High-Containment Mobile Forensics Laboratories to be Unveiled at International Counter-Terrorism Summit

ORLANDO, FL - The FBI will join forces with other major security agencies, November 3 – 5, to conduct counter-terrorism exercises in Orlando. International agencies and experts from 30 countries will come together at the Convergence 2010 Summit to boost counter-terrorism capabilities and examine new security technology. An innovation in mobile forensics laboratories, developed by [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Sponsor Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry: Deadline for Submission Extended

BREMEN - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it will play a key role in the organization of the 2012 Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry. At the 2012 biennial Winter Conference, the company will present the award to the scientist who has made the most noteworthy contribution [...]

Life Technologies Launches New SOLiD Sequencer to Drive Advances in Cancer Biology and Genetic Disease Research

Superior Accuracy, Scalability, Efficiency and Productivity Accelerates Translational Research CARLSBAD, Calif. - Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced the launch of the 5500xl SOLiD(TM) Sequencer, a new instrument designed to deliver the industry's fastest and most accurate genomic data for cancer biology and genetic disease research. Developed [...]

RainDance Technologies Strengthens Leadership Team with Key Appointments

Richard H. Lussier Appointed Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Ingrid Choupin Named Managing Director, European Sales and Marketing LEXINGTON, Mass. - RainDance Technologies Inc., a private company pioneering microdroplet-based technologies for single-molecule and single-cell analysis, today announced that it has expanded its leadership team with the appointments of Richard H. Lussier as Vice President [...]

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Purchases Arrayit’s Microarray Manufacturing Platform

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Arrayit Corporation (OTCBB: ARYC) announced today that it has sold a third advanced microarray manufacturing system to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The NanoPrint LM60 Microarrayer equipped with Arrayit's Patented Microarray Manufacturing Technology (US Patent 6,101,946) is a computer-driven robotic microarray manufacturing system that enables the screening of [...]

IDEX Corporation Acquires The Fitzpatrick Company

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - IDEX Corporation(NYSE: IEX) today announced the acquisition of The Fitzpatrick Company, a global leader in the design and manufacture of process technologies for the pharmaceutical, food and personal care markets. Fitzpatrick designs and manufactures customized size reduction, roll compaction and drying systems to support their customers' product development and manufacturing processes. [...]

Analytik Jena Wins Major Order in Poland

Jena - Analytik Jena AG is kicking off the financial year with a large-scale follow-up project for the Polish Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (GIOS). The order encompasses the delivery of 39 atomic absorption spectrometers that will be deployed in 38 of the Polish authority's laboratories and regional offices. Delivery and installation will occur in three [...]

New Data Show Rubicon’s Unique Amplification Technology Enables Genetic And Epigenetic Analyses of Single Cells Using Next-Generation Sequencing

Data Presented at Scientific Meetings Show Rubicon’s Whole Genome and Whole Methylome Amplification Kits Offer Key Advantages for Cancer, Stem Cell, and Embryo Studies— Visit Booth 1138 at the 2010 American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting to Learn More about MethylPlex™ and PicoPlex™ WGA and WMA Kits— Ann Arbor, MI, San Diego, CA and [...]

Morpho Detection’s Next-Gen Explosives Trace Detection Technology Approved for Use in the United Kingdom

U.K. Approval Builds on Recent U.S. Transportation Security Administration Approval Newark, Calif. - Morpho Detection, Inc., part of Morpho, Safran group’s security business, today announced that the United Kingdom Department for Transport (DfT) has approved the Itemiser® DX trace detection system for use in U.K. transportation security applications. The U.K. approval, which follows multiple U.S. [...]

Chemical Computing Group Announces the New Version of PSILO: a Protein Structure Database System

MONTREAL, Canada - Chemical Computing Group (CCG) is happy to announce the release of PSILO version 2010.09. PSILO is a protein structure database system that allows for an integrated repository of proprietary and non-proprietary structural data. With PSILO, experimental and computational macromolecular structural data can be registered, annotated, tracked and shared across organizational departments. PSILO [...]

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