Raytheon Awarded Contract for Integrated Standoff Inspection System

TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $20.5 million contract to research and develop an automated system for the standoff detection and identification of shielded special nuclear material. The Integrated Standoff Inspection System, or ISIS, is an active interrogation nuclear radiation detection system that will provide [...]

Microtrac adds XiGo Acorn Area Analyzer to Total Solutions

Microtrac Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of the XiGo Nanotools Acorn Area Surface Area Analyzer to Microtrac’s Total Solutions Suite of products. The XiGo Acorn Area Surface Area Analyzer provides research and process development scientists with a valuable new tool to measure the surface area of nanomaterials in liquid dispersions. Bob Sheng, Microtrac [...]

Bioo Scientific launched the MaxDiscovery™ Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) ELISA Kit

A two-step ELISA that analyzes the quantity of ApoB in tissues, serum, plasma or cultured cells NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Austin, TX, United States -- Today Bioo Scientific introduced a new MaxDiscovery™ Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) ELISA Kit, a complete, two-step ELISA that analyzes the quantity of ApoB in tissues, serum, plasma or cultured cells for [...]

SDIX, AES CHEMUNEX RapidChek Agreement Expands Range of Food Pathogen Test Systems in Europe

NEWARK, Del.--Strategic Diagnostics Inc., now doing business as SDIX (Nasdaq: SDIX - News), a leading provider of biotechnology-based products and services for a broad range of life science, biotechnology, diagnostic, and food safety applications, today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with AES CHEMUNEX. Under terms of the agreement AES CHEMUNEX will have rights [...]

SQI Diagnostics Announces Development Deal with Silliker for Multiplexed Botulism Panel

Toronto, Canada -- SQI Diagnostics Inc. (TSX-Venture: SQD), a medical systems automation company focused on evolving laboratory-based biomarker testing, today announced that it has entered into a development agreement with Silliker, Inc., a leading internationally accredited company dedicated to improving nutrition, food safety and quality, for the commercialization of a botulism toxin panel that will [...]

Life Technologies Advances Gene Regulation Research With MAGic™ Sample Processor

Debut of Life Science Industry’s First Benchtop Proteomic and Epigenetic Sample Preparation System MAGic™ Sample Processor Eliminates Manual Methodologies, Increases Productivity CARLSBAD, Calif.--Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today debuted the life science industry’s first benchtop sample preparation system designed to increase productivity while eliminating manual and contamination-related challenges traditionally associated with protein and epigenetic protocols. The [...]

AMETEK Anticipates Strong First Quarter

INCREASES FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS GUIDANCE TO $0.53 - $0.54 PER DILUTED SHARE --Raises Full Year 2010 Estimate to $2.20 to $2.28 per Diluted Share-- PAOLI, Pa. -- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME - News) today announced it expects its first quarter results to substantially exceed its prior guidance. The Company now expects first quarter diluted earnings per [...]

Vanderbilt University is 100th Facility to Install Genetix’ ClonePix FL

System will be used to support antibody and recombinant protein services New Milton, Hampshire, UK -- Genetix, a leading provider of solutions for imaging and image analysis, announces that Vanderbilt Monoclonal Antibody Core (VMAC), Vanderbilt University, has become the 100th facility to purchase its ClonePix™ FL system. Used for screening and selection of secretory cell [...]

IDT earns ISO 9001:2008 Certification at its European Oligonucleotide Production Headquarters

Worldwide certification of quality systems at all manufacturing operations completed LEUVEN, Belgium -- Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, today announced that the production processes for synthetic oligonucleotides at its European headquarters in Leuven, Belgium have achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification. All three IDT oligonucleotide facilities (Coralville, Iowa, San Diego, California, and [...]

Affymetrix Launches Axiom Genome-Wide ASI Array For Maximized Coverage of East Asian Populations

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced the launch of the Axiom™ Genome-Wide ASI Array, the first commercial product to provide maximum power for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in East Asian populations. This array is the second catalog release for the Axiom™ Genotyping Solution, which includes a suite of population-optimized arrays for genomic studies that [...]

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