Miltenyi Biotec is Picking up Good VYBrations
April 4, 2011
ORLANDO, Florida - Miltenyi Biotec today announces the worldwide release and availability of the MACSQuant(R) VYB, a compact, benchtop flow cytometer featuring violet, yellow, and blue lasers, and detection of 10 optical parameters. The MACSQuant VYB enables easy but sophisticated multiparametric analysis of fluorescent protein-expressing cells, stem cell characterization, and much more. With this launch, [...]
Aegis Analytical Teams with Tokyo-based CTC Laboratory Systems
April 4, 2011
LAFAYETTE, Colo. - Aegis Analytical Corp., the leading provider of Enterprise Manufacturing and Process Intelligence software, announced today it has teamed with CTC Laboratory Systems Corp. (CTCLS), a leading solutions provider in Japan, as a reseller partner in the region. CTCLS will help sell Aegis’ Discoverant® software and oversee product implementations and customer support in [...]
Fluidigm Adds Evan Jones to Its Board of Directors
April 4, 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced that Evan Jones has been appointed to Fluidigm’s Board of Directors. Mr. Jones will also join the Board’s Compensation Committee. “Evan brings more than 25 years of operating and investment experience in the life sciences industry to the Fluidigm Board,” said Sam Colella, Fluidigm Chairman [...]
Techne Corporation Announces Acquisition
April 4, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS - Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) announced today that as of April 1, 2011, its R&D Systems subsidiary has acquired the assets of Boston Biochem, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative ubiquitin-related research products. These products provide biomedical researchers the tools that facilitate and accelerate basic research and drug discovery efforts. R&D Systems [...]
Developing Micro-Displays with CRAIC Technologies Microscope Spectrophotometers
April 4, 2011
San Dimas - Micro-displays are currently being developed for the next generation of displays and feature ever smaller components. Component geometries have shrunk so much that standard metrology tools have difficulty accurately measuring color and intensity variations with the degree of spatial resolution required. Enter the 308 FPD™ microscope spectrophotometer from CRAIC Technologies. The 308 [...]
QIAGEN Makes Proposal to Acquire Australian Diagnostics Company Cellestis Limited
April 4, 2011
Venlo, the Netherlands and Melbourne, Australia - QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) has reached an agreement to acquire Cellestis Limited (CST:AU) for approximately A$341 million (US$355 million) in cash, providing QIAGEN with access to a novel “pre-molecular” technology that offers a new dimension in disease detection not currently possible with other diagnostic [...]
April 4, 2011
TORONTO, Canada - VisualSonics Inc., a leader in real time, in vivo, high-resolution micro-imaging systems and a wholly-owned subsidiary of SonoSite Inc., (Nasdaq:Sono), is demonstrating the recently announced Vevo® LAZR Photoacoustics Imaging system at the American Association of Cancer Research’s annual conference (April 2-6, 2011, Orlando, FL). The new system has been designed for use [...]
April 4, 2011
CULVER CITY, Calif. - Sofie Biosciences, a developer of molecular imaging systems and agents, announced the launch of GENISYS4, their new benchtop small animal PET system. Introduced today at the 2011 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, this compact, preclinical multimodality PET system provides researchers with the ability to non-invasively visualize and measure the [...]
RAE Systems, Inc. Announces Amended Merger Agreement With Vector Capital
April 3, 2011
SAN JOSE, CALIF. - RAE Systems Inc. (NYSE Amex: RAE) (“RAE” or “the Company”), a leader in delivering innovative sensor solutions to serve industrial, energy, environmental, and government safety markets worldwide, today announced that it has entered into an amendment to its merger agreement with an affiliate of Vector Capital (“Vector”) under which the acquirer [...]
ORFLO Launches First Hands-free Mini Automated Cell Counter
April 3, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. - ORFLO Technologies announced the international launch of Moxi™ Z, the life science industry's first hands-free mini automated cell counter at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in Orlando. "The Moxi Z mini cell counter sets a new bar for the cell counting community," said Manju Sethi, Vice President of Business [...]
