Integration of Liquid Handler Optimizes High-Throughput, Walk-Away Ion Channel Screening on the IonFlux System

South San Francisco, California -- Fluxion Biosciences announced today a product expansion for its IonFlux automated patch clamp system which includes full automation and walk-away capability. New software drivers and hardware upgrades enable use of Tecan’s Freedom EVO® liquid handler series and accessories. This ensures automated plate preparation at a pace that fully optimizes the [...]

Fluidigm and IntegraGen Join Forces to Create a Genetic Analysis Service and European Demonstration Lab

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & EVRY, France--Fluidigm, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has joined with IntegraGen SA, one of France’s leading providers of genetic research testing services, to bring IFC technology to French researchers. IntegraGen will offer premium class services to its customers using the Fluidigm BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis and the [...]

Millipore Launches Ground-Breaking MilliPROBE® Solution

Detect Mycoplasma in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing - Innovative solution will cut mycoplasma detection time from 28 days to four hours BILLERICA, Mass.--Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL), a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, today announced the launch of a new product from its ground-breaking collaboration with Roka Bioscience to develop faster, [...]

New DART SVP Source and iDART Automation Streamline JEOL AccuTOF-DARTTM Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Performance

Peabody, Mass. -- JEOL’s award-winning AccuTOF-DARTTM mass spectrometer, featuring the new iPod touch-enabled DART SVP ion source, offers a new set of performance features for accurate mass measurements in real time using advanced time-of-flight technology. JEOL introduced the Direct Analysis in Real Time (DARTTM) ion source in 2005 for its AccuTOF-LC mass spectrometer, expanding the [...]

Copley Scientific Launches World’s First Commercial Apparatus for Dissolution Testing of Inhaled Drugs

Nottingham, UK: Copley Scientific has launched the world’s first commercially available apparatus designed specifically for dissolution testing of inhaled drug formulations. Based on a concept developed by Professor Jason McConville and his team at the College of Pharmacy, University of Texas, a new NGI dissolution cup and membrane holder enables dissolution testing of size-fractionated particles [...]

A2 Technologies, Lightweight, Handheld FTIR for Dedicated Field Applications

A2 Technologies has announced the availability of its newest portable FTIR system, Flexscan. Flexscan is a superior performing, mid IR spectrometer that fits in the palm of one's hand. A2 Technologies now offers two hand-held FTIR systems, Flexscan, for dedicated field analyses, and Exoscan, for lab and field use. Flexscan is ideal for dedicated applications [...]

RTS Life Science Appoints Richard Carpenter as New Mid-Atlantic Sales Manager

Manchester, UK -- RTS Life Science, a worldwide supplier of automated sample management and drug delivery testing systems announces the appointment of Richard Carpenter as New Mid-Atlantic Sales Manager. Richard has extensive experience in the scientific instrument market and expands the US field based sales team. Prior to joining RTS, Richard worked for LabCyte and [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Releases New Chromatography Columns and Consumables Catalog

Milford, MA, United States -- Comprehensive new chromatography collection delivers the right tools, separation after separation. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the release of the 2010 – 2012 Thermo Scientific Chromatography Columns and Consumables catalog. Offering 540 pages of innovative and proven chromatography tools, including many novel and [...]

AnaSpec Products Used in Over 400 Patents

Fremont, CA, United States -- The number of patents (both filed and awarded) that cite AnaSpec’s products has passed 400. As compiled by Google Patent Search, the number of patents (both filed and awarded) that cite AnaSpec’s products has passed 400. Products cited include AnaSpec’s peptides, amino acids, and other research reagents. Violeta Rajkovska, Director [...]

Acquisition of SphereOptics, LLC

Halma, the leading safety, health and sensor technology group, announces the acquisition of SphereOptics, LLC ('SphereOptics') on 19 January 2010 from current management and financial shareholders for an initial cash consideration of $2.5 million (£1.5 million). SphereOptics, based in New Hampshire, USA, manufactures and distributes precision products for use in light metrology applications. SphereOptics will [...]

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