The University of Nottingham Selects JPK’s Innovative ForceRobot System
February 9, 2011
Berlin - JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is pleased to report on the first work from the University of Nottingham who have chosen the ForceRobot® 300 system for their School of Pharmacy. The Laboratory of Biophysics and Surface Analysis (LBSA), a multidisciplinary research division [...]
Phenomenex Announces that University of Delaware Drops Patent Lawsuit
February 9, 2011
TORRANCE, Calif. - Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announced today that the University of Delaware has withdrawn a lawsuit for patent infringement brought against the company. The lawsuit, first filed in 2005, claimed that Phenomenex used technology from a University-owned patent related to [...]
February 8, 2011
CHICAGO - Baird Venture Partners (BVP), the U.S.-based venture capital fund of Baird Private Equity, announced today that its portfolio company Accuri Cytometers (Accuri) has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and is [...]
February 8, 2011
Ithaca, N.Y. - Rheonix, Inc. today announced the receipt of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant in the amount of $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue development of a Rheonix CARD® (Chemistry and Reagent Device) system to detect certain types of water contamination. NSF awarded the grant based upon [...]
Collaboration Agreement Announced with ITRI, Taiwan
February 8, 2011
Oxford Instruments and the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan (ITRI) are delighted to announce that they have just signed a research-based collaboration agreement. The agreement is based on Oxford Instruments providing an HBLED related process research centre staffed by Oxford Instruments’ process engineers at ITRI, benefitting both ITRI and Oxford Instruments’ extensive Far Eastern [...]
February 8, 2011
BEDFORD, Mass. - Rapid Micro Biosystems, a leading provider of automated, non-destructive, rapid microbial detection, today announced a sales and marketing agreement with Life Technologies Corporation, a provider of innovative life science solutions. For quality control microbiology customers, the agreement combines best in class automated microbial detection and enumeration with gold-standard microbial identification. The agreement [...]
February 8, 2011
Walkersville, MD. - Lonza and California Stem Cell, Inc. are pleased to announce the first commercially available source of motor neuron progenitors derived from human embryonic stem cells. The MotorPlate™ Human ESC-derived Motor Neuron Progenitor products are functional, adherent motor neuron progenitors seeded in 96-well plates and shipped to customers fresh and ready-to-use with optimized [...]
AB Sciex and GeneBio Team Up to Improve Interactive Library Searching for Mass Spectrometry
February 8, 2011
GENEVA, Switzerland and TORONTO, Canada - AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and Geneva Bioinformatics (GeneBio) SA today announced that they will co-market joint solutions to improve the ability of scientists to conduct rapid screening of large sets of molecules. GeneBio's SmileMS software provides advanced library searching capabilities that can be [...]
Highly Sensitive & Specific Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) Assay Kit
February 8, 2011
Porvair Filtration Group, a leading innovator in the fields of filtration and separation, has developed a new technology that has particular relevance to the rapidly expanding Epigenetics market and will be unveiling it at the Epigenetics World Congress in Boston in April 2011. Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is the key experimental technique used to investigate the [...]
Honeywell Forms New Advanced Solutions Business
February 8, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. - Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced that it has formed a new business focused on providing advanced open software and services to the process industries. By integrating the leading open connectivity and broad platform capability of its Matrikon acquisition with its fast-growing applications and solutions business, Honeywell’s new Advanced Solutions business can deliver a [...]
