January 28, 2009
BILLERICA, Mass.--Bruker Daltonics announced today the successful installations of its latest ultra-high field 12 Tesla and 15 Tesla (T) FTMS systems in the laboratory of Professor André Deelder at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). The 15T FTMS in Leiden will represent the highest field FTMS system in Europe, and the combination of these two, [...]
January 28, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, England--The Automation Partnership (TAP) launched its latest development, a new high throughput nano-litre plate production system, at the LabAutomation Conference in Palm Springs, CA, USA this week. Coda (TM) has been developed to allow Sample Management groups to efficiently create nano-litre assay ready plates for screening customers. Coda combines TAP's unrivalled experience in robust [...]
January 28, 2009
Royston, UK - TTP LabTech announced today that it had successfully completed a major laboratory automation project with AstraZeneca. The project, which took over three years to complete, involved the design and build of a fully automated system for salt and polymorph screening of novel compounds. The system completed its site acceptance test (SAT) late [...]
Starna provides cost effective answer to low volume fluorescence detection
January 28, 2009
Starna Scientific Development department has designed and patented a new ultra-micro volume fluorescence lens cell to address the growing requirement for researchers to carry out clinical/biochemical/pharmaceutical studies cost effectively by performing UV/Visible spectrofluorometer analysis on smaller volume samples of typically five microlitres or less. The new ultra-micro cell provides a practical solution for customers where [...]
GE Healthcare Introduces Two Protein Extraction Buffer Solutions to Improve Efficiency
January 28, 2009
Mammalian Protein Extraction Buffer and Yeast Protein Extraction Buffer Kit GE Healthcare has introduced Mammalian Protein Extraction Buffer and Yeast Protein Extraction Buffer Kit, for efficient high quality extraction of soluble protein from mammalian cultured cells and yeast cell respectively. The Mammalian Protein Extraction Buffer and Yeast Extraction Buffer Kit are mild, non-denaturing buffer compositions, [...]
January 28, 2009
Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM) today announced new positive data from the prospective clinical studies using the Company’s noninvasive SEQureDx™ technology, enabling the detection of fetal aneuploidy from maternal blood. The data presented today consist of 459 new, high prevalence samples from the prospective, blinded studies performed at Sequenom, bringing the total number of samples studied to [...]
A New MEMS-Based Paradigm for Liquid Flow Management
January 28, 2009
Now Measure Viscosity to 1,000,000 1/s! RheoSense Inc. has introduced its NEW VROC®-D chip. The NEW D chip expands the measurement ranges offered by existing chips to high shear rate viscosity measurements. Many industry processes involve very high shear rate deformation in material processing, shear rate easily exceeding 10,000 1/s (reciprocal second). And the viscosity [...]
Sequenom Names Allan T. Bombard, M.D., Chief Medical Officer
January 28, 2009
Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) today announced that it has named Allan T. Bombard, M.D., to the newly created position of Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Bombard will oversee Sequenom’s clinical and medical affairs, including clinical strategy, operations and clinical advocacy. “Allan has played an instrumental role in the development of our noninvasive prenatal diagnostic division, including [...]
Tecan Uses ARTEL Technology To Verify Liquid Handling Performance
January 28, 2009
Tecan, a leading global player in liquid handling automation technology in the life sciences industry, has joined forces with ARTEL, the world expert in liquid handling quality assurance, to provide Tecan’s US customers with a new service for verifying the performance of Tecan liquid handling platforms. The ARTEL MVS® Multichannel Verification System will be used [...]
January 27, 2009
HAWTHORNE, Calif.--OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS - News), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Security division, Rapiscan Systems, has been awarded two contracts from undisclosed customers totaling approximately $17 million to deliver multiple Rapiscan Eagle® Portal X-Ray and Rapiscan Mobile Gamma [...]
