Bioo Scientific Releases the MiraMas™ Kit for qPCR Analysis of microRNA and Other Small RNAs

Bioo Scientific recently launched the MiraMas™ Kit, which uses a novel approach for SYBR Green/qPCR-based profiling of microRNAs and other small RNAs. MicroRNAs, small noncoding RNAs expressed in eukaryotic cells, are the subject of intense research focus due to the pivotal role they play in essentially all important biological processes and because of their potential [...]

Biotrak™ Assay Methods for Use with Biochrom Microplate Readers

Biochrom Ltd announces increased functionality in its microplate readers that now enable users of GE Healthcare’s popular Biotrak range of immunoassay kits to download pre-programmed method definitions. Instead of loading methods manually, users can automatically pre-program the microplate reader with plate setup, standard curve, and analysis software for all Biotrak™ assays with colorimetric end point [...]

Reliable Small Batch Processing Helps Lower Cost, Protects Results

Schwerzenbach, Switzerland - METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to announce the availability of the RC1sp Small Scale Production Workstation. This semi-automated and highly reliable workstation allows chemists, process chemists and chemical engineers to produce small batches of high value chemicals for traceable, reproducible and more profitable reaction results. “The RC1sp offers a safe and controlled way [...]

ITT Completes Acquisition of O.I. Corporation to Enhance Its Global Analytical Instrumentation Business

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of O.I. Corporation, "OI," for approximately $29 million. OI is a leading provider of innovative instrumentation for laboratory and environmental testing in the pharmaceutical, petrochemical, power and industrial markets. The company's portfolio will enhance ITT's Analytics business, which [...]

Gyros Platform Chosen by EMD Millipore in Expansion of Contract Service Offerings

EMD Millipore’s BioPharma Services Organization to use Gyrolab™ Workstation for immunogenicity, pharmacokinetics (PK), current cGMP testing, and fit-for-purpose biomarker assays. Uppsala, Sweden - Gyros AB, a leader in the automation of miniaturized immunoassays, announced today that EMD Millipore’s BioPharma Services organization, the world’s leading large molecule lab, has purchased a Gyrolab™ xP workstation to expand [...]

O.I. Corporation Announces Results of Special Meeting

COLLEGE STATION, TX - O.I. Corporation (NASDAQ: OICO) today announced that the Company's shareholders have approved the Company's merger with Oyster Acquisition Corp. ("Oyster"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITT Corporation ("ITT"). Pursuant to the merger, Oyster will be merged into OI with OI becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITT. The parties currently expect the closing [...]

Agilent Technologies Introduces Dissolution Apparatus for Pharmaceutical Quality Control

Platform Sets New Global Standard for Dissolution SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the 708-DS Dissolution Apparatus, a quality control instrument that can be configured for manual and automated applications. The new device includes an improved design that minimizes variability and improves results. Dissolution is a technique used in the [...]

Avantor™ Performance Materials (formerly Mallinckrodt Baker) to Change Mallinckrodt® Chemicals Brand Name to Macron™ Chemicals

Mallinckrodt® Chemicals brand name to change as Avantor™ (formerly Mallinckrodt Baker) continues transition following recent acquisition by affiliate of New Mountain Capital Phillipsburg, New Jersey - Avantor Performance Materials announced today that it is renaming its Mallinckrodt® Chemicals brand product line Macron™ Chemicals, as the company transitions away from its former Mallinckrodt Baker identity. The [...]

Sigma-Aldrich Appoints Kirk Richter as Interim CFO

ST. LOUIS, Nov. - Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kirk Richter to the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He currently serves as Vice President and Treasurer, duties that he will continue to perform. He succeeds Rakesh Sachdev in the CFO role with Mr. Sachdev's appointment to President and [...]

Torsten Olschewski appointed as Business Unit Head at Analytik Jena AG

Jena - With effect from October 1, 2010, Torsten Olschewski, as Business Unit Head, will be taking overall responsibility for Analytical Instrumentation, the largest division at Analytik Jena AG. His new position also includes Research and Development, in addition to the fields of Sales, Product Management, Marketing and Service. With this restructuring, the Thuringia-based technology [...]

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