December 4, 2008
Rapiscan Systems, a leading global supplier and manufacturer of security inspection systems for homeland security applications, announced today that its research and development division, Rapiscan Laboratories, hasbeen awarded two advanced technology demonstrator (ATD) contracts for $1.6 million from the U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO). The contracts are incrementally funded and if all options are [...]
Bruker Detection Division Enters the Homeland Security and Airport Explosives Detection Market
December 4, 2008
BILLERICA, Mass.--Bruker Corporation announced today that it has launched a newly developed bench-top explosives and drug detection system based on Bruker’s proprietary, performance-leading ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) technology. Incorporating extensive user input, Bruker has combined its core expertise in IMS technology with advanced sample preparation and sample introduction methods to develop a new Drugs and [...]
Transgenomic Obtains Exclusive License to Mitochondrial DNA Damage Detection Technology
December 4, 2008
Method measures oxidative stress in cardiovascular and other diseases Omaha, NE, December 4, 2008 – Transgenomic (OTC-Bulletin Board: TBIO.OB) today announced that the Clayton Foundation for Research of Houston, Texas through its technology transfer entity, the Research Development Foundation, has granted the Company an exclusive license to patents covering a method for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) [...]
December 4, 2008
4 December 2008: Malvern, UK: A new particle characterization and rheology laboratory is being installed at the Center for Ceramic Research (CCR) at Rutgers (State University of New Jersey), as part of a collaborative project between the university and Malvern Instruments. Malvern is providing a suite of state-of-the-art instrumentation that will be used by researchers [...]
New High Speed and High Resolution Micro CT to be Introduced Into North American Market
December 4, 2008
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Dec 04, 2008 -- Dexas Laboratory Sciences is very proud to have established a strategic alliance with V.A.M.P. (Erlangen, Germany) one of the pioneers of micro computed tomography development. Dexas will distribute V.A.M.P.'s TomoScope(R), one the world's most advanced micro-CT, in the North American market. VAMP, a spin-off of the Institute of Medical [...]
Millipore Corporation Signs License Agreement with Astellas
December 4, 2008
Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL) today announced it has entered into a worldwide, non-exclusive license agreement with Astellas Pharma, Inc. (“Astellas”) to use Millipore's UCOE™ (Ubiquitous Chromatin Opening Element) technology in its research programs. The license will enable Astellas to more efficiently produce its drug targets, such as antibodies in mammalian cells, by generating higher protein yields. [...]
ICx Technologies to develop novel mass spec solution
December 4, 2008
ICx Technologies is first company to contract through Purdue's CAID West Lafayette, Ind. (Dec. 4, 2008) - ICx Technologies (NASDAQ: ICXT), today announced a new joint research project with Purdue University's R. Graham Cooks, distinguished professor of chemistry, working through the university's Discovery Park Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development. The research will focus on the [...]
Workstation for temperature controlled reaction chemistry
December 4, 2008
Available from Heidolph Brinkann LLC (Elk Grove, IL) the new Storm™ Workstation provides precise controlled heating and cooling from -65 to +200 ºC when used with a suitable circulator . Ideal for chemists looking to undertake single or parallel steady state stirred reactions over a wide temperature range. When combined with the popular Carousel 6 [...]
December 3, 2008
454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, today announced that a team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have characterized the human gut microbiome by sequencing the microbial communities of adult twins and their mothers with the Genome Sequencer FLX System. The work is part of the International Human Microbiome Project, an initiative to [...]
December 3, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas, (December 3, 2008) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today launches Lab Forms 2.5, a suite of new GC/MS software aimed at specific laboratory applications. Providing optimal productivity, the Lab Forms 2.5 packages fit into laboratory workflows for routine GC/MS analyses. Designed for users in environmental, clinical research/forensic [...]

