New FE-SEM combines high resolution and analysis for the first time OBERKOCHEN/Germany – July 1, 2009. Today Carl Zeiss announces a series of launches covering a range of product and application innovations. The start of this series is marked by the next-generation analytical field emission scanning electron microscope – the MERLIN™. This instrument combines the [...]

Reno, Nevada (July 1, 2009) - Hamilton Robotics introduces MICROLAB® NIMBUS NVS (NIMBUS Vacuum System), an integrated platform for automated vacuum-based separations. NIMBUS NVS integrates liquid handling workstation capabilities with a vacuum manifold, pump and collection device for solid-phase extraction (SPE) of analytes from complex biological mixtures in 96-well plate format. NIMBUS NVS is ideal [...]

Rubicon Genomics, Inc., a developer of pre-analytical amplification products that enable optimal performance of advanced genetic analysis tools, announced today that it has reached agreement with BlueGnome to non-exclusively market its PicoPlex™ technology to In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) researchers under the name SurePlex DNA Amplification System as part of the BlueGnome 24sure microarray-based technology for [...]

Aushon’s 2470 microarray printer provides customized solution for innovative alternative to high-throughput screening at the Broad Institute BILLERICA, Mass.--Aushon BioSystems, Inc., a leading provider of advanced microarray instrumentation and laboratory services for biomarker discovery, development and analysis recently announced that the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard will utilize Aushon’s 2470 [...]

Sales of Malvern Instruments’ Mastersizer systems have exceeded the 10,000 instruments mark, a major milestone in the company’s history. Now used by more than 90% of the world’s leading chemical and pharmaceutical companies, Mastersizer laser diffraction particle size analyzers have become the systems of choice in companies of all sizes across many different industries. “Through [...]

AS&E's Proprietary ZBV Mobile Inspection System Demonstrates Success Around the World with Over 400 Systems Sold to Date - The Market-Leading Z Backscatter Van (ZBV) Deployed in 46 Countries Offers Unparalleled Mobility and Flexibility for Rapid Explosive and Contraband Detection BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASEI - News) (AS&E®), a leading worldwide supplier [...]

GE Healthcare and Geron Announce Exclusive Global Agreement to Commercialize Stem Cell Drug Discovery Tecnologies CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK & MENLO PARK, Calif., June 30, 2009 - GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), and Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN) today announced that they have entered into a global exclusive license and alliance [...]

Applied Biosystems Salmonella Detection Kit Assists Efforts to Protect Food Supply Molecular Testing Solution Receives Emergency Response Validation for Detection of Salmonella in Peanut Butter CARLSBAD, Calif.--Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE - News), today announced the certification of its TaqMan® Salmonella enterica Detection Kit for the identification of Salmonella in peanut butter [...]

Tri-I Biotech, Inc. Named Area Distributor/Representative for Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese Customer Base ST. LOUIS--Certara™, a global, translational sciences company formed by the acquisition of Pharsight® Corporation by Tripos™, today announced expanded investment and presence in China and Taiwan in support of drug discovery and development efforts, and also confirmed that Tri-I Biotech, Inc. has [...]

Bridgewater, New Jersey. LabVantage Solutions, Inc. will acquire Life Technologies Corporation’s SQL*LIMS business, uniting the premier thin-client LIMS, SAPPHIRE™, with a significant global footprint of experienced LIMS professionals. The SQL*LIMS® business from Applied Biosystems, a part of Life Technologies, is an enterprise laboratory information management system (LIMS) provider that manages the laboratory process lifecycle. "This [...]