Singapore July 20, 2009 -- Swift MaxPro and Swift MiniPro, Esco's 2nd Generation Thermal Cyclers, Combine Outstanding Flexibility and Ease of Use with Excellent Temperature Performance Esco, a leader in the development of controlled environment, laboratory and cleanroom equipment solutions, proudly announces the launch of Esco's new generation of thermal cyclers. Swift MaxPro and MiniPro [...]

Wageningen University Orders FEI Magellan Scanning Electron Microscope for High-Resolution Surface Imaging of Biological Materials - Netherlands-Based Lab Will Use the Magellan for Sub-Nanometer Imaging in Plant Sciences, Agro-Technology, Nutrition and Food Sciences HILLSBORO, Ore., Jul 20, 2009 -- FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC), a leading provider of atomic-scale imaging and analysis systems, today announced the sale [...]

The fluorescent dye DRAQ5 (Biostatus Ltd., UK) directly and stoichiometrically reports DNA content in cells, live or fixed. Stained cells can be gated and sorted into isolated populations with different DNA content relating to the cell cycle, such as elevated G2/M or aneuploidy. The DNA from the cell fractions can then be used directly for [...]

Hitachi brings its expertise and next-generation electron microscopes to the new centre Edmonton... Alberta will be home to a new research and product development centre and state-of-the-art Hitachi microscopes thanks to support provided through the Western Economic Partnership Agreement between the governments of Canada and Alberta along with contributions from Hitachi High-Technologies. The Hitachi Electron [...]

- Introductory Webinar, July 21st, 11am EDT - End User Workshop at US User Group Meeting; September 15-16, San Diego,CA ChemAxon, a software solutions provider for cheminformatics, today announced the launch of JChem for Excel. The add-in for Microsoft Excel(R) brings all of the capabilities and performance of the JChem and Marvin platform to Excel(R) [...]

TwistDx Launches World’s First DNA Amplification Kit Based on Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) - Products Based on RPA Technology Offers Alternative to PCR CAMBRIDGE, England--TwistDx, a developer of point-of-use nucleic acid diagnostics, announced today the launch of its TwistAmpTM product range, the world’s first DNA amplification products based on Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA). Concurrently, TwistDx [...]

Arrayit Corporation and Parkinson's Institute Implement New Screening Techniques for Identification of Molecular Biomarkers - New Technology to Help Researchers Better Understand the Origin of Parkinson's Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB:ARYC - News), a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announces a research collaboration with The Parkinson's Institute of Sunnyvale, California to discover biomarkers for Parkinson's disease. This [...]

Supelco(R) and MIP Technologies Launch New SPE Product for the Selective Extraction of NSAIDs From Environmental Water ST. LOUIS, July 16 -- Supelco, a division of Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL - News), and MIP Technologies AB announced today the launch of a new molecularly imprinted polymer, SPE product, SupelMIP(TM), for the selective extraction of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory [...]

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Comments On Using Improved Sample Preparation to Detect Food Contaminants SOUTH EASTON, Mass., July 16, 2009 -- Food contamination continues to dominate the headlines. Whether it's a widespread pistachio recall, dangerous ground beef products, or cookie dough contaminations, these shocking incidents have sent federal microbiologists out into the field to perform the [...]

CINCINNATI--Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced that it has appointed James M. Anderson to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Mr. Anderson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. His appointment as President and CEO in 1996 followed 20 years of service to the Cincinnati Children’s board [...]