Bridgewater, NJ.-- LabVantage today announced the availability of its SAPPHIRE™ Release 5.1 Laboratory Information Management Suite (LIMS). SAPPHIRE is an industry-leading zero footprint and configurable off-the-shelf (COTS) LIMS that consolidates functionality typically found in multiple laboratory systems. SAPPHIRE is readily tailored to manage an organization's laboratory information across its worldwide R&D pipeline and manufacturing supply [...]

Schott -- NEXTERION® Slide NC (Louisville, KY) - Microarray Solutions, a division of SCHOTT North America, Inc. (SCHOTT) has extended the NEXTERION® range of micro-porous nitrocellulose coated slides. SCHOTT now offers slides with performance characteristics optimized for either “contact” or “non-contact” microarray printers. For use with non-contact printers, SCHOTT recommends NEXTERION Slide NC-N. As an [...]

Global Hydrogen Leader to Participate in Premier Pittcon Event Wallingford, CT -- Global hydrogen leader Proton Energy Systems announced today it will be participating in Pittcon beginning March 1st. Pittcon is the world’s annual, premier conference on laboratory science, and Proton will be located in booth 2627. “CSI: Miami” star Eva La Rue, who utilizes [...]

BioDiscovery, Inc. a leader in integrated software solutions for microarray-based research, announced today the release of Nexus DB a unique new repository for storing, querying, and sharing of genomic variation data from its popular Nexus Copy Number software. This novel repository facilitates collaborative work by making it easy to access and review data from anywhere [...]

SHANGHAI /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- 2010-Grace Davison Discovery Sciences(TM), a product group of W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA), is reaffirming its commitment to providing innovative solutions to customers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors in Asia by presenting at one of the industry's premier events. The company is spotlighting the REVELERIS(R) flash system, the next [...]

Thermo Scientific Products Improve Automation and Efficiency for Cytogenetics Department Runcorn, Cheshire. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the West of Scotland Regional Cytogenetics Service has chosen the Thermo Scientific Varistain Gemini ES banding machine and Thermo Scientific ClearVue automated coverslipping machine for improved automation in the [...]

New product expands Siemens’ laboratory water treatment consumables/service offering Warrendale, Pennsylvania, USA -- Siemens Water Technologies now offers the Liquipure CX replacement continuous electrodeionization (CEDI) module, designed as a reliable and cost-effective replacement module for Millipore’s Elix water purification systems. The Liquipure CX module, to be launched at Pittcon 2010 in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. on [...]

Ultrapure water quality from a compact, easy to use, cost-effective system Warrendale, Pennsylvania, USA, Siemens introduces LaboStar and LaboStar TWF compact deionization water purification systems for producing ASTM Type I water. The LaboStar system purifies water from a pre-purified water source and the LaboStar TWF system purifies water from a tap feed source. Included with [...]

NORWOOD, Mass.--Advanced Instruments announced that its AnoxomatTM Anaerobic System for the laboratory cultivation of bacteria provides important “green” advantages over gas-bag methods that generate large quantities of hazardous waste. “With the Anoxomat, there is no hazardous material produced and the jars can be reused for years and then recycled.” “The Anoxomat system is an ideal [...]

For Leading Microbial Testing Pioneer, Change Reflects Expanded Technology Offerings SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.-- Micro Imaging Technology, Inc. (OTC: Bulletin Board: MMTC) today announced that it has changed is company name to Micro Identification Technologies to better reflect the extensive capabilities of its ID technology software. The company currently produces the MIT 1000 Rapid Microbial Identification [...]