Malvern, UK: Scientists at Michelman, Inc., a global supplier of water-based surface modifiers, polymers and coatings, are using a rotational rheometer from Malvern Instruments to tailor products for the exacting demands of the company’s diverse customer base. Through detailed characterization of the rheological response of a formulation, the team can develop cost-effective coating solutions which [...]

PITTCON, Orlando, Florida, USA on March 1 – 5, 2010 Esco CelCulture® CO2 Incubators provide a carefully monitored and consistent cell culture environment. VivoCell™ temperature, CO2 and humidity control technology with proprietary control algorithms, provides cells with a pseudo-in vivo environment by ensuring excellent accuracy and uniformity as well as fast recovery of the parameter [...]

BILLERICA, Mass.--Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) this week made certain management changes effective, and today announces strong preliminary operating results for its fourth quarter, which ended on December 31, 2009. Management Promotions Effective February 2010 As previously announced, effective February 1st, 2010 William Knight, formerly Bruker’s Chief Financial Officer, became the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. [...]

Capture complete fluorescence lifetime images in minutes! Introducing DynaMyc: Our fastest microfluorescence dynamics imaging system ever. Mapping fluorescence dynamics yields much information about molecular motion, sizes, local environment, interaction, and binding, with discrimination to microscopic locations in the sample. Lifetime measurements also eliminate fluorescence artifacts such as non-uniform label loading. DynaMyc, the latest confocal mapping [...]

AMSBIO has announced a new portfolio of rabbit monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies for Immunohistochemistry (IHC) applications. A rabbit custom antibody service is also available. Antibodies produced by rabbits are reported to often provide superior antigen recognition, greater specificity, and better consistency than those offered by mice. Rabbit antibodies often can recognise certain antigens and epitopes [...]

Uppsala, Sweden -- Biotage, a leading supplier of tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, announced a partnership with John Morris Scientific Pty Ltd (JMS), a leading distributor in Australia and New Zealand. The addition of JMS better positions the company to take advantage of the increased demand for Biotage products in the region. [...]

New Technology Promises Economies of Scale in Healthcare SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Arrayit Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: ARYC), a life sciences and healthcare technology leader, announced today that the Company has received patent protection in the State of Israel for its proprietary Variation Identification Platform™ (VIP™) DNA testing technology. The Israeli patent extends Arrayit's current patent [...]

Delivering Enhanced Features to Guide Decisions for Drug Optimisation CAMBRIDGE, UK -- Optibrium, a provider of software solutions for drug discovery, today launches StarDrop 4.3. The intuitive software offers advantages over traditional predictive modeling platforms as it specifically helps users to identify chemistries with a high chance of success and focus expensive in-house resources. Used [...]

GWC Technologies is pleased to announce development of new peptide array applications for direct analysis of antibodies in unpurified serum and egg yolk, using the SPRimager®II label-free array platform. Label-free peptide array analysis delivers multiple benefits: - Peptides make attractive affinity probes due to their robustness and specificity - The ability to interrogate targets in [...]

First Commercial Test using SEQureDx Technology for Determining Rhesus D Incompatibility SAN DIEGO -- Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM) today announced the launch of the SensiGene™ Fetal RHD Genotyping test by Sequenom's CAP accredited and CLIA-certified laboratory, Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine (Sequenom CMM). This is the company's first laboratory developed test powered by its SEQureDx™ [...]