United States Board of Patent Appeals Denies Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics’ Request

Action Clears Way for Enzo to Receive Patent on Widely Used Nucleic Acid Signal Technology NEW YORK--Enzo Biochem, Inc., (NYSE: ENZ - News) today reported that the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a Decision denying a Request for Rehearing filed by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics [...]

AIR™ Sample Prep Kit for Illumina-Compatible Small RNA Sequencing Launched

Earlier this week, Bioo Scientific announced the availability of the patent pending AIR™ Small RNA Sequencing Kit for preparation of Illumina-compatible small RNA sequencing libraries. The AIR Small RNA Sequencing Kit offers many advantages over existing small RNA sample prep protocols. It has been optimized for sample multiplexing using the AIR Barcoded Adapters, which decrease [...]

Fluidigm Introduces New FC1™ Cycler That Cuts PCR Cycling Time By 3X

The First of Several New Products Targeted to Boost Productivity While Lowering Costs for High Sample Throughput SNP Genotyping SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Fluidigm Corporation today introduced its new FC1™ Cycler designed to reduce the thermal cycling time by a factor of three when compared with the company’s current products. The FC1 Cycler can reduce overall [...]

AGES Selects Bruker´s MALDI Biotyper System for Mass Spectrometry-based Molecular Microbial Identification

VIENNA--At the 32rd OEGHMP annual meeting (“Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für HYGIENE, MIKROBIOLOGIE und PRÄVENTIVMEDIZIN”) opening here today, Bruker announces that its MALDI Biotyper workflow for microbial identification in clinical microbiology has been selected by the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) for MALDI-TOF based analyses of microorganisms. “Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für [...]

McCrone Microscopes & Associates Announces Agreement to be Licensed Dealer of JEOL NeoScope Benchtop Scanning Electron Microscope

McCrone Microscopes & Accessories is now a licensed distributor of the JEOL NeoScope, a benchtop scanning electron microscope (SEM). Westmont, IL (PRWEB) -- McCrone Microscopes & Accessories announced today that it is now a licensed distributor of the JEOL NeoScope (https://www.mccronemicroscopes.com/store/catalog.asp?item=364), a benchtop scanning electron microscope (SEM). McCrone Microscopes & Accessories is the instrument sales [...]

Chiral Technologies Worldwide Offers 3-µm CSPs for High-Speed Separations

WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- Chiral Technologies Worldwide offers immobilized and coated chiral stationary phases (CSP) in 3-µm particle size. These 3-µm CSPs — CHIRALPAK® IA, CHIRALPAK IB, and CHIRALPAK IC, CHIRALPAK AD, CHIRALPAK AS, CHIRALCEL® OD and CHIRALCEL OJ — offer fast analysis time, while maintaining column resolving power when compared to larger particle CSPs. [...]

Agilent Technologies Completes Acquisition of Varian, Inc., Marking Historic Milestone for Two Silicon Valley Pioneers

Combined Strengths Position Agilent for Leadership SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its acquisition of scientific-equipment maker Varian, Inc. is now final, positioning Agilent as a leading provider of analytical instrumentation to the applied and life sciences markets. Agilent paid approximately $1.5 billion in cash for Varian in a [...]

Park Systems Opens European Applications Center in Langen, Germany

Park Systems, the AFM technology leader and preferred nanotechnology solutions partner for demanding nanoscale research and industrial measurements, will open a European Applications Center at the Schaefer GmbH office located at Robert-Bosch-Strasse 31, D-63225 Langen, Germany, on May 10th, 2010. The facility will be staffed with scientists and engineers from Park Systems Corp and equipped [...]

Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) Announces Executive Management Changes: Retirement of David Julien and Promotion of Joseph Porwoll

ST. LOUIS -- -- Sigma-Aldrich announces the retirement of David Julien, President – Global Supply Chain effective on June 30, 2010. Mr. Julien took on his current role in January 2009. He served as President of the Research Specialties unit of the Company from July 2005 to January 2009 and before that in a number [...]

Caliper Awarded Additional Task Order for EPA ToxCast Program

Second Phase II Task Order Issued to Caliper for $2.9 Million HOPKINTON, Mass. -- -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALP) , a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that its Caliper Discovery Alliances and Services (CDAS) unit has been awarded a new funding commitment for $2.9 [...]

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