Bruker Announces Launch of High Performance GC CARE Gas Chromatography Column Product Line to Complement Laboratory GC Instruments Business

ATLANTA - At Pittcon 2011, Bruker has significantly expanded its gas chromatography (GC) solutions with the release of Bruker GC CARE gas chromatography columns. These new highest quality GC columns offer Bruker’s GC and GC-MS customers a wide variety of column chemistries. The Bruker GC CARE columns and consumables are ideally designed for applications in [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific opens POPs center of excellence for food safety and environmental analysis (NYSE: TMO)

Atlanta, GA, United Kingdom - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the opening of its Center of Excellence for persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Staffed with experts in POPs analysis, the new center will support laboratories that research, measure and monitor dioxins and other POPs found in food and the [...]

Cepheid Announces Nomination of Geisinger Health System CEO and Renowned Oncology Researcher to Board of Directors

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Cepheid CPHD today announced that Glenn Steele, Jr., MD, PhD, has been nominated for election to Cepheid's Board of Directors at the company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 26, 2011. Dr. Steele has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Geisinger Health System, a physician-led health care system [...]

Enzo Biochem Unit Launches First-to-Market Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) Protein Immunoassay System

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. & NEW YORK - Enzo Biochem, Inc. and the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Foundation today announced that Enzo’s wholly owned subsidiary, Enzo Life Sciences Inc., has launched a unique immunoassay (ELISA) system which can be used for the identification and detection of Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) protein. The kit is the result of [...]

Pharmaceutical Contract Research Organization Teams Up with AB SCIEX and Eksigent to Accelerate Use of Dried Blood Spot Analysis for Drug Discovery and Development

FOSTER CITY, Calif. - AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and Alturas Analytics Inc., a leading provider of LC/MS contract research services for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, today announced a collaboration to accelerate the adoption of dried blood spot (DBS) analysis for drug discovery & development. This analysis is designed [...]

Fluidigm Adds Patrick Jones to Its Board of Directors

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced that Patrick S. Jones has been appointed to Fluidigm’s Board of Directors. Mr. Jones fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Jeremy Loh, which was effective on March 10, 2011. Mr. Jones will also join and chair the Board’s audit committee. “We are excited [...]

AB SCIEX Expands Applications Library with New Test Methods for Toxicology, Food Safety and Environmental Analysis

FOSTER CITY, Calif. - To address the global need for improved methods in toxicology, food safety testing and environmental analysis, AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced the expansion of its iMethod™ Application Center. This online resource provides a growing library of pre-configured, verified test methods to improve the analysis [...]

Exiqon Releases Additional 235 Pre-Validated qPCR Assays for Mouse and Rat microRNAs

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Exiqon A/S (Copenhagen:EXQ - News), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, today announced the launch of additional 235 pre-validated miRCURY LNATM Universal RT microRNA qPCR assays for sensitive and specific quantification of microRNAs. With the launch of the new assays, Exiqon now offers 1731 pre-validated qPCR assays for human, [...]

MBL Signs Non-Exclusive License With Envoy Therapeutics for Access to RIP-Chip Technology

WOBURN, Mass. - Medical & Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd., MBL, has signed a non-exclusive license with Envoy Therapeutics for access to MBL's patented RIP-Chip technology. As part of the license agreement, MBL will receive upfront payment, annual licensing fees and potential milestone payments. Envoy Therapeutics will utilize the RIP-Chip technology for the company's drug discovery [...]

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) uses the JPK NanoWizard family of AFMs for the nanoscale characterization of optical systems and devices

Berlin - JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the work from the Light Technology Institute at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany where the JPK NanoWizard® family of AFMs provide the backbone for topographic and optical research activities. The generation and [...]

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