Hettich Centrifuges Issues a North America and Canada Recall of Plastic Hematocrit Rotors
January 21, 2010
BEVERLY, Mass. -- Hettich Centrifuges, Beverly, MA, is initiating a North America and Canada recall of 2050 and 2076 plastic hematocrit rotors that are used in combination with the Mikro 12-24, Mikro 20, Haematokrit 20 and Haematokrit 24 bench top plastic centrifuges. These plastic rotors have the potential to break apart resulting in pieces of [...]
Illumina’s Latest Sequencing System to be Installed in the Constance Laboratories
January 21, 2010
Konstanz / b3c newswire / – GATC Biotech today announced the purchase of Illumina’s new HiSeq 2000 sequencing platform, which has officially been launched last week. This latest acquisition will further strengthen GATC Biotech’s current fleet of three GA IIx. Initially, the company will employ the HiSeq 2000 to human genome sequencing projects from its [...]
Porvair Sciences Ltd. Announced New Sterile 96-well Shallow Polypropylene Plate
January 21, 2010
Porvair Sciences Ltd. has announced a new sterile 96-well Shallow Polypropylene Plate that offers a capacity of just 150µL per well reducing reagent costs and round well bottoms to ensure good mixing. Supplied sterile and DNA/RNA free in bags of 25, packed four to a case of 100, the new plates are an ideal tool [...]
January 21, 2010
Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Markets - Distribution and Contract Manufacturing Agreements Executed to Support Strategic Relationship and Increased Adoption of Complementary Products BOTHELL, Wash. and AUSTIN, Texas -- BioLife Solutions, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BLFS), a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of biopreservation tools for cells, tissues, and organs, and OriGen Biomedical, a leading [...]
Caliper Integrated Robotic System in TIME Magazine’s Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2009
January 21, 2010
'The Robot Scientist' First to Complete Experimentation Cycle without Human Involvement HOPKINTON, Mass. -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP), a leading provider of life sciences tools, announced today that TIME Magazine's no. 4 Top Scientific Discovery of 2009 included an integrated robotic system designed by Caliper's Automation, Consulting, Engineering, & Services (ACES) team. Conceived [...]
Molecular Genetics Core Facility at Children’s Hospital Boston Selects HybSelect from febit
January 20, 2010
febit’s HybSelectTM assay enables the targeted enrichment of genes for focused re-sequencing using Next Generation Sequencing Systems LEXINGTON, Mass. (USA), and HEIDELBERG, Germany -- The Molecular Genetics Core Facility (MGCF) at Children’s Hospital Boston chose febit’s HybSelect technology which will enable genetics researchers to conduct the highly economic targeted enrichment of genes of interest for [...]
Beckman Coulter Adds Streptamer* Technology To Cell-Sorting, Cell-Characterizing Lines
January 20, 2010
New method expands flow cytometry immune monitoring capabilities BREA, Calif. -- Beckman Coulter, Inc. now offers Streptamer technology, providing a novel method for the isolation and characterization of functional antigen-specific T-cells by fluorescence-activated or magnet-assisted cell sorting. Streptamer technology, manufactured by IBA GmbH, includes Ag-specific multimers available in a number of human alleles and mouse [...]
NIMBUS iProbe With Four Independent Pipetting Channels Delivers Flexibility in a Small Footprint
January 20, 2010
Reno, Nevada -- Hamilton Robotics announces the addition of the NIMBUS iProbe to its line of compact liquid handling workstations. The new NIMBUS iProbe features up to four independent channels that can be configured with any combination of 1 ml or 5 ml pipetting heads. The new instrument provides flexible pipetting choices to and from [...]
Taconic Enters Into Marketing and Distribution Agreement With Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals
January 20, 2010
Expands Knockout Repository to Include Valuable Rat Models HUDSON, NY--Taconic, one of the largest laboratory rodent providers in the world, announced it has entered into an agreement to market and distribute proprietary knockout rat models produced by Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. The agreement expands the diverse line of models Taconic offers to investigators and complements the [...]
Novus Energy Selects Siemens for Biochemical Production Plants
January 20, 2010
ATLANTA - Siemens Industry, Inc. today announced that it has been selected by Novus Energy to supply the full scope of electrification, Simatic® PCS 7 process automation and instrument measurement technologies for three new biochemical production facilities. Now in the design phase of development, the facilities will convert various agricultural residues into green fuel, clean [...]
