FORTUNE Small Business Again Lists Meridian Bioscience as One of America’s Fastest-Growing Small Companies CINCINNATI--Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ: VIVO) announced today that FORTUNE Small Business has ranked Meridian Bioscience, Inc. number 34 on their ninth annual FSB 100 list of the fastest growing small public companies in America. The list appears in the [...]

Scripps acquires Rigaku Desktop Minstrel UV crystal imaging system to enhance their high throughput crystallization facility Carlsbad, CA - July 7, 2009. Rigaku Americas Corporation today announced that they are working with the Joint Center for Structural Genomics (JCSG) on an automated ultraviolet (UV) imaging and protein crystal monitoring system to accelerate identification of crystals [...]

ICx Technologies Wins $6.8 Million Contract from U.S. Army to Provide Fido® XTi™ Systems to Afghanistan’s National Army and Police WASHINGTON--ICx Technologies (NASDAQ:ICXT), a developer of advanced sensor technologies for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications, announced today that the U.S. Army has purchased Fido® XTi™ explosives-detection systems for use by the Afghan National [...]

ART Advanced Research Technologies Receives $500,000 From Government of Canada to Pursue Commercialization Activities in North America MONTREAL, CANADA--(July 7, 2009) - ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. ("ART" or the "Company") (TSX:ARA), a Canadian medical device company and a leader in optical molecular imaging products for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, is pleased to report [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific ITQ 700 GC-Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer Offers Enhanced Selectivity and Accuracy in Multi-Residue Pesticide Analysis in Green Tea AUSTIN, TEXAS (July 7, 2009) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science announces another significant gain in laboratory productivity highlighted in a new application note. Combining the low detection levels [...]

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is pleased to announce the opening of their first offices in Japan together with the appointment of Nobuhiro Saito as country manager. With a growing market offering increased opportunities in Japan, JPK Instruments has opened offices in the Koto-ku [...]

Cell Resource Center Provides Access to the World’s Most Comprehensive Source for Cell Biology Research Tools CARLSBAD, Calif.--Invitrogen, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the launch of the life-science industry’s first comprehensive online resource for cell biology information and technology. The Invitrogen Cell Resource Center is a Web portal that brings together educational [...]

Single molecule sequencing provides first amplification-free, unbiased view of a transcriptome CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS), a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies, today announced the publication of a landmark study in which single molecule sequencing was used to provide a digital expression profile of a eukaryotic transcriptome. The research article, [...]

GE Security’s Explosive Detection Technology Receives Transportation Security Administration Certification - Itemiser DX is Latest GE Explosives Trace Detector to Meet TSA Certification Standards; Delivers Results in Seconds BRADENTON, Fla.--GE Security Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions (NYSE: GE), today announced that the Itemiser® DX, desktop explosives trace-detection equipment, has successfully completed the rigorous [...]

Scientists from Affymetrix, Inc., a world-leading supplier of microarray equipment and assays, have compared the performance of Tecan’s Infinite 200 NanoQuant multimode microplate reader with other instruments on the market for low volume DNA concentration analysis. Dr Jim Collins, Director of Assay Development, explained: “We have recently developed a new generation of general cytogenetic assay, [...]