Promega to Offer Leading Transfection Tool FuGENE® 6
February 2, 2011
MADISON, WISCONSIN - Promega Corporation and Fugent LLC recently signed a supply agreement that establishes Promega as a provider of the leading transfection tool FuGENE® 6. This agreement ensures that researchers will continue to have access to the FuGENE® transfection reagents they have always used in their daily research. This expands on the existing Promega/Fugent [...]
ChiroSolve, Inc. Launches New Method Development Kits
February 2, 2011
CHIROSOLVE INC., continues to enhance the world of enantiomeric separation with the introduction of two new customer-centric packaged solutions, EnantioPrep and ScalePrep, that are intended for high efficiency chiral separation of enantiomers. They offer seamless transition from identification of initial separation conditions to fully optimized method development within a matter of days. ChiroSolve has been [...]
Agilent Technologies Secures First Patent for On-Array Capture Method
February 2, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif., -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it was awarded a U.S. patent for the process used in on-array capture of genomic elements for downstream analysis, including next- generation sequencing. The patent was issued for a method that uses oligonucleotide probes attached to a solid support as a sequence-specific affinity [...]
New Flexible, High Productivity Single-Column Materials Tester for Multiple Applications
February 2, 2011
LARGO, FL-- A new single-column materials testing machine from Lloyd Instruments provides enhanced speed, accuracy and flexibility for all materials testing applications under 1kN force. High-precision displacement measurement is assured by the Model LS1 instrument’s linear guide technology, pre-loaded ball screws and advanced software compensation systems. Industry applications include plastics, packaging, medical devices, automotive, electronics, [...]
Kimble Chase Introduces MIDI-VAP 4000 Distillation System for Regulatory Water Analysis
February 2, 2011
Vineland, NJ - Kimble Chase, the largest manufacturer of laboratory glassware products worldwide, introduces its MIDI-VAP 4000, a system devoted to rapid and repeatable isolation by distillation of ammonia, phenols and cyanide from water samples. The MIDI-VAP 4000 distillation system is designed to accommodate US EPA standard test methods for analysis of environmental and wastewater [...]
February 2, 2011
WALDBRONN, Germany, and BEVERLY, Mass., -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Sage Science Inc. today announced that they have signed a comarketing agreement involving Agilent's 2100 Bioanalyzer, used for the detection and quantification of nucleic acids, and Sage's Pippin Prep DNA size-selection system. The agreement between Sage and Agilent includes the copromotion of the [...]
February 2, 2011
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP) today announced that it has developed and optimized automation protocols on its Sciclone(R) NGS Workstation for Illumina's TruSeq(TM) DNA and TruSeq RNA sample preparation kits. In addition to the automation protocols for TruSeq kits, Caliper has also developed automation protocols for Illumina's standard library preparation kits, as well as [...]
February 2, 2011
IPSWICH, Mass. - New England Biolabs has expanded its line of reagents for sample preparation upstream of next generation sequencing to include NEBNext® Small RNA Sample Prep Set 1 for sequencing on the Illumina® platforms, and NEBNext Small RNA Sample Prep Set 3 for sequencing on LIFE's SOLiD™ platform. These new products offer a new [...]
PANalytical acquires XRF laboratories from British Geological Survey
February 2, 2011
Leading analytical X-ray company PANalytical (Almelo, the Netherlands) has acquired the XRF laboratories from the British Geological Survey - BGS (Keyworth, United Kingdom). The acquisition further strengthens PANalytical’s leading position in delivering full application solutions. The laboratories will continue to deliver highly advanced X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis to BGS and work closely together on research [...]
VWR International, LLC, Acquires AMRESCO Inc.
February 1, 2011
RADNOR, PA - VWR International, LLC, a global leader in distributing laboratory supplies and services, announced today that it has acquired AMRESCO Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of high quality biochemicals and reagents for Molecular Biology, Life Sciences, Proteomics, Clinical and Histology areas of research and production. "This is just one example of VWR's strategic [...]
