New US Managing Director at WITec – Bob Hirche

WITec News April 2009 WITec Instruments Corp., the US branch office of the German microscope manufacturer WITec GmbH recently appointed Bob Hirche as its new US Managing Director. Hirche will be responsible for all sales activities for WITec’s high-resolution optical and scanning probe microscope solutions within the US market. He will also coordinate the established [...]

IDBS’ E-WorkBook for biology (BioBook) selected to provide GLP data management for a leading FDA Approved CRO

Guildford, UK, April 6 2009 – IDBS today announced that BSL BIOSERVICE Scientific Laboratories GmbH have purchased E-Workbook, and its Biology extension, BioBook, for use in their GLP-regulated in-vivo department, where it will capture, search, protect and share high value research and preclinical data on behalf of a broad spectrum of international clients. BSL BIOSERVICE [...]

GE Healthcare Celebrates 20 Years of Prepacked HiPrep™ Chromatography Columns

Launches Next Generation Simplified Hardware Format Uppsala, Sweden, April 6, 2009 – GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is marking the 20th anniversary of the prepacked HiPrep column family by launching next generation HiPrep 16/10 columns. The new column hardware has been redesigned to give the same high performance, reproducibility and [...]

American Science and Engineering, Inc. Announces First Order for Z Gantry Cargo and Vehicle Screening System

U.S. Department of Defense to Use Multi-View, Z Backscatter Gantry Screening System BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASEI) (AS&E®), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced today the first order for its new Z Gantry™ multi-view Z Backscatter™ cargo and vehicle screening system. The Z Gantry’s bi-directional scanning platform operates [...]

LGC licenses first T5000 Biosensor System in Europe – and announces development agreement with Abbott

06-Apr-2009 - LGC announces plans to develop new applications for the Ibis T5000 Biosensor System in Europe LGC, the international science-based service company, has concluded an agreement with Abbott, a global healthcare company, to be the first diagnostics service provider in Europe to license the Ibis T5000 Biosensor System, for use in the rapid identification [...]

University of Michigan installs second Genomatix Genome Analyzer

Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics adds Genomatix Advanced Next Generation Sequencing downstream analysis capabilities Genomatix Software, a leading provider of complete solutions for the analysis of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data, announced today that the CCDU Bioinformatics Core of the Center for Computational Medicine and Biology at the University of Michigan installed a Genomatix [...]

Agilent Technologies Introduces Human Copy Number Variation Microarrays Based on WTCCC Design Used In World’s Largest Study

Agilent Also Introduces Labeling Kit, Purification Module to Increase Throughput, Reduce Costs SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) today introduced the Human CNV Association 2x105K microarray for studying associations between genomic copy number variations (CNV) and disease. The array is based on a design by the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC), which is conducting [...]

Global Security Solutions Awards an Order to Electronic Sensor Technology for Security Application in Mexico

NEWBURY PARK, Calif.--Electronic Sensor Technology (EST) (OTCBB: ESNR), a leading provider of innovative homeland security, environmental and healthcare solutions, announced the receipt of an order for 35 units of zNose® Model 4500 to be delivered to Mexico through EST’s distributor, Global Security Solutions/Camouflage, for their use in homeland security applications. It is anticipated that this [...]

Centice Corporation Closes $4 Million Bridge Financing

Funds to Support Commercialization of Innovative PASS Rx® Product MORRISVILLE, N.C.--Centice Corporation, a pioneer in drug verification and safety products, announced today the successful completion of a $4 million bridge financing from its existing investors to support ongoing commercialization efforts for its innovative PASS Rx prescription verification product for the retail pharmacy marketplace. Leading the [...]

PROTEIN FOREST, INC. Announces Appointment of Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing

Lexington, MA April 6, 2008 - Protein Forest, Inc., a proteomics company developing innovative protein separation and bioanalysis products, is pleased to announce that John L. Tonkinson, Ph.D., assumed the newly created position of Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing effective March 16, 2009. Reporting to CEO Russell K. Garlick, Ph.D., Dr. Tonkinson has direct [...]

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