InVitria Announces Lysobac is Now Available as a cGMP Grade Cell Lysis Reagent
February 8, 2011
Fort Collins, CO, USA - InVitria announces that its Lysobac cell lysing reagent is manufactured at the Company’s Junction City, Kansas facility under cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) standards. Lysobac is a completely animal component free reagent that is substantially more effective and consistent than hen egg white lysozyme and complies with global regulatory standards [...]
Hamilton Extends Monitoring Technology to 96-Channel Pipetting Head
February 8, 2011
Reno, Nevada - Hamilton Robotics introduces the TADM 96 Multi-Channel Pipetting Head, with aspiration and dispense monitoring technology in every channel. The new head is compatible with Hamilton’s MICROLAB® STARline of automated liquid handling platform and incorporates the company’s Total Aspiration and Dispense Monitoring (TADM) technology. Air pressure sensors are built into each channel, which [...]
Omixon Release SOLiD Variant Detection Plug-in for CLC bio’s Platform
February 8, 2011
AARHUS, Denmark & BUDAPEST, Hungary - Today, CLC bio and Omixon announced the release of the Omixon Gapped SOLiD Alignment plug-in for full integration into CLC Genomics Workbench. CLC bio is a leader in algorithm performance and provides an integrated solution for high-throughput sequencing data analysis, and Omixon is a leader in variant detection accuracy [...]
Kenneth C. Weirman Named Vice President and Chief Information Officer
February 8, 2011
BERWYN, Pa. - AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced the appointment of Kenneth C. Weirman as Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He replaces William P. Lawson, who retires after 20 years with the Company. "We are very pleased that Ken has joined AMETEK. He is a seasoned IT executive with extensive experience in manufacturing [...]
Automated UV-visible-NIR Spectroscopy of Microscopic Features: the 20/20 PV™ from CRAIC Technologies
February 8, 2011
CRAIC Technologies, the worlds leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR microspectroscopy solutions, is proud to introduce the automated version of its flagship product: the 20/20 Perfect Vision™ UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometer. This system is designed to be fully programmable with touchscreen controls so that it can automatically analyze microscopic samples with UV-visible-NIR spectroscopy and microscopy. Imaging and spectroscopic a [...]
February 8, 2011
SAN JOSE, Calif. -Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the initial findings of stroke research conducted by its Biomarker Research Initiatives in Mass Spectrometry (BRIMS) Center in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard University. Strokes are the leading cause of serious long-term disability in the U.S. The research, [...]
OpGen Announces Argus Optical Mapping System Purchase by BGI
February 8, 2011
Gaithersburg, Md. - OpGen, Inc., a genomics and DNA analysis company and exclusive provider of optical mapping technology, today announced that BGI, the largest genomics organization in the world, purchased an Argus™ Optical Mapping System. BGI plans on incorporating the Argus system into its current sequencing platform for microbial genome sequence finishing and sequence validation. [...]
SwitchGear Genomics Announces Distribution Agreement With BioCat GmbH
February 8, 2011
MENLO PARK, Calif. - SwitchGear Genomics Inc., a leading provider of products for studying the regulatory elements in the human genome, today announced that the company signed an agreement for BioCat GmbH to distribute the innovative LightSwitch Luciferase Assay System(TM) in Europe. The system consists of a full reporter assay solution including a genome-wide collection [...]
Chiral Technologies Promotes Lisa Cole Newton to National Accounts Manager
February 8, 2011
WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Chiral Technologies, Inc. (CTI) has named Lisa Cole Newton as the new National Accounts Manager, Separation Services for North America. In this newly-created position, Newton will have responsibility for strengthening CTI’s separation services activity in North America, focusing company resources to more effectively meet the unique requirements of this business segment. [...]
February 8, 2011
Pequannock, NJ - Portable, compact and convenient, the Scienceware® Vacuum Aspirator Collection System from Bel-Art Products is a self contained system perfect for fluid collection from tissue and cell cultures, Petri dishes, plates, flasks, tubes and more, whenever in house vacuum lines are not readily available. Each unit comes complete with one gallon collection bottle, [...]

