November 12, 2008
Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI) today announced during the 58th Annual American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Meeting that it has expanded its suite of application-specific bioinformatics solutions to include de novo assembly of small organisms on the SOLiD 3 System, the company’s high-performance next-generation sequencing platform that enables the comprehensive analysis of genomes, transcriptomes and [...]
zNose(R) Detects Melamine in Milk Powder in Record Time
November 12, 2008
NEWBURY PARK, Calif.--Electronic Sensor Technology (EST) (OTCBB:ESNR), a leading provider of innovative homeland security and environmental solutions, announced it has developed a procedure for detecting melamine in milk powder using the fast zNose®. Dr. Teong Lim, Chairman and CEO, reports that a method for detecting and measuring melamine without the need to derivatize or modify [...]
November 12, 2008
BILLERICA, Mass.--Nov. 12, 2008--Bruker Daltonics announced today that the first production run of its ultra-high resolution time-of-flight (UHR-TOF) mass spectrometer maXis(TM) has been delivered to customers. The revolutionary maXis high-performance system was introduced at this year's American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference in Denver, and has now been successfully installed in a number of top [...]
Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP Files Class Action Suit against Waters Corporation
November 12, 2008
NEW YORK--Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Coughlin Stoia”) (http://www.csgrr.com/cases/waterscorp/) today announced that a class action has been commenced on behalf of an institutional investor in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of purchasers of Waters Corporation (“Waters Corp.” or the “Company”) (NYSE:WAT - News) common stock during [...]
November 12, 2008
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, November 12 -- Cellectricon, a leading provider of advanced screening solutions for drug discovery, has today received its most significant and largest single order to date. The order includes three Cellaxess(R)HT systems and the customer is a leading US biotech firm. "An order of this magnitude proves the system's unique features and value, [...]
November 12, 2008
JNetDirect Inc. announced today the acquisition of Sunergia Group Inc. and its better known operating unit, Sunergia Medical (www.sunergiamedical.com). Sunergia, a privately owned supplier of software and lab equipment to the biotech market, will now be renamed JNetDirect Biosciences. “There are overwhelming amounts of data acquired, analyzed and stored during research in the biosciences,” stated [...]
ABB expands offering for oil and gas sector
November 12, 2008
Acquisition will strengthen ABB’s presence in Western Canada Calgary, Alberta, November 12, 2008 — ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced today it has acquired the assets of Ber-Mac Electrical and Instrumentation Ltd. to expand its presence and capabilities in Western Canada. ABB did not disclose the value of the transaction, which is [...]
Axiom Analytical, Inc. Announces a New Capability for Multiplexed Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy
November 12, 2008
TUSTIN, CA -- 11/12/08 -- Axiom Analytical, Inc., a leading supplier offiber-optic probes for UV-visible and near-IR spectroscopy, has announced the shipment of its first multiplexed diffuse reflectance near-IR sampling system. The system combines up to ten of the Company's new FDR-805 highsensitivity diffuse reflectance probes with one of its FMX-200LF Seriesfiber-optic multiplexers. It provides [...]
November 12, 2008
ITHACA, NY, and SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 12, 2008 — Advion BioSystems, Inc. and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) jointly announced today that they have signed a non-exclusive co-marketing agreement to co-promote the Advion TriVersa NanoMate system with Agilent mass spectrometers. The TriVersa NanoMate is an automated fraction collection and nanoelectrospray system that connects to [...]
New GC Columns Deliver Improved Separation of Blood Alcohols for Forensics and Toxicology
November 12, 2008
Torrance, CA (November 12, 2008) - Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the manufacture of separation science consumables, introduces blood alcohol columns for GC-FID analysis in forensic and toxicology applications. The new Zebron ZB-BAC-1 and -2 column pair is optimized for ethanol separation with a run time of less than two minutes. The Phenomenex columns [...]