Electronic Sensor Technology, Inc. Receives an Order from Security Pro
March 5, 2009
NEWBURY PARK, Calif.--Electronic Sensor Technology (EST) (OTCBB: ESNR - News), a leading provider of innovative homeland security, environmental and healthcare solutions, announced the receipt of an order for 3 units of Model 4300 zNose® instruments from Security Pro., USA for the monitoring of environmental odors for a petroleum and oil exploration company. "We are very [...]
March 5, 2009
A study by Nejentsev et al. published online today in Science reports that researchers have discovered a group of rare variants in a disease-associated gene that appear to lower the risk of developing type 1 diabetes (T1D). The study, conducted by scientists at the Wellcome Trust/JDRF Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, [...]
QIAGEN Supports Cervical Cancer Screening for Underprivileged Chinese Women
March 5, 2009
To mark International Women’s Day on March 8th, QIAGEN will provide human papillomavirus (HPV) testing products for the testing of underprivileged women at 29 hospitals across China. The free testing program is part of the larger “3.8 Program” – a nationwide prevention campaign organized by the Cancer Foundation of China and partially sponsored by QIAGEN. [...]
March 5, 2009
BILLERICA, Mass.--Bruker Daltonics today announced the opening of its Massachusetts demonstration facility for the ultra-high resolution time-of-flight (UHR-TOF) maXis™ mass spectrometer, as well as several maXis installations in top-tier U.S. life-science research laboratories. The revolutionary maXis, which Bruker will exhibit at PITTCON 2009 next week in Chicago, is the only high-performance mass spectrometer available today [...]
March 4, 2009
ICx Technologies (NASDAQ: ICXT), a developer of advanced sensor technologies for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications, announced today that ICx Analytical Instruments, a business unit of ICx Technologies, has been awarded a multi-year contract worth up to $40 million dollars. The contract is for the development of a chemical and biological mass spectrometer [...]
Axela Introduces the dotLab Amine Reactive Sensor
March 4, 2009
Direct Covalent Coupling Simplifies Immunoassay Design and Reduces Capture Protein Requirements TORONTO, Mar 04, 2009 -- Axela Inc has introduced the dotLab(R) Amine Reactive Sensor for stable covalent coupling of affinity reagents such as antibodies for use with the Axela dotLab(R) System. Now researchers in the basic and clinical sciences and protein production have additional [...]
New PicoQuant module offers highly flexible FLIM and FCS analyses
March 4, 2009
Olympus has announced that its FluoView FV1000 confocal laser scanning microscope (cLSM) and FV1000MPE Multiphoton ranges can now be fitted with the PicoQuant module for Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS). FLIM and FCS are advanced methods for measuring minute changes in fluorescence that occur in cells over very short periods of [...]
Nanogen Licenses Molecular Technology to Quest Diagnostics for In Vitro Diagnostic Testing
March 4, 2009
Nanogen, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGEN), developer of molecular and rapid diagnostic products, announced today that it has signed an end user license agreement (EULA) with Quest Diagnostics for use of the Company’s proprietary MGB Probe technology in human in vitro diagnostic testing. Under the licensing agreement, Quest Diagnostics will have rights to use and sell products [...]
World-Leading Biotech Company Selects STARLIMS for $4M Project
March 4, 2009
Web-Based LIMS, SDMS and ELN Solution for Quality Control Labs On Three Continents HOLLYWOOD, Fla., March 4, 2009 -- STARLIMS Technologies Ltd. (NasdaqGM:LIMS - News), a leading provider of laboratory information management systems, or LIMS, today announced that it has been selected by a world-leading biotechnology company for a multi-site project. The contract value is [...]
GE Healthcare and Tecan Collaborate to Improve the Automation of Process Development
March 4, 2009
GE Healthcare has entered into a marketing collaboration with Tecan, to provide customers with access to both companies’ expertise in lab automation and process development. The agreement will enable process developers to implement specifically-designed protocols and accessories for GE Healthcare’s PreDictor™ 96-well plates on Tecan Freedom EVO® workstations. Automation will reduce hands-on time required for [...]
