Thermo Fisher Scientific Works with National Teaching Program to Advance Study of Genomes

Davidson College Professor Exemplifies Serving Science Ideals WILMINGTON, Delaware (December 17, 2008) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that a program initiated by the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT) will provide undergraduates with access to the Thermo Scientific NanoDrop 1000 spectrophotometer. The GCAT program uses National Science [...]

Advanced GE Technologies Help To Protect Travelers in Airports and in Flight

Security, Sensing & Inspection Technologies, and Digital Energy solutions provide increased safety and security for holiday travelers ALBANY, N.Y.--As people get ready for holiday travel, GE Enterprise Solutions (NYSE:GE - News), a high-tech integrated solution provider wants them to know that advanced technologies are working behind the scenes to help protect them from the moment [...]

Helicos BioSciences Corporation Announces Pricing of Common Stock and Warrant Private Placement

Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS), a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies for the research, drug discovery, and diagnostic markets, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with certain investors to raise approximately $18.6 million in gross proceeds in a private placement through the sale of shares of its [...]

Online Measurements of Physiological Parameters in Living Cells Downloads and Links

AxioVision Physiology module for microscopyRTF Documents The AxioVision Physiology software module from Carl Zeiss enables image capture with a camera and the measurement of physiological parameters in living cells both during microscopic observation (online) and afterwards (offline). The software documents both the images and all major steps of the experiment and makes them available together [...]

Bio-Rad Announces the Launch of Its CFX384 Real-Time PCR Detection System

HERCULES, Calif., December 19, 2008 – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of its new Bio-Rad CFX384™ real-time PCR detection system as well as its new CFX Manager™ software, Security Edition. CFX Manager can be used to [...]

VWR International bvba is REACH Ready

DARMSTADT, Germany--VWR International bvba, a subsidiary of VWR International, LLC, announced today its completion of pre-registration for our portfolio to comply with the requirements of the REACH Directive (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals). VWR, a leading global laboratory supply company, is present in sixteen European countries. Starting December 1st, only pre-registered or registered [...]

VistaGen, WARF sign license agreement for human embryonic stem cell technology

MADISON, VistaGen Therapeutics and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) have signed a license for human embryonic stem cell patents for the development and commercialization of stem cell-based research tools. VistaGen, a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, is one of the world's leading companies focused on using the power of stem cell technology [...]

Benchtop laboratory lyophilizer offers new levels of efficiency & flexibility…

SP Industries Inc., world leader in lyophilization equipment, has announced the new Virtis AdVantage Plus range of laboratory freeze dryers. Featuring the latest advances in benchtop freeze drying, the AdVantage Plus is now available with up to three fluid-cooled shelves which maintain precise temperature control previously available only in pilot and production scale units. At [...]

CambridgeSoft and StatSoft Execute Collaboration Agreement

CambridgeSoft, a leading supplier of desktop and enterprise knowledge management software solutions for life sciences companies, and StatSoft, a leading supplier of desktop and enterprise STATISTICA data analysis and data mining software solutions, announce the execution of a collaboration agreement. The agreement is the start of formal collaborations between the two companies, complementing CambridgeSoft’s Chem [...]

Automatic process control optimises use of raw materials in the dairy

Hilleroed, Denmark, FOSS announces XDS Process Analytics™ for the dairy, a powerful analytical and process control solution in a simple-to-integrate form. The XDS Process Analytics solution helps dairy producers to reduce out of specification production and optimize the use of valuable raw materials such as protein and fat. The system can be used to control [...]

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