Applikon Biotechnology Announces an Agreement With InDevR to Distribute the ViroCytTM Virus Counter®

Applikon Biotechnology has established an agreement with InDevR, Inc. to distribute the ViroCyt™ Virus Counter®, a novel, easy-to-use instrument for rapid quantification of virus samples. The Virus Counter provides a direct measurement of virus particle concentration within minutes. Unlike conventional plaque titer assays, which take days to complete, the Virus Counter provides accurate and quantitative [...]

Cognis QTA Test Method Passes ASTM Subcommittee Ballot for Inclusion in Biodiesel Specification

Total glycerin, free glycerin and cloud point capabilities proceed to next step of balloting to Main committee D2. Cincinnati, OH - ASTM Subcommittee D02.E0 passed three ballots this week for the inclusion of the AOCS standard procedure Ck 2-09, the QTA System method, as an approved method within the biodiesel B100 specification D6751, for the [...]

Teledyne Technologies Forms Water Quality Group To Provide Collaborative Technology, Innovation, and Worldwide Support.

Teledyne Water Quality Group represents six of Teledyne's market-leading companies. THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) announced the formation of the Teledyne Water Quality Group. This group represents six of Teledyne's market-leading companies who are focused on providing measurement and analytical solutions for water and water-related markets. The official launch of this group [...]

AnaSpecs Offers Dyes for labeling Amine- and Thiol-Modified Oligos

AnaSpec is pleased to highlight our own proprietary HiLyte Fluor dyes for labeling amine and thiol modified oligonucleotides from AnaSpec’s wide collection of amine and thiol reactive 6-isomeric dyes of fluoresceins and rhodamines. Fluorescent dye-labeled oligos are widely used as primers for sequencing and PCR reactions, and also as probes for fluorescence in situ hybridization [...]

American Science and Engineering, Inc. Receives Additional Order from U.S. Government Valued at $4.9 Million for Z Portal Screening Systems

Second Task Order Received Under U.S. Government ID/IQ Award Valued Up to $67.0 Million BILLERICA, Mass. - American Science and Engineering, Inc. ("AS&E") (NASDAQ:ASEI), a leader in X-ray detection technology, announced that the Company has been awarded an additional order valued at $4.9 million under the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. [...]

Hamilton Thorne Launches Groundbreaking Stiletto™ laser system

Reduces Manual Laboratory Research Processes from Hours to Seconds; Saving Significant Time and Money BEVERLY, MA and TORONTO, Ontario - Hamilton Thorne Ltd. (TSX-V: HTL), a leading provider of advanced laser systems for the regenerative medicine and stem cell research markets, today announced the launch of its new Stiletto™ laser system. The Stiletto™ laser system [...]

WaferGen Expands Scientific Advisory Board with Appointment of Industry Leader Dr. Timothy J. Triche

Fremont, Calif. - WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, today announced that it has named industry leader Timothy J. Triche, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics at the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine, as a member of the company’s Scientific Advisory Board. “Dr. Triche, [...]

Fitch Rates Life Technologies’ Proposed Unsecured Notes ‘BBB-‘; Outlook Stable

NEW YORK - Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB-' rating to Life Technology Corp.'s proposed $600 million unsecured notes. Fitch anticipates that proceeds of the notes offering will be used to refinance existing debt as well as for other general corporate purposes. Fitch currently rates Life Technologies as follows: --Issuer Default Rating (IDR) 'BBB-'; --Senior [...]

Horizon Secures License from Case Western to 35 Endogenously Tagged Human Isogenic Cell Lines

Horizon Discovery (Horizon) today announced it has secured worldwide exclusive rights to a panel of new human isogenic cell models developed by Dr. Zhenghe Wang, Assistant Professor of Genetics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, using its proprietary rAAV GENESIS gene-editing platform. The in-licensed lines will be added to Horizon’s rapidly expanding library [...]

Pacific Biosciences and Harvard Scientists Decode Genome of Haitian Cholera Pathogen

Menlo Park, Calif. - Scientists from Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) and Harvard Medical School have successfully employed single molecule, real-time (SMRT™) DNA sequencing technology to rapidly characterize the pathogen responsible for the recent deadly cholera epidemic in Haiti. Published online Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the results provide the [...]

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