s Disease
March 17, 2011
St. Louis, MO. - Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq:SIAL), announced that its SAGE Labs initiative has created a suite of knockout rat models of Parkinson's disease in collaboration with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF). Developed using the proprietary SAGEspeed™ model creation process, [...]
Pall GeneDisc® System First AOAC Validated Test for Non-O157 STEC in Food
March 17, 2011
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) announced today that its GeneDisc Rapid Microbiology system has been validated by the AOAC Research Institute for detection of non-O157 STEC in meat. This validation from one of the world's leading standards organizations is expected to enable more effective monitoring of the food supply for pathogenic E. [...]
March 17, 2011
Menlo Park, Calif. and Bethpage, NY - SRI International and the Applied Science Foundation for Homeland Security have signed a strategic alliance partner agreement to foster collaboration relating to the development, testing, and fielding of technology designed to meet the needs of first responders at the federal, state, and local levels. The agreement between the [...]
PharmaDiagnostics Announces Three New Coupling Methods for its SoPRano™ Label-Free Platform
March 17, 2011
Brussels - PharmaDiagnostics NV, a company developing and marketing a broadly-enabling, label-free screening technology that uniquely does not require specialized equipment, announces today the launch of three new methods for coupling proteins to the gold nanoparticles used with PharmaDiagnostics’ SoPRanoTM technology. The new coupling methods will greatly expand the technology’s applicability in the key drug [...]
BioNanomatrix Secures $23.3 Million in Series B Financing
March 17, 2011
PHILADELPHIA - BioNanomatrix, Inc., a developer of nanoscale, single-molecule imaging and analysis platforms designed to dramatically reduce the time and cost needed to analyze the genome, has closed a $23.3-million Series B round of equity financing. Domain Associates, based in Princeton, N.J., and San Diego, Calif., led the round, with new investor Gund Investment Corporation [...]
March 17, 2011
ATLANTA, GA - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific ARL PERFORM’X X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer for advanced materials characterization at Pittcon 2011. The ARL PERFORM’X integrates bulk elemental analysis capabilities with mapping and small spot analysis to create a solution that offers unmatched versatility and [...]
Malvern Instruments joins SoftComp Consortium and European Soft Matter Infrastructure (ESMI) Project
March 17, 2011
Materials characterization specialist Malvern Instruments has joined two key European initiatives that aim to promote excellence in cross-disciplinary research and technique development in soft matter composites and complex fluids. These are: the SoftComp Consortium; and, the newly funded EU FP7 project, European SoftMatter Infrastructure (ESMI). SoftComp promotes networking and joint project development among the best [...]
Pall Corporation Elects Ronald L. Hoffman Chairman of the Board
March 17, 2011
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL) today announced that its board of directors has separated the roles of chairman of the board and chief executive officer and elected Ronald L. Hoffman, non-executive chairman. The change is effective today. Mr. Hoffman, a Pall director since 2008, succeeds Eric Krasnoff as chairman. Mr. Krasnoff, who recently [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces New Software for Exactive Benchtop LC-MS
March 16, 2011
ATLANTA - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced new Thermo Scientific ExactFinder software for its Thermo Scientific Exactive benchtop LC-MS system powered by OrbitrapTM technology. The new software offers food and environmental safety, clinical research and forensic toxicology laboratories a single streamlined data processing, review and reporting workflow for [...]
