PR TRicorder-1 : 3rd Generation Raman Handheld
April 2, 2009
BaySpec, Inc. has introduced a 3rd generation handheld Raman system engine based on its ruggedized Volume Phase Gratings (VPG). The TRicorder-1TM delivers highly repeatable results in a sleek handheld battery-operated package. The TRicorder features no moving parts, high efficiency Volume Phase Gratings (VPGs), narrowband fiber laser, sensative ATR probe interface, low power consumption battery operation, [...]
RAE Systems Names a Global Technology Executive to Its Board of Directors
April 1, 2009
SAN JOSE, CA--Apr 1, 2009 -- RAE Systems Inc. (NYSE Amex: RAE) (AMEX:RAE - News), a leading global developer and manufacturer of rapidly deployable, multi-sensor chemical and radiation detection monitors and networks for industrial applications and homeland security, names Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, 62, to the RAE Systems Board of Directors. He will fill the board [...]
April 1, 2009
PALO ALTO, Calif.--StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ:STEM) announced today that it has closed the acquisition of substantially all of the operating assets and liabilities of Stem Cell Sciences Plc (SCS) for 2,650,000 shares of StemCells common stock and approximately $700,000 in cash. The shareholders of SCS approved the transaction at an extraordinary general meeting on Friday, March [...]
New Zebron ZB-XLB-HT Inferno GC Column Delivers Fast Melamine Analysis
April 1, 2009
Specialized Column Augments Company's Comprehensive Melamine Offering Torrance, CA (April 1, 2009) - Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the manufacture of separation science consumables, introduces the Zebron ZB-XLB-HT Inferno- a unique, high-temperature GC column that takes routine GC/MS melamine analysis of milk products to a new level. The ZB-XLB-HT outperforms all other available GC [...]
April 1, 2009
PENZBERG, Germany--Following the launches of the xCELLigence RTCA SP Instrument and the RTCA MP Instrument last year, Roche Applied Science has now completed its xCELLigence Real-Time Cell Analyzer product line with its newest model, the RTCA DP Instrument. The xCELLigence system measures impedance-based signals both in label-free cellular analysis and in cell invasion/migration assays. The [...]
Clinical Data, Inc. to Sell Cogenics Division to Beckman Coulter, Inc.
April 1, 2009
NEWTON, Mass. & ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.--Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDA) and Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) announced today that the companies have signed a definitive agreement for Beckman Coulter to acquire Clinical Data’s Cogenics division, a global leader in outsourced genomics services, for approximately $17.0 million. The sale will complete a key element of Clinical [...]
April 1, 2009
BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E®) (NASDAQ: ASEI - News), a leading supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced the introduction of two new Gemini™ Parcel Inspection Systems: Gemini 7555 and Gemini 100100. These systems along with the Gemini 6040 provide customers with a selection of systems to inspect everything from mail, baggage, and [...]
April 1, 2009
New Protein Expression Kit Enables Serum-free, Stable Cell Line Development under cGMP Guidelines CARLSBAD, Calif.--Invitrogen, a division of Life Technologies (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the launch of the GIBCO® OptiCHO™ Protein Express Kit, a new integrated solution for simple and efficient development of serum-free, stable cell lines for biotherapeutic development. This is the first kit of [...]
April 1, 2009
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND--(April 1, 2009) - Biomatters, Ltd., a global provider of bioinformatics software for the management, visualization and interpretation of sequence data for laboratory scientists, announced today that the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City has chosen Geneious software to support research at the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics (SICG). [...]
Smiths Detection’s Air Cargo Solutions Help Commercial Freight Services Meet TSA Screening Mandates
April 1, 2009
Advanced X-ray System Scans Entire Pallets; Explosives Trace Detectors Used for Individual, Break Bulk Cargo Screening PINE BROOK, N.J.--Smiths Detection today announces Commercial Freight Services, Inc. (CFS) of Romulus, Michigan, has selected the company’s trace detection and X-ray solutions to meet Transportation Security Administration (TSA) air cargo screening mandate deadlines. CFS is deploying an IONSCAN [...]

