Carl Zeiss Introduces Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy Solution for Life Sciences
August 26, 2010
Integrated hardware/software interface enables productive workflow between light and electron microscopes for the first time JENA and OBERKOCHEN, Germany - Carl Zeiss today introduced a unique hardware/software interface to connect light and scanning electron microscopes for correlative microscopy in the life sciences. The “Shuttle & Find” interface enables users to recall regions of interest in [...]
Luminex Announces Commercial Launch of New Cystic Fibrosis Test
August 26, 2010
XTAG Cystic Fibrosis 60 kit V2 offers the most comprehensive genetic screening for newborns and potential parents. New test detects up to 6 genetic mutations, including those common in African-American and Hispanic populations. AUSTIN, Texas - Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced the full commercial launch of its xTAG(R) [...]
Macaulay Institute Chooses Enviro Technology’s Picarro for Their International Research
August 26, 2010
Leading Aberdeen based land-use research centre the Macaulay Institute has purchased two Picarro isotopic CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) analysers from Enviro Technology for its world-wide research programme. The analysers are being used for the Institute’s field campaigns, which look at the 13C isotope content of CO2 which leaves the soil surface. By measuring the 13C content [...]
International Stem Cell Corporation not Adversely affected by Stem Cell Research Funding Ban
August 26, 2010
OCEANSIDE, CA – International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCO), www.internationalstemcell.com, announced today that the recent action of a federal district judge blocking federal funding of embryonic stem cell research is not expected to have negative effects on ISCO’s therapeutic programs using its human parthenogenetic stem cells. According to ISCO’s Chairman Ken Aldrich, “Because we have never [...]
Parker Hannifin Filtration and Separation Division Announces a Global Partnership with AB SCIEX
August 26, 2010
Haverhill, MA - The Filtration and Separation Division of Parker Hannifin, the leader in motion and control technologies, has expanded its distribution network for LCMS Gas Generators to include AB SCIEX (Danaher Corporation). Under the agreement, AB SCIEX will resell, install and service Parker Balston LCMS Gas Generators. Parker has provided training and support to [...]
Enhanced Software for RTS Tube Auditor™ Improves Screening Quality, Reduces Costs and Saves Time
August 26, 2010
Manchester, UK – RTS Life Science, a worldwide supplier of automated sample management and pharmaceutical testing systems, is pleased to announce a series of new software features that have been added to the RTS Tube Auditor™. The only high speed, non-contact solution for volume measurement and precipitate detection for drug discovery and biobanking applications, the [...]
Standardized Comet Assay System Ensures Reproducible Results
August 26, 2010
The CometAssay® Electrophoresis System and new CometAssay® Neutral Control cells from AMSBIO enable investigators to consistently optimize neutral Comet assays for highly reproducible results, and to standardize neutral electrophoresis methods between individual users and laboratories. This is in addition to the already established standardized procedure and reagents for the alkaline Comet Assay. The Comet assay [...]
First European Patent Claims Now Allowed for Microwave Peptide Synthesis
August 26, 2010
Matthews, North Carolina - CEM Corporation, a leading global provider of microwave laboratory instrumentation, is pleased to announce that its patent claims for the microwave peptide synthesis process have now been allowed in Europe by the European Patent Office. The allowed application contains broad claims regarding the process of using microwave energy to accelerate two [...]
Asylum Research Installs Dual AFMs at University of Melbourne, Australia
August 26, 2010
Asylum Research, the technology leader in scanning probe/atomic force microscopy (AFM/SPM), announced today that it has delivered a dual system order for a Cypher™ AFM and an MFP-3D-BIO™ AFM to the University of Melbourne’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Dr. Raymond Dagastine’s group will use the Asylum AFMs to develop nano-scale experiments and theories [...]
Dolomite’s Mitos P-Pump Exceeds Market Leading Syringe Pump Technology
August 25, 2010
Royston, UK – As a world leader in microfluidic design, Dolomite is dedicated to providing highly optimised equipment for a range of microfluidic applications. The recently launched Mitos P-Pump provides a pulseless liquid flow, using a precise pressure driven pumping mechanism. With excellent response time and accuracy, this pressure driven flow is ideal for microfluidic [...]
