Bika Lab Systems Releases Bika LIMS 2.2 Major Update

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa -- Bika Lab Systems releases a new version of popular open source laboratory information management software: Bika LIMS. Downloaded An Astonishing 6300 Times To Date - Bika Releases New LIMS Update ! An exciting new update to the highly successful Bika Inkosi LIMS 2 has been released and its [...]

Agilent Technologies’ New Triple Quadrupole GC/MS

Offers Greater Precision, Selectivity and Sensitivity SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A - News) today introduced the 7000B Triple Quadrupole Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS/MS), delivering high confidence in ultra-trace level results, while shortening analysis times for target compounds in complex samples. The Agilent 7000B provides femtogram-level sensitivity for analyses such as pesticides, PAHs, PCBs, [...]

Caliper Completes Strategic Sale of Small Animal Services Subsidiary to Taconic

Forms Partnership to Expand Customer Access to Light Producing Animal Models HOPKINTON, Mass. PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that it has completed the sale of Xenogen Biosciences Corporation ("XenBio"), a subsidiary which provides in-vivo pre-clinical CRO [...]

Abbott to Acquire STARLIMS Technologies Ltd.

A Leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems - Enhances Abbott's Diagnostics Portfolio and Expertise in Information Management Systems; Expands STARLIMS' Presence Across Laboratory Market Segments Abbott Park, Illinois and Hollywood Florida — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today a definitive agreement to acquire STARLIMS Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: LIMS), a leading provider of laboratory information management systems, [...]

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization for DxNA’s GeneSTAT(TM) Integrated PCR-based Influenza Detection System for H1N1 Virus

Groundbreaking 4.5kg "Lab in a Box(TM)" to Provide Fast H1N1 Virus Detection ST. GEORGE, Utah. -- DxNA announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its 2009 H1N1 influenza virus diagnostic test for use in DxNA's GeneSTAT(TM) detection platform. The new platform enables fast detection [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Mass Spectrometry Technology Helps Children’s Hospital Boston

Children's Hospital Boston Isolate Biomarker for Acute Pediatric Appendicitis Children's Hospital research team believes discovery will lead to more accurate, efficient diagnosis SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that a team of researchers at Children's Hospital Boston identified a promising biomarker, known as LRG, that [...]

Fluidigm’s BioMark™ System Sales Surpass the Century Mark

Sales Climb Steadily Throughout the Recession SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Fluidigm Corporation today announced that sales of its flagship BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis surpassed 100 cumulative units in the field. The BioMark system, based on proprietary microfluidic chips called integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), provides high throughput real-time qPCR enabling researchers to streamline their experimental workflow, [...]

Beckman Coulter, Inc. To Distribute CompuCyte Laser Scanning Cytometers

Agreement bolsters substantive cellular analysis product line Orange County, Calif. -- Beckman Coulter, Inc. and CompuCyte Corporation have entered into a five-year global distribution agreement, under the terms of which Beckman Coulter will have the right to distribute CompuCyte laser scanning cytometers in cellular analysis markets worldwide. Beckman Coulter will maintain exclusive distribution rights for [...]

Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG extends appointment of the Group’s CEO Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg

GOETTINGEN, Germany--At yesterday's meeting, the Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG unanimously passed the resolution to extend the current appointment of the Group�s CEO, Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg, by another 5-year period to November 10, 2015. Kreuzburg has been a member of the Executive Board since November 11, 2002, and has been the Group�s top executive since [...]

Simulations Plus Appoints Robert D. Clark, Ph.D. Director of Life Sciences

Dr. Clark to Join Team in January LANCASTER, Calif.--Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP - News), a leading provider of simulation and modeling software to the pharmaceutical industry, announces the appointment of Robert D. Clark, Ph.D., to the position of Director, Life Sciences. Walt Woltosz, chairman and chief executive officer of Simulations Plus, said: “We’re excited that [...]

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