Osmo Suovaniemi Becomes Chairman of the Board of Directors of Biohit Oyj
April 21, 2011
The new Board of Directors of Biohit Oyj, elected in the Annual General Meeting on April 13th 2011, has appointed Professor Osmo Suovaniemi (MD, PhD) Chairman of the Board in its meeting on April 21st 2011. Professor Suovaniemi is founder and former CEO of Biohit. As of April 13th 2011 other Board Members are: MSc [...]
April 21, 2011
CHELMSFORD, Mass. - Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) today announced that the Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its contract manufacturing business based in Portland, OR to subsidiaries of Toronto, Canada based Celestica Inc. for approximately $80 million in cash, subject to adjustment based on the working capital at closing. Assuming satisfaction of [...]
ITT Corporation Announces Key Management Positions for Post-Separation Companies
April 21, 2011
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) today announced the leaders who are expected to take the future roles of chief financial officer and general counsel and corporate secretary in the three new companies that will be formed upon completion of the Corporation's previously announced plan to spin off its defense and water businesses [...]
Cole-Parmer Launches New Polystat Laboratory Baths and Circulators
April 21, 2011
Vernon Hills, Ill. - Cole-Parmer® Polystat® circulating baths and immersion circulators offer excellent temperature stability for a range of laboratory applications. Cole-Parmer has redesigned and updated its line to offer even more versatile models, including: High-stability Polystat Heating Immersion Circulators provide temperature control up to 200°C and inlet/outlet connections for circulation to external open- or [...]
April 20, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the United States-Latin American Cancer Research Network (US-LACRN) has selected Agilent Gene Expression microarrays and associated instruments for a major study of breast cancer in five Latin American nations. The researchers will use the microarrays over three years to study gene-expression profiles of [...]
Danaher Extends Cash Tender Offer for Beckman Coulter
April 20, 2011
Washington, D.C. - Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today that its previously announced tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) for $83.50 per share in cash (“the Offer”) has been extended and will now expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of June 6, [...]
Oxford Instruments Launches GeoSpec2 at SPWLA
April 20, 2011
Oxford Instruments Magnetic Resonance (OIMR), the supplier of intelligent NMR, announces that it will launch the new GeoSpec2 modular core analysis instrument at the 2011 SPWLA Symposium, to be held May 14-19, 2011 in Colorado Spring, CO, Booths 104, 106 and 108. OIMR will be exhibiting jointly with Green Imaging Technologies, Inc. (GIT), with whom [...]
April 20, 2011
Mountain View, CA - Clontech Laboratories, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., today announced the release of the iDimerize inducible dimerization systems. Based on the widely used ARGENT™ technology developed by ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA), the iDimerize systems enable precise, real-time control of protein-protein interactions using specific cell-permeable chemical ligands, called dimerizers. [...]
Roche’s RTCA HT Instrument Adapts Real-Time Cell Analysis to a High-Throughput Format
April 20, 2011
The new xCELLigence RTCA HT Instrument from Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) rounds out the Diagnostics Applied Science’s portfolio in real-time cell analysis with a highthroughput product. The new instrument merges the power and flexibility of xCELLigence System technology with high-throughput analyses and workflows for automated screening applications. The system enables researchers to run [...]
Ocean Optics Sensors USP Class VI Certified
April 20, 2011
Dunedin, Florida – Expanding the potential applications for its oxygen and pH sensing patches, Ocean Optics has obtained United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Class VI certification for these products. The company’s HIOXY coating for RedEye Oxygen patches and Sol-gel coating for pH applications have successfully met the stringent testing criteria required for this certification. Ocean Optics’ [...]
