SonoSite Completes Acquisition of VisualSonics
June 30, 2010
BOTHELL, WA – SonoSite, Inc. (NASDAQ: SONO), the world leader and specialist in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound, today announced that on June 30, 2010, it completed its acquisition of privately held VisualSonics, a Toronto-based company focused on ultra high-frequency micro-ultrasound technology, for $67.9 million net of cash and debt. “This acquisition positions SonoSite for long-term [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Cost-effective and Ergonomic Handheld Decapping Instrument
June 30, 2010
Thermo Scientific 8-Channel DeCapper for Fast Removal and Replacement of Screw Caps MILFORD, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific 8-Channel Decapper for handheld capping and decapping of multiple tubes in a 96-well microplate footprint. With the ability to remove and replace screw caps [...]
Analytik Jena Delivers Instruments for Environmental Analysis to Poland
June 30, 2010
Jena - Analytik Jena AG has received an extensive new order from Poland. The system provider of analytic measurement technology headquartered in Jena, Germany, is delivering a total of 20 TOC analyzers to the Polish Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (GIOS) as well as their regional investigations offices. The company was therefore able to further strengthen [...]
Industry Veteran Douglas White Appointed Chief Executive Officer of OpGen
June 30, 2010
Follows on Recent Launch of Novel Whole Genome Optical Mapping System Gaithersburg, MD – OpGen, Inc., a genomics solutions company, announced today the appointment of industry veteran C. Douglas White as the company’s chief executive officer (CEO). This role had previously been held on an interim basis by Evan Jones, managing member of jVen Capital, [...]
Celsis Seeks Injunction Against Invitrogen for LiverPool Patent Infringement
June 30, 2010
Celsis In Vitro, Inc. (Celsis IVT) announced today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Invitrogen Corporation (Invitrogen) and CellzDirect, Inc. (CellzDirect) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago and has moved for a preliminary injunction. Invitrogen, the parent of CellzDirect, is itself a wholly-owned subsidiary [...]
June 30, 2010
Sunnyvale, CAJune CA - Dionex Corporation is pleased to announce the expansion of its family of industry-leading Rapid Separation LC (RSLC) systems with the new UltiMate® 3000 NCP-3200RS nano/capillary LC pump module. This new standalone ultrahigh-pressure pump features an extensive flow-pressure footprint, delivering continuous, direct flow rates from 20 nL/min to 50 ?L/min at backpressures [...]
DPT Laboratories Uses Malvern Spraytec in all Nasal Spray Work
June 29, 2010
Malvern, UK: Used at two different locations within contract development and manufacturing organization DPT Laboratories (San Antonio, Texas), Spraytec laser diffraction particle size analyzers from Malvern Instruments have assured their place in the company’s nasal spray development and manufacturing areas by being both highly effective and very user friendly. Dr Vitthal Kulkarni, Scientific Advisor at [...]
AMSBIO Has Released 4 New Homogeneous Assay Kits
June 29, 2010
AMSBIO has released 4 new homogeneous 384-well format AlphaScreen assay kits - JMJD2A, JMJD2B, JMJD2C, PRMT5 and G9a (a histone methyltransferase). In the desire to make the search for new drugs more economically viable, pharmaceutical companies are seeking rapid, sensitive assays where all the reaction reagents are added in a single automated step. Homogeneous assays [...]
Tecan Freedom EVO® Offers on Demand Protein Expression
June 29, 2010
The High Throughput Expression (HiTEL) Laboratory at the University of York is a service facility offering bespoke protein expression, using a Freedom EVO 200 workstation to meet its heavy demand for complete automation of high throughput cloning, expression and screening. "As a busy service laboratory, we rely on our automated systems to ensure reproducible cloning [...]
NanoString Technologies Announces Key Executive Management Appointments
June 29, 2010
Brad Gray Joins as President and Chief Executive Officer, and Nalini Murdter Named Chief Business Officer SEATTLE, Wash. - NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced that it has appointed Brad Gray as President and [...]

