BioVision Introduces Three New Assay Kits
January 17, 2011
BioVision is pleased to introduce three new activity assay kits, Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) Assay Kit, Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) Assay Kit and Myeloperoxidase (MPO) Assay Kit to its Metabolism Assay kits line. ALT and AST, which are members of the transaminase family of enzymes, are important for liver function and diseases affecting organs such as heart, [...]
Camera Particle Tracking Technology enhances Elliot Scientific Optical Tweezer Systems
January 17, 2011
Camera Particle Tracking (CPT) technology enhances quantitative measurement capabilities in research involving optical trapping and is now available as an option on Elliot Scientific Tweezer systems. Current systems can only measure the force exerted on one particle, but the CPT technology will enable the collection of data from multiple particles at a higher rate. This [...]
Terveystalo Broadens its Range of Services with a Stomach Health Test Developed by Biohit, Finland
January 14, 2011
Terveystalo, Finland’s leading private healthcare service company, now offers Biohit's GastroPanel tests among its services. The test is available in over a hundred Terveystalo sites all across Finland. The test is a safe way of examining symptomless patients coming in for a health check-up as well as dyspeptic patients. Agreement with Terveystalo ensures widespread availability [...]
Affymetrix Provides Highest Density Rice Genotyping Array for Identifying Unique Genetic Traits
January 14, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced at the Plant and Animal Genome XIX Conference (PAG) that it launched the GeneChip(R) Rice 44K SNP Genotyping Array, the first high-density rice genotyping array. This array was designed in collaboration with a worldwide community of rice researchers to improve the rice industry's production confidence by [...]
New GeneSys Software Revolutionises Gel Documentation
January 14, 2011
Cambridge, UK - Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions is delighted to unveil its revolutionary new GeneSys image acquisition software. Developed for use with Syngene’s G:BOX and Dyversity systems, GeneSys ensures scientists can quickly capture excellent images of even complex multiplex gels. The innovative GeneSys software features large touch-screen buttons which guide users [...]
January 14, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas - Capitol Scientific, an industry leader in Laboratory and Clean Room products solutions based in Austin, TX, is pleased to announce that Brad Williams has joined their team as CEO of their new Dallas operations facility. Brad has worked in the semiconductor industry for over 18 years with special emphasis on sales and [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Extends Cash Tender Offer for Dionex Corporation
January 14, 2011
WALTHAM, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that its previously announced tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dionex Corporation (NASDAQ: DNEX) for $118.50 per share in cash ("the Offer") has been extended and will now expire at 12:00 midnight, New York [...]
January 13, 2011
Flow chemistry is a promising route to improve the pharmaceutical, fine and specialty chemical industry competitiveness, enabling more efficient, safer and cleaner chemical routes. However, the challenge is to provide equipment for all parts of the development and production chain and thereby making technology transfer easy thus delivering the full advantage of continuous production. The [...]
January 13, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. - A collaboration between Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has led to the launch of the first real-time PCR-based detection kit to test for Salmonella enteritidis (SE) in poultry eggs, providing an approximate 10-fold reduction in waiting time for accurate results. The FDA has [...]
Seeing is Believing – 3D Scanning with Tecan’s Infinite® M1000
January 13, 2011
Männedorf, Switzerland - Scientists at the Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), based at Ludwig¬Maximilians University Munich (LMU), Germany, have taken advantage of the 3D scanning capabilities of the premium Quad4 Monochromators™-based Infinite M1000 microplate reader to investigate nanobodies. Professor Heinrich Leonhardt, Professor of Molecular Human Biology at LMU, explained: “We have been able [...]
