New service enhancement speeds repair time and enhances tool availability of the Phenom
June 5, 2009
Hillsboro, Ore./June 5, 2009?FEI Company (Nasdaq: FEIC), a leading provider of atomic-scale imaging and analysis systems, today announced the immediate availability of Phenom™ Remote Assistant, a new service enhancement that allows for remote tracking, diagnostics and repair of Phenom personal scanning electron microscope (SEM) systems. “Phenom Remote Assistant enhances productivity by providing reduced time to [...]
ChemImage Works to Improve Existing Methods of Imaging Untreated Fingerprints on Paper Substrates
June 4, 2009
PITTSBURGH, June 4 -- Scientists at ChemImage are pleased to report significant improvements in the ability to enhance contrast of untreated fingerprints on paper substrates. Using the CONDOR(TM) Hyperspectral Imaging System, application scientists at ChemImage have been able to apply new developments in software and hardware configurations resulting in the enhancement of more ridge detail [...]
Perlegen Lab Receives CLIA License
June 4, 2009
Lab Will Support MammaPLUS Launch Set for Fall 2009 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Perlegen Sciences, which develops genetic tests that correlate genetic variation to disease risk and drug response, announced today that it has opened the Perlegen Clinical Laboratory Services facility at its Mountain View location, following a successful inspection for CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) licensure [...]
June 4, 2009
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics awards GENEART a major contract for the production of genes and gene variants Expected order volume is approximately EUR 300,000 The genes delivered will be used within the Mutanom Project Goal of the Mutanom Project is to research the effects of mutations in the genotype and their relevance for [...]
High Throughput – Redefined: Roche’s New LightCycler® 1536 Real-Time PCR System
June 4, 2009
PENZBERG, Germany--Large-scale, PCR-based gene analysis can only be performed if signals are generated, captured and analyzed in a highly reproducible manner. More precisely, thermal control, optical readout and the algorithms used to characterize genes qualitatively and quantitatively have to be highly precise and reliable. The new LightCycler® 1536 System from Roche Applied Science meets these [...]
Increase Speed of Dry-down while Removing Water Content, Salts, Buffers and Modifiers
June 4, 2009
Middleton, Wisconsin — Gilson, Inc., an industry leader in purification systems for HPLC, SPE and GPC clean-up, introduces a solution that will remove 95% water content in fractions thus decreasing dry-down time. Gilson’s Fraction Trapping Liquid Chromatography (FTLC) System is unlike any system on the market today and incorporates the durability of the GX-271 Liquid [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific and NextGen Sciences Announce Collaboration
June 4, 2009
SAN JOSE, CA (June 4, 2009) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a collaboration between its Biomarker Research Initiatives in Mass Spectrometry (BRIMS) Center and NextGen Sciences, the biomarker specialists providing discovery, assay development and testing services. Under the collaboration arrangement, the BRIMS Center will work with NextGen [...]
New Centerpiece Enhances Performance of Beckman Coulter’s Analytical Ultracentrifuge
June 4, 2009
Systems Provide Precise Macromolecule Aggregation Measurement for Drug Discovery and Vaccine Development ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – (June 4, 2009) -- Newly designed centerpieces used in the Beckman Coulter XL-A and XL-I instruments – the only analytical ultracentrifuges on the market today – allow the systems to provide precise, repeatable measurement of pharmaceutical sample aggregation in [...]
June 4, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY--Idaho Technology, Inc. has received the support of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) for use of the Platinum Path™ Extraction Kit (PPEK) with the Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS). “The PPEK kit is designed to handle dozens of different sample types, replacing the need for multiple specialized [...]
ChiFi Biomedical Engineering to Distribute Cell-IQ(R) Systems in China
June 4, 2009
Chip-Man Technologies’ innovative Cell-IQ live cell imaging and analysis platform is now available to research institutions in China through the ChiFi (Shanghai) Biomedical Engineering Company. This deal means that the powerful Cell-IQ system is, for the first time, available to Chinese academic and industrial research laboratories wishing to study cell lines, primary cell, co-cultures and [...]
