Nested disposable tip rack improves automation throughput and flexibility…

Agilent Automation Solutions has announced a new low profile, 384-well format conductive rack enabling nested disposable tips to be used on the Bravo Liquid Handling Platfom and Vertical Pipetting Station (formerly VPrep.) The new ANSI standard format rack offers 300% space savings over a traditional tipbox, requiring less tip box changes and produces less waste. [...]

Pharsight Launches Phoenix™ WinNonlin® as Cornerstone of New Software Platform for Model-Based Drug Development

Phoenix WinNonlin 6.0 Provides Enhancements to Industry-Standard PK/PD Analysis Tool, Adds New Interface and Workflow Management Engine ST. LOUIS--Pharsight, a market-leading provider of software and scientific services to improve productivity and decision-making in clinical drug development, today announced the launch of Phoenix WinNonlin, the next generation of the company’s industry-standard software tool for pharmacokinetic and [...]

Carl Zeiss Chosen to Provide Suite of Advanced Microscopes to the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN)

GREENSBORO, N.C. & Peabody, Mass.--The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) of North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T) and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) has chosen Carl Zeiss SMT to be the supplier of a state-of-the-art suite of advanced charged-particle-beam microscopes. Included is the first, world record setting ORION® PLUS [...]

SevenGoTM Portable Instrument Line Expands

COLUMBUS, Ohio (June 2, 2009) – METTLER TOLEDO is delighted to announce the introduction of a new range of multi-parameter portable meters for measurements of pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and ion concentration. All three instruments are based on the rugged design of SevenGo™ and are watertight according to IP67. This means that the instruments or [...]

Owlstone and Agilent Technologies Collaborate to Explore FAIMS/TOF-MS Applications

PHILADELPHIA, PA--Jun 2, 2009 -- ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, June 1, 2009 - Owlstone Nanotech, Inc., a subsidiary of Advance Nanotech, Inc. (OTC BB:AVNA.OB - News) and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A - News), today announced a phase one agreement to develop Owlstone's field-asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) filter as a front-end separation module for [...]

QIAGEN Announces CE Mark on Next Generation Molecular Diagnostic for KRAS Analysis

Also BRAF Pyrosequencing-Based Assays for Mutation Profiling in Pipeline VENLO, THE NETHERLANDS--Jun 2, 2009 -- QIAGEN (NasdaqGS:QGEN - News) (Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the official launch of its next-generation CE-labelled assay for KRAS testing in colorectal cancer patients. In addition, the company gave an update on the pipeline of its regulated assay portfolio [...]

The 454 Genome Sequencing System Detects a Novel Virus Responsible for South African Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak

The newly discovered arenavirus caused the deaths of four of five infected individuals in South Africa in October, 2008 BRANFORD, Conn.--A study published online in PLoS Pathogens reports that researchers at Columbia University, the South African National Health Laboratory Services, the US Centers for Disease Control, and 454 Life Sciences have discovered a new virus [...]

French Researchers Accelerate Biomarker Research With QTRAP® 5500 Mass Spectrometry Systems

Scientists at bioMérieux and the University of Lyon Speed Biomarker Discovery and Validation for Potential Diagnostic Testing CARLSBAD, Calif.--Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced that scientists at bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, and the Institute of Analytical Sciences of the University of Lyon in [...]

Jack Keating Joins Implant Sciences’ Board of Directors

WILMINGTON, Mass.--Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCBB: IMSC - News), a supplier of systems and sensors for the homeland security market and related industries, today announced the addition of Jack Keating to the Company’s Board of Directors. Glenn D. Bolduc, Implant Sciences' Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Jack Keating’s vast experience in global supply chain operations and in [...]

An agreement with Agilent Technologies

Quebec, Canada, and Santa Clara, Calif., June 1, 2009 - Phytronix Technologies, Inc. and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced today that they have signed a non-exclusive co-marketing agreement to promote the Phytronix Laser Diode Thermal Desorption (LDTDTM) Ion Source with Agilent mass spectrometers. The LDTD Ion Source, used with an Agilent MS/MS, for example, [...]

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