OGT Awarded ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Accreditation, Signifying Technical Expertise

Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, today announced that its Genefficiency™ and CytoSure™ array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) services have been accredited as meeting ISO/IEC 17025:2005 international standards by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The award underlines the superior level of expertise and quality [...]

Bruker Installs NMR Metabolic Profiling Systems at Norwegian University of Science and Technology

TRONDHEIM, Norway - Bruker has installed two nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers for metabolic profiling at the new MR Metabolomics Laboratory at the NTNU hospital campus in Trondheim. Metabolic profiling of tissue samples and biofluids has the potential to transform the way cancer diagnostics and treatments are optimized for individual patients. The new NMR systems [...]

Nordiag Launches Sample Preparation Kits for the Life Science Market

NorDiag today announces that the Company's portfolio of sample preparation kits for the Arrow instrument in the Life Science market is available for sale to hospitals, laboratories and research institutes. The portfolio consists of three different applications; Arrow RNA, Arrow DNA and Arrow cell separation. In addition, NorDiag has a portfolio of CE IVD marked [...]

Core Informatics Announces Second Office Location in Cambridge Massachusetts

BRANFORD, Conn. - Core Informatics, a leading provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), announced today the establishment of a second office in the technology and life-sciences rich Cambridge, Massachusetts. The addition of the second office signals the growth of the company in both personnel and client reach. Core's Cambridge office is located in the [...]

AnaSpec, Inc. Introduces SensoLyte(R) SIRT2 Assay Kits Fluorimetric

Expanding on our offerings of long wavelength, highly sensitive SIRT assays, AnaSpec, Eurogentec Group, is pleased to release 2 assay kits for SIRT2, the SensoLyte® 520 FRET SIRT2 Assay Kit and the SensoLyte® Green SIRT2 Assay Kit. The substrate found in the SensoLyte® 520 FRET SIRT2 Assay Kit employs a FRET substrate, and the peptide [...]

Optiqua-NTU Partnership to Develop Next-Generation Sensor Technology

To enhance its contaminant-detection capability, Optiqua Technologies Pte Ltd is collaborating with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to tap on its expertise in biomolecular sciences and sensor technology. Optiqua, a subsidiary of Dutch optical sensor company Optisense, provides the international water industry with innovative products that offer high quality monitoring applications for the detection of contaminants [...]

Cerno Bioscience Introduces MassWorks AutoID for Fully Automated Quadrupole MS Formula Determination

Cerno Bioscience today announces the successful test installation and operation of a new software product, MassWorks AutoID™, at a major pharmaceutical company near Boston, MA. By automating the patented MassWorks calibration and formula ID process on the widely available quadrupole MS systems, AutoID makes the 100x improvement in mass accuracy and the unparallel Spectral Accuracy [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces iPhone App to Simplify GC Column Selection Convenient Gas Chromatography Column Selection

RUNCORN, U.K. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the release of a free GC Column Selector app for iPhone. The new app helps GC chromatographers select the ideal Thermo Scientific GC column for either existing or regulated methods based on their current configuration. It provides a quick cross-reference [...]

Beckman Coulter’s Board of Directors Recommends Stockholders Accept Danaher’s Cash Tender Offer

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) announced today that its board of directors unanimously recommends that Beckman Coulter's stockholders tender their shares to Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) at the previously announced price of $83.50 per share of Beckman Coulter's common stock. The transaction is expected to close during the first half of [...]

ForteBio Launches New Octet® RED96 System and Dip and Read™ Protein L Biosensor

MENLO PARK, Calif. - ForteBio®, Inc., a leading supplier of label-free technology that accelerates the development of biotherapeutic and pharmaceutical products, today announced the launch of its Octet RED96 System, as well as its new Dip and Read™ Protein L Biosensor for use on the company’s Octet platform. The product introductions further widen the scope [...]

Access IBO on Knowledge Center