Esco Opens 2nd North American Facility in Marietta, Ohio, USA
December 10, 2009
Esco announces the opening of a NEW 2nd North American facility in Marietta, Ohio. The facility will serve as a technical service, training and logistics center to support Esco's growth in the North American market, specifically in the area of New Product Introductions (NPI) for temperature-controlled laboratory equipment. "The new facility demonstrates Esco's commitment to [...]
Biomatrica Launches SampleWare 3.1
December 10, 2009
Update to Software Improves Functionality for Tracking Inventory, Organization and Management of Biological Samples SAN DIEGO -- Biomatrica, the leader in room temperature biological sample stabilization, today announces the release of SampleWare 3.1 software system for laboratory inventory, organization and management of biological samples. The latest release now includes an audit trail functionality that tracks [...]
December 10, 2009
Purchase Order More Than Doubles the Number of Picarro Analyzers Used by the China Meteorological Administration; Deal Represents One of the Largest in Picarro History SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Picarro, Inc., the maker of the world's highest performing and easiest to use gas analyzers, today announced that the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), the primary government entity responsible for [...]
Danaher Announces Appointment of Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. as Director
December 10, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR - News) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. to Danaher's Board of Directors. Dr. Zerhouni's initial term expires at Danaher's 2011 annual meeting of shareholders. Dr. Zerhouni, a physician, scientist, and world-renowned leader in radiology research, served as director of the National [...]
December 10, 2009
Waters Partners with State of North Carolina to Hone Skills of Growing BioPharmaceutical Manufacturing Workforce MILFORD, Mass. -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) announced today that it is partnering with the NC BioNetwork Pharmaceutical Center, and their new Analytical Training Lab, in Winston-Salem, NC, to educate and train students and workers in the life sciences, including [...]
Autoliv Develops Next Generation Alcohol Sensing System to Prevent Impaired Driving
December 10, 2009
(Stockholm -- Autoliv Inc. (NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIV) – the global leader in automotive safety ystems – today announced it has been selected as a partner to participate in the recently announced alcohol sensing feasibility project co-sponsored by the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). NHTSA [...]
December 10, 2009
A new generation of precision testing machines Rapid technical advance combined with the need to use raw materials carefully has led to miniaturization of mechanical, electromechanical and electronic components, causing a dramatic rise in demands placed on production accuracy as dimensional, form and positional tolerances become ever smaller. The requirements placed on testing technology are [...]
Enzo Biochem’s Clinical Labs Division Signs Exclusive Marketing Agreement with Ikonisys
December 10, 2009
Proprietary Molecular-Based Cervical Cancer Test oncoFISH® Cervical Available For Cervical Cytology Evaluation NEW YORK--Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) announced today that its Enzo Clinical Lab division has entered into an exclusive marketing partnership covering the States of New York and New Jersey with privately-owned Ikonisys, Inc., of New Haven, CT, relating to Ikonisys’ proprietary oncoFISH® cervical [...]
Deltagen Acquires Benten BioServices
December 10, 2009
Penn Venture Partners and Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania Invest $1,500,000 in Combined Company SAN MATEO, California -- Deltagen, Inc. (Pink Sheets: DGEN), a leading provider of drug discovery and screening tools to the biopharmaceutical industry, today announced that it has acquired Benten BioServices, Inc. (“Benten”). Benten is an emerging Pennsylvania-based contract services organization [...]
454 Sequencing Systems and NimbleGen Sequence Capture
December 9, 2009
Show Promise for Genetic Characterization of Leukemia BRANFORD, Conn.--This week at the 51st American Society for Hematology Annual Meeting, a team of researchers from the MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory presented results from a series of groundbreaking studies which explore alternative, high-throughput 454 Sequencing methods for distinguishing and characterizing the many forms of leukemia and myeloproliferative [...]
