New Detection Cartridges Expand Applications of Beckman Coulter’s PARADIGM Platform
September 17, 2009
Plug-in cartridges execute a variety of high-value assays Orange County, Calif. -- Beckman Coulter® introduces four detection cartridges for the PARADIGM Detection Platform, its modular plate reader, that add new capabilities for widely used fluorescence and luminescence applications. The AlphaScreen*, GeneBLAzer*, and MultiTox-Fluor cartridges provide assay specific settings and protocols to reduce setup time and [...]
NextBio Secures $8 Million in Series C Venture Funding
September 17, 2009
CUPERTINO, Calif.-- NextBio, provider of an innovative platform that enables life science researchers to search, discover, and share knowledge locked within public and proprietary data, today announced that it has closed a $8 million Series C round of financing led by Newbury Ventures, a previous investor, and including participation from prominent private investors. The capital [...]
QIAGEN acquires additional PCR licenses from Roche and Idaho Technology
September 17, 2009
Expanded IP portfolio includes rapidly growing HRM applications for all markets and applications Venlo, The Netherlands --- QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA), today announced that it has acquired additional licenses from Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and Idaho Technology related to the use of instrumentation and reagents for PCR-based molecular testing. Financial [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific ICP Optical Emission Spectrometer
September 17, 2009
Offers Simple and Effective Toy Analysis for Consumer Safety CAMBRIDGE, UK – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new application note to illustrate the capabilities of its Thermo Scientific iCAP 6200 ICP spectrometer for the analysis of toxic trace elements in children’s toys. The dual-view ICP instrument offers [...]
MDS Announces CEO Transition Plan
September 17, 2009
Steve West Appointed Chief Operating Officer and Future CEO TORONTO - MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS - News; NYSE: MDZ - News), a leading provider of products and services to the global life sciences markets, today announced that Steve West, President of MDS Nordion, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of MDS Inc. Stephen P. [...]
September 17, 2009
Denator AB announced today that the company has signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the company’s heat inactivation technology, Stabilizor T1, covering all of UK and Ireland with a leading distributor of scientific and laboratory equipment, Scientific & Medical Products Ltd. The company’s proprietary Stabilizor system stabilizes tissue from the crucial moment of sampling, permanently [...]
GE Healthcare Introduces Biacore™ X100 2.0 and Biacore X100 Plus Package 2.0
September 17, 2009
Label-free molecular interaction analysis system for the research environment with greater flexibility and sensitivity, and added functionality GE Healthcare announces the launch of Biacore™ X100 2.0 and Biacore X100 Plus Package 2.0, adding new and enhanced functionalities to the versatile, automated real-time molecular interaction analysis system. Single-cycle kinetics is now the preferred method for kinetic [...]
PROdesign GmbH Launches PROcellcare®
September 17, 2009
Heiligkreuzsteinach / Heidelberg, Germany - PROdesign GmbH launches the innovative cell feeding station PROcellcare® based on a 96 well plate. The System has initially been developed by the licensing partner EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory). PROcellcare® stands for a system, which supplies live cells (in vitro) under the microscope with biological nutrient and working solutions [...]
New testing option extends scope of food safety screening
September 16, 2009
FOSS has extended the availability of software functionality that helps to spot adulterated raw milk. The software allows MilkoScan™ analysers based on Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) technology to be programmed to give a warning of possible abnormalities in raw milk samples. MilkoScan instruments are already used around the world to check raw milk for payment [...]
Cyntellect Launches Stem Cell Manager™ Powered by LEAP™
September 16, 2009
New Application Offers Significant Improvements Over Manual and Enzymatic Methods for Managing Key Stem Cell Research Processes - World Stem Cell Congress SAN DIEGO--Cyntellect, Inc., a privately-held life sciences company commercializing products to advance life science and stem cell research, biopharmaceutical production, and drug discovery, announced today the commercial availability of Stem Cell Manager™ powered [...]

