Olympus Sales and Service Capability in the U.S. CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- Building on its leadership position in optical measuring and inspection, Olympus America Inc. has expanded its industrial instrument distribution network to better meet customer needs. Olympus has named B&B Microscopes, Ltd., and Hunt Optics and Imaging, Inc., exclusive Olympus industrial microscope dealers covering [...]

SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it has sequenced the DNA of American actress Glenn Close, the first publicly named female to have her DNA sequenced to full coverage. The service was completed in Illumina’s CLIA certified and CAP accredited laboratory utilizing Illumina’s Genome Analyzer technology and following the established process shown at https://www.everygenome.com/. [...]

MADISON, Wis.--Roche Diagnostics (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) has purchased assets from BioMicro Systems for all products associated with the Roche NimbleGen microarray workflow. These assets consist of key instrumentation in the comprehensive Roche NimbleGen microarray workflow including the NimbleGen Hybridization Systems (both 4- and 12-bay models). Also included in this purchase are array accessories [...]

Agreement enables researchers to use powerful RAFT methodology to prepare polymers with controlled molecular architectures ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq:SIAL - News) announced today that it has entered into a worldwide licensing agreement with Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) to manufacture and sell Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT) agents – organic molecules [...]

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- PartTec, an Indiana-based manufacturer of radiation detection equipment, has signed an agreement to manufacture and market an advanced neutron detector system developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Shifting Scintillator Neutron Detector system was developed for DOE's Spallation Neutron Source and High Flux Isotope Reactor complex, the [...]

Contract Design, Manufacture and Assembly of Regulatory Compliant Polymer Products… Porvair Filtration Group, a leading developer and manufacturer of novel, high performance sintered porous plastic materials and products for life science applications, has opened a new Class 100000 (ISO Class 8) clean room facility at its Wrexham, UK site. The new clean room facility is [...]

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- Olympus, the world leader in objective-based total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy, continues to support scientists in their quest for knowledge about living cells with three new high-performance TIRF objectives. The new 150x ultra-magnification objective offers a numerical aperture (NA) of 1.45 for optimal magnification, resolution, light gathering ability and imaging [...]

Pallet-Sized Scanner is Company’s Sixth Technology Approved to Help Shippers Meet TSA Deadline PINE BROOK, N.J.--Smiths Detection today announces that its HI-SCAN 130130T-2is X-ray inspection system has been added to the Air Cargo Screening Qualified Technology List (ACSQTL) by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The system, Smiths Detection’s sixth addition to the list, provides operators [...]

Jena -- Analytik Jena AG, one of the leading providers of analytical and bioanalytical instruments for industrial and research applications, has won a large order from China in the field of life science. The company is supplying the Asian region with biotechnology systems manufactured by Biometra GmbH, a subsidiary based in Göttingen, Germany. Most of [...]

Confirms Cellectis’ Loss of Patent Protection for Single-Chain Meganucleases in Europe RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--Precision BioSciences, Inc., today announced that the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a written decision confirming its November 18, 2009 revocation of the previously granted claims of Cellectis’ European Patent No. 1 485 475. As previously [...]