Liquid Handling Set For Efficient Cell Culturing…

INTEGRA Biosciences AG has introduced a new Liquid Handling Set that significantly aids scientists in keeping their cell culture work streamlined and organised when pipetting and aspirating liquids. Successful manipulation of cell cultures relies on the ability to maintain sterility and to avoid cross contamination between cell lines. Proficiency in cell culturing can be greatly [...]

Endress+Hauser must emerge strengthened from the crisis

Strong growth and solid profits in 2008, but considerable reduction in incoming orders in 2009 A strong growth in net sales and a net profit at the same high level as the previous year are the key features of the 2008 business year for Endress+Hauser. The Group has created numerous jobs worldwide and has made [...]

Endress+Hauser investments at a record high

Company expands worldwide production, sales and services In 2008, the Endress+Hauser Group invested more than 106.8 million euros – 12.0 million euros or 12.6 percent more than the year before. Within five years the company has spent almost 400 million euros on new buildings and facilities. In defiance of the economic crisis Endress+Hauser will continue [...]

Simulations Plus Appoints Michael Pelekis, Ph.D., Director for Business Development

New Position to Focus on Acquisitions and Collaborations LANCASTER, Calif.--Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLP), a leading provider of simulation and modeling software to the pharmaceutical industry, announces the appointment of Michael Pelekis, Ph.D., M.B.A., to the position of Director, Business Development. Walt Woltosz, chairman and chief executive officer of Simulations Plus, said: “We’re extremely pleased [...]

GlaxoSmithKline Accelerates Research with BioTrove’s RapidFire® Mass Spectrometry System at Two Key U.S. R&D Sites

High-Throughput Mass Spectrometry Technology to Provide Molecular Discovery Research (MDR) at Research Triangle Park and Upper Providence with Faster, Label-Free Drug Discovery and in vitro ADME Data Purchase Marks Third RapidFire System Supporting GSK R&D WOBURN, Mass.--BioTrove, Inc. today announced the sale of two RapidFire® Mass Spectrometry (RF-MS) systems to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the [...]

Mercury Therapeutics Outlicenses Research Products Applications of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase to Millipore Corp.

WOBURN, MA--(May 19, 2009) - Mercury Therapeutics, a privately held biotech company based in Woburn, Massachusetts focusing on the development of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activators for the development of novel therapeutics for type 2 diabetes, oncology and cardiovascular disease, announced today the signing of a world wide exclusive license with Millipore Corp. of Bedford, [...]

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Expands Cancer Research Efforts with Automation Tool from Caliper Life Sciences

- Foundation Purchases Caliper's Staccato System to Enable High Throughput Research Processes - HOPKINTON, Mass., May 19 -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP - News), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced a collaboration with the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (PMCC), based in Melbourne, Victoria, [...]

Bruker Expands the Boundaries of Ultra-High Performance Mass Spectrometry with the Introduction of solariX™, the Next-Generation FTMS Platform

A 10-fold Sensitivity Jump, Broad-band Mass Resolution of >1,000,000 and Sub-ppm Mass Accuracy Make the solariX Ideal for the Analysis of Very Complex Mixtures in Top-Down Proteomics (including ETD & ECD), Petroleomics, Metabolomics, and Small-Molecule Drug and Metabolite MALDI Imaging BILLERICA, Mass.--Bruker Daltonics today launched the solariX™, its next generation hybrid Qq-FTMS platform. The solariX [...]

Applied Biosystems DNA Analysis Technology Aids Cheetah Conservation Program

Namibia Laboratory Uses Molecular Biology Techniques for Genetic Monitoring CARLSBAD, Calif.--A new high-tech DNA laboratory is the latest tool in the international effort to save the endangered cheetah population. The Applied Biosystems Genetic Conservation Laboratory, located at the headquarters of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in Otjiwarongo, Namibia, is the result of a collaboration between [...]

Techne Corporation Announces That John L. Higgins has Accepted a Seat on Techne’s Board

MINNEAPOLIS, May 19 -- Techne Corporation (Nasdaq: TECH - News) today announced that Mr. John L. Higgins has accepted a position on Techne's Board of Directors and will also serve as a member of Techne's Audit, Compensation and Nominations and Governance Committees. Mr. Higgins' initial term will begin immediately and run through October 29, 2009. [...]

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