MADISON, Wis.--BioSystem Development, LLC., a privately held life science analytics company, announces a recently completed investment round that raised just over 1.4 million dollars (USD) in funding and capital equipment. These funds will help launch new products, finance near-term product development and expand manufacturing capabilities to the larger scale required to meet demand. Founder and [...]

At LabAutomation2010, Artel to Launch Latest Technology for Optimizing Automated Liquid Handlers Westbrook, ME -- At LabAutomation2010, Artel (www.artel-usa.com) will launch new features of the ARTEL MVS® Multichannel Verification System, an objective performance assessment and optimization tool for automated liquid handlers. New developments enhance measurement data comparability, increase the speed of volume verification, and allow [...]

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.--Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today inaugurated its new European headquarters in Fribourg, Switzerland. The office will initially house Pall’s Life Sciences business in Europe, with plans to integrate the company’s European Industrial business in 2011. The initiative was undertaken with the Fribourg Development Agency (FDA). [...]

Program Connects Customers with Partners Validated to Process and Analyze Samples Collected with DNA Genotek Products Ottawa, ON (PRWEB) -- DNA Genotek (https://www.dnagenotek.com), a leading provider of products for biological sample collection, stabilization and preparation, today announced its new global partner program. The program offers significant enhancements for DNA Genotek's partner community and is designed [...]

A2 Technologies has announced that the popular Educational Institution Pricing Program on its ML FTIR spectrometer system will continue through to March 31, 2010. This special pricing program allows academic institutions to purchase the ML FTIR spectrometer, with integrated single reflection diamond ATR sampling system, for 40% off of list price. The ML spectrometer is [...]

Westbrook, ME -- At LabAutomation2010, Artel (www.artel-usa.com) will launch new features of the ARTEL MVS® Multichannel Verification System, an objective performance assessment and optimization tool for automated liquid handlers. New developments enhance measurement data comparability, increase the speed of volume verification, and allow users to reduce the overall variability of their laboratory processes. The MVS [...]

Correlative Microscopy: First Installation at Pilot Customers OBERKOCHEN, Germany -- Together with several pilot customers, Carl Zeiss has started application development for correlative microscopy in materials analysis and performed the initial installations of the platform Shuttle&Find. The focus of attention is the analysis of structures (e.g. polished sections), fractures, and particles. The seamless interaction of [...]

New X-ray Technology Provides Major Security Upgrades Through Automatic Explosives Detection and Multiple Views of Carry-on Luggage LAVAL, Canada--Smiths Detection today announces a $27 million (CAD) order from the Canadian Air Transportation Security Authority (CATSA) to provide advanced X-ray systems that will upgrade existing airport checkpoints. The Advanced Threat Identification X-ray (aTiX) devices can detect [...]

PENZBERG, Germany--Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and the Department of Health of Junta de Andalucía, Spain have signed an agreement for a cooperation in the Medical Genome Project (MGP), a research project created to analyse the genomes of people with rare diseases and identify the defective gene or genes causing the disease and its [...]

Providing a Custom Protein Purification and Concentration System to Reduce Timelines CAMBRIDGE, England--The Automation Partnership (TAP), a world leader in the design and development of innovative automation for life science applications, today announced its Advanced Projects Group has successfully collaborated with a major European antibody therapeutics company to deliver a custom automated protein purification and [...]